All About Jazz — Next Wednesday, May 26 is the 84th anniversary of Miles Davis' birth, and to commemorate the occasion, today we've got several video clips of the legendary trumpeter that have recently became available online.First up is the beginning of a 1964 conce... 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 — The Capstone, LiverpoolIt is extraordinary to think that the enfant terrible of English music, Mark-Anthony Turnage, has reached his half-century. To celebrate, Ensemble 10/10 presented a programme that demonstrated Turnage's influence on a generatio... more info

Guardian Music — (Poll Winners)Abbey Lincoln has inspired many singers, Cassandra Wilson being perhaps the best known. This two-disc set comprises early sessions for the Riverside label in 1958 and 59, with Miles Davis's Philly Joe Jones and Lincoln's future husband ... 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

Totally Fuzzy — stytzer said... Songs recently posted: + Under Byen - Alt Er Tabt + Plushgun - Mixtapes (Buffetlibre Remix) + Francois Peglau - God & the unconscious want me dead! + Francois Peglau - Everybody loves me + Oliver North Boy Choir - Baby Cool (Good Luck... more info

Totally Fuzzy — strahinja said... MARK WIRTZ – A Teenage Opera (1967) JOHN LEE HOOKER & MILES DAVIS – The Hot Spot (1990) CURVED AIR – Phantasmagoria Various Artists – Warchild Help! A Day In The Life (2005) SANTO & JOHNNY – Santo & Johnny (1960) BRIAN HYL... 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 — Subtitled "Flame Keepers: Carrying the Torch for Modern Jazz," the 31st annual Detroit Jazz Fest will pay homage to six trailblazers of modern jazz: Art Blakey, Ray Brown, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Betty Carter, and Gil Evans. The talents of the... more info

All About Jazz — As the Baked Potato steams toward its massive 40th anniversary jazz festival next weekend, there was something perfect about East Coast guitarist Dave Fiuczynski's performance Thursday night. Revered as a home for musicians' musicians and those wh... more info