Guardian Music — A jazz trombonist, journalist and author, he was given his big break by Miles DavisMike Zwerin, who has died in Paris aged 79 after a long illness, liked to say that he had had "three lives". The first, and dearest to him, was as a jazz trombonist. M... more info

Guardian Music — (ECM)Four years ago, Terje Rypdal's Vossabrygg marked the Norwegian guitar star's return to a profile he has rarely had since his emergence as an early 1970s ECM artist with one of that iconic company's label-defining sounds. Vossabrygg intentionally... more info

All About Jazz — Miles Davis's masterpiece Kind of Blue is not only the best-selling jazz album in history, but it has been a creative touchstone for jazz musicians and fans since its release in 1959. Instrumentalists and singers alike have for years been drawn to th... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Jeffrey Siegel said... Podcast 178 is a conversation with Catherine Russell on the occasion of the release of her latest CD "Inside This Heart of Mine". Listen to tracks from her new CD, her cover of the Grateful Dead's "New Speedway Boogie" and othe... more info

All About Jazz — "The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music" (W.W Norton), by Richard Williams Richard Williams acknowledges early on in "The Blue Moment" that there is not much more to say about Miles Davis' jazz masterpiece "Ki... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ice said... Christoph Willibald Gluck: L'Innocenza Giustificata - Christopher Moulds - Cappella Coloniensis, Maria Bayo, Andreas Karasiak, Marina De Liso, Veronica Cangemi - 2004, Maria Bayo, Andreas Karasiak, Marina De Liso, Veronica Cangemi - 2CDs ... more info

All About Jazz — Just a quick reminder from headquarters for your summer planning. The Fifth Annual Miles Davis Festival is Saturday, August 14, 2010 at the Commons, Lewis & Clark Community College, 5800 Godfrey Road, Godfrey, Illinois at 12:00 pm HEADLINERS: Mic... more info

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

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — 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 &... 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