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ACT Records: 'It doesn't happen like this in the corporate world'

4729 days ago
Guardian MusicWhen its star artist Esbjörn Svensson died in a scuba accident, ACT Records almost called it a day. Instead, it's just reached its 20th anniversary on top of the jazz worldIf Stax, Motown or Sun Records figure in pop iconography as labels almost as ... more info

D'Angelo resurfaces with a Soundgarden cover

4738 days ago
Guardian MusicIt's been 12 years since the reclusive soul genius released Voodoo, and now there is mounting evidence he's ready to re-enter the game, albeit in his own weird wayReclusive soul genius D'Angelo resurfaced yesterday in a typically weird way: with a co... more info

Don Cheadle's Miles Davis movie will be a 'gangster' film

4738 days ago
Guardian MusicActor says his long anticipated film will be a 'cubist' take on the jazz legend's later life and not a conventional biopicAlmost two years after it was announced that Don Cheadle would direct a film about Miles Davis, taking the lead role himself, th... more info

Business and all that jazz

4739 days ago
Guardian MusicWhat can Duke Ellington and Miles Davis teach entrepreneurs? Quite a lot, say Warwick academicsDuke Ellington, Miles Davis and Art Blakey are widely recognised as three of the greatest jazz band leaders of the 20th century. But did you ever consider ... more info

Sam Rivers

4742 days ago
Guardian MusicInfluential American jazz multi-instrumentalist who remained at the cutting edgeThe multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers, who has died aged 88, was one of the last messengers from the 1940s bebop era and the classic decades of jazz. Accomplished on tenor... more info

Jazz musician Sam Rivers dies from pneumonia at 88

4744 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Sam Rivers, an internationally-known jazz musician who played with Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, has died. more info

Miles Davis - Miles Davis' Sax Man Sam Rivers Dead At 88

4745 days ago
ContactMusicJazz legend Miles Davis one-time saxophonist Sam Rivers has died in Florida aged 88 The influential musician who also performed with Billie Holiday died from pneumonia on Monday 26Dec11 Also a celebrated pianist and flautist Rivers was best... more info

Ross MacManus

4751 days ago
Guardian MusicJoe Loss vocalist and creator of the secret lemonade drinkerThe jazz and pop musician Ross MacManus, who has died aged 84, was a featured singer in the 1960s with Britain's leading dance band, the Joe Loss orchestra, and in the 1970s the creator of t... more info

Jazz: From New Orleans to the new generation ebook

4751 days ago
Guardian MusicThis jazz ebook provides a fascinating delve into the extensive Guardian and Observer archive of coverage from 1917 to the present dayBuy Kindle edition or get it as an iBookThe Guardian and Observer newspapers have covered jazz in all its shapes and... more info

Readers recommend: anti-Christmas songs – results

4757 days ago
Guardian MusicCrying at Christmas, pulling a pistol on Santa, doing something unspeakable to a snowman. Here is your idea of jingle hellHo ho ho? No, no, no. This week's been a catalogue of misanthropy, self-loathing and seasonal ill-will. I can't say I didn't ask... more info

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