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Ahmad Jamal: Blue Moon – review

4942 days ago
Guardian Music(Jazz Village)Pianist Ahmad Jamal (a man even Miles Davis credited as a big influence) is now 81 – and he remains a genius at the art of motivic improvising, repeating a catchy theme (so listeners don't lose the plot) while transforming it with fre... more info

The Train in the Night: A Story of Music and Loss by Nick Coleman – review

4943 days ago
Guardian MusicA veteran music writer tells how he reconnected with the soundtrack of his life after suffering sudden hearing lossWhat is the opposite of music? Before reading Nick Coleman's affecting memoir, my temptation might have been to suggest unthinkingly th... more info

DJ Handi's Archive Picks: Hello Fred, Goodbye Jimmy And Etta

4948 days ago
WFMU's Beware of the BlogScott Williams played two pieces of spacey music, one from big band leader Don Ellis, then one from The North Sea. Ellis specialized in complex time signatures, and was using electronics on his albums two years before Miles Davis made... more info

Miles Davis - Edith Piaf & Miles Davis Set For Joint Stamp Tributes In U.S. And France

4949 days ago
ContactMusicLate legends Miles Davis and Edith Piaf are to be honoured this summer Jun12 with an international stamp tribute Officials at the U S Postal Service and their counterparts at Frances La Poste will issue new Forever stamps saluting the two stars... more info

Andre Canniere Group: Forward Space - review

4951 days ago
Guardian Music(Whirlwind)Andre Canniere is a versatile young New York trumpeter, jazz/classical crossover composer and film-score writer who moved to London in 2008. This is his first UK recording, with local musicians. Listeners to the music of Tim Berne, or Stev... more info

In rotation: Ruthie Foster's 'Let It Burn'

4954 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissTo call Ruthie Foster a blues singer is to miss a big chunk of her allure as a vocal stylist, one who draws from a range of influences on her deep, soulful new album “Let It Burn.” Recording in New Orleans with Grammy-winning producer John Chelew... more info

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

4963 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

4972 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

4973 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

4973 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

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