Guardian Music — US jazz drummer whose work ranged from Motown to electronicaA typical audience for that uncompromising idiom known as free jazz might be 60 people swaying respectfully in a small room. In April 2006, the Scala club in King's Cross, central London, h... more info

Guardian Music — An obsession with science fiction and 60s soul could help Janelle Monae become this decade's most interesting pop starIn a world where even surrealists such as Lady Gaga opt for lowest-common denominator beats, and where whole albums, even genres, ar... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Roc Da Mic Right said... a tribe called quest-people's instinctive travels and the paths of rhythm system of a down-toxicity http://rocdamicright.blogspot.com Only Good Song said... Astoria Memorial Concert - Steve Marriott Tribute - 2001 http://onl... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Global Rock Team said... Rod Stewart - Never A Dull Moment (1972) Fleetwood Mac - English Rose (1969) Blind Faith - Blind Faith (1969) http://globalrockteam.blogspot.com a r n e l said... Madeleine Peyroux Alicia Keys - 3 albums Les Nubians Noa J... more info

Guardian Music — From the traditional to the spiritual and the really out-there, acclaimed performer Jamie Cullum picks his favourite jazz inspirationsCharles Mingus 1922-79Most people know Mingus as a pioneering bass player, but to me he's the most raucous and inven... more info

Guardian Music — (Zig Zag Territoires)The antecedents of this recording (an academic study that took French saxophonist Imbert to New York to investigate spiritual influences in jazz) might suggest a rather more long-faced outcome than this exuberant trio set, which ... more info

Guardian Music — (Gondwana)By restricting himself to his home patch on the northern jazz circuit, saxophonist Nat Birchall is not as acclaimed across the UK as he deserves. His debut album, Sixth Sense, was hailed by Mojo magazine, in a John Coltrane reference, for ... more info

Pitchfork — Let's say you've already worked your way through all 70 discs of The Complete Columbia Album Collection, the comically huge Miles Davis box set that Columbia/Legacy released last year. Yet somehow still want more Miles Davis. It's possible! People li... more info

All About Jazz — TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Swing Journal, a long-standing monthly magazine that has led the jazz culture of postwar Japan, is being suspended with its July edition that goes on sale on June 19, mainly due to dwindling advertisement revenues, its publisher said... more info

All About Jazz — THE NEW SCHOOL JOHN COLTRANE REPERTORY ENSEMBLE Directed by Reggie Workman Mon., May 17, 2010 7pm @ THE NEW SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SPACE 5th Floor 55 W. 13TH Street, NYC (betw. 6th and 5th Aves.) FREE! For further information, please contact: 212-229-589... more info