Guardian Music — Ellie Goulding, London, CardiffMusic-biz powerbroking has recently taken on the flavour of medieval politics: even before the public know who she is, they are told that the year's pop queen has already been crowned. Following the successes of Adele i... more info

Guardian Music — The charismatic prince of cool jazz developed an elegant and intertwining sound after being forced to perform without a pianoWhen Bruce Weber released Let's Get Lost in 1988, his documentary on the trumpeter Chet Baker, it joined the likes of Bertran... more info

All About Jazz — Every jazz trumpet player in the world has some kind of relationship with Miles Davis. Love him or hate him, study him or eschew him, we've all had to deal with Miles in some way. He's that much of a giant. In a career that spanned 50 years, Miles wa... more info

Allmusic Blog — Arriving a year after the British Invasion kick-started and two years before the Summer of Love, 1965 sometimes gets overlooked among the great years of the '60s, but a convincing case could be made that it showcases how creatively fertile the decade... more info

All About Jazz — In the 1950s, there were jazz musicians who lived so far into the future intellectually that other musicians from the period called them "far out." Gil Melle was one of those "out of sight" artists. But to merely refer to Melle (pronounced Mell-AY) a... more info

All About Jazz — All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Cobb's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jimmy CobbLegendary jazz drummer, Jimmy Cobb, was born in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 1929. A superb, mostly self-taught musician, Jimmy is the elder statesman ... more info

All About Jazz — Gunther Schuller is the eminence grise of the jazz-classical movement. Gunther began playing French horn professionally in 1941 with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at age 16. He then played with the American Ballet Theater and the Cincinnati Sym... more info

Guardian Music — American photographer whose informal shots defined the youthful glamour of the 1950s and 1960sWith his artfully informal shots of Audrey Hepburn and Chet Baker, the American photographer Bob Willoughby, who has died of cancer aged 82, defined the you... more info

All About Jazz — By Larry Blumenfeld for The Wall Street Journal When Chano Dominguez was a boy in Cadiz, Spain, he played the flamenco music his father loved on guitar. At the Jazz Standard in Manhattan in December, he reached briefly into the guts of his piano, da... more info

All About Jazz — Bret Primack, aka the Jazz Video Guy, looks back at the video he produced in 2009. Features: Billy Taylor, Sonny Rollins, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Miles Davis, John Coltrane. Writer/Video Journalist Bret Primack has been at the forefront of new m... more info