All About Jazz — Domino Records announced today that percussionist Steve Reid, who performed with artists as varied as Martha Reeves, Miles Davis and Four Tet's Kieran Hebden, died in his sleep Monday after a fight with cancer. Perhaps most heard on Martha and the V... more info

Pitchfork — Bad news from Domino: The great New York jazz drummer Steve Reid died of cancer last night. He was 66. As a teenager, Reid started out as a drummer in the Apollo Theater house band, working under Quincy Jones. He played on Martha and the Vandellas' "... more info

Gigwise — Festival confirms first acts... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Oracle said...Portal of Groove just posted:Xavier Cugat - Waltz's But By CugatColumbia Records CS 8059Stereo - Vinyl - 196?Ripped @ 320http://portalofgroove.blogspot.comDeadBilly said...Some Gavin Friday rarities at http://pileofvinyl.blogspot.comroy... more info

Guardian Music — Motown drummer who featured on many of the label's finest releasesThe contribution of the Funk Brothers, the studio band that helped to create the Motown sound in the 1960s, achieved only belated recognition: it was in 2002, with the release of the d... more info