ContactMusic — MILES DAVIS' legendary bass player MICHAEL HENDERSON is taking SNOOP DOGG to court after accusing the rapper of illegally sampling one of his songs.The Drop It Like It's... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Snoop Dogg and a number of other West Coast rappers are being sued by a legendary bassist who claims the artists illegally sampled a record and never paid him. Michael Henderson cut his teeth touring with Stevie Wonder and recording ... more info

Guardian Music — (33 Records)Shez Raja taught himself electric bass, learned Indian percussion at Leeds College of Music, and plays sessions for rock and hip-hop bands, but his influences include Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Marcus Miller and African music. The title... more info

All About Jazz — Season Opens with its Faculty Ensemble, Juilliard Jazz Quintet, on September 21 Guest Artists During 2010-2011 Season Include: Trumpeter Jon Faddis as Soloist with the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra in the Miles Davis/Gil Evans Arrangement of Porgy and B... more info

All About Jazz — For underground music freaks, the 8-bit or chiptune phenomenon is nothing new. By working within the boundaries of primitive Nintendo-like sounds, these innovative musicians have taken something old and made it new again. Through online forums suc... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said... MOJO PRESENTS BOSS SOUNDS! Bruce Springsteen Free CD from Mojo Mag that features fave Springsteen material from his pre-concert warm ups. JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS AMOS MILBURN ALAN VEGA CALIXICO BRIGHT EYES RON SEXSMITH THE STANL... more info

All About Jazz — This afternoon preceding his 14th Montreal International Jazz Festival concert appearance, pianist Dave Brubeck was honored with a special issue of the festival's Miles Davis Award, which honors a jazz musician of international stature for a lifetime... more info

All About Jazz — Montreal--This year, the Festival International de Jazz de MontrA(C)al presents a special issue Miles Davis Award to honour the career of one the most audacious jazz pianists of his generation, Dave Brubeck. He will be accepting the award presented t... more info

All About Jazz — This groundbreaking 1959 album is as close to perfection as jazz gets without sacrificing its spontaneity I had hoped that a blog on the popular and funky Hammond organist Jimmy Smith might attract more than the average number of commentators, but I... more info

Guardian Music — This groundbreaking 1959 album is as close to perfection as jazz gets without sacrificing its spontaneityI had hoped that a blog on the popular and funky Hammond organist Jimmy Smith might attract more than the average number of commentators, but I w... more info