XLR8R — Norwegian label Smalltown Superjazz has just announced it will soon release Live at the South Bank, a document of a live session featuring the duo of Kieran Hebden (a.k.a. Four Tet, pictured above) and legendary jazz drummer Steve Reid with Swedish s... more info

XLR8R — In memory of Steve Reid, the legendary jazz drummer whose prolific career included working with James Brown, Miles Davis, and Kieran Hebden, among others, before passing away last year, BBC Radio DJ/Brownswood head honcho Gilles Peterson has founded ... more info

Guardian Music — US jazz drummer whose work ranged from Motown to electronicaA typical audience for that uncompromising idiom known as free jazz might be 60 people swaying respectfully in a small room. In April 2006, the Scala club in King's Cross, central London, h... more info

Guardian Music — The recent passing of several much-loved musicians reminds us that the obituarist's art is to make writing about death seem life-affirmingAs 2010 draws towards its halfway point, the time seems right for an excursion into the kind of broader strategi... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Infrason said... The best of Scandinavian punk (1977-1983) / Sélection de punk Scandinave (1977-1983) : -Kjøtt - Primitv (1980) -Hetjsakt - Tusen ögon och en natt (1983) -Traste och Superstararna - Pengar (1978) -Travolta kids - Veckans brott (197... more info

Totally Fuzzy — This is post # 10.500 on http://totallyfuzzy.blogspot.com We moved here, to blogspot, on May 9th 2007 from http://tofuhaus.antville.org. Haven't heard from herr k in years, he never replied to my latest emails, if he ever got them on his old fuzzy gm... more info

XLR8R — Though Steve Reid may not be a household name, nearly anyone born before 1990 has heard the percussionist's recordings—from Martha & the Vandellas' "Dancing in the Street" to James Brown's "The Popcorn" to Fela Kuti's Afric... more info

Pitchfork — Last week, renowned New York jazz drummer Steve Reid passed away at the age of 66 from cancer. In addition to having a history of collaborations with such musical greats as Miles Davis, James Brown, and Fela Kuti, Reid also recently developed an arti... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Last week, renowned New York jazz drummer Steve Reid passed away from cancer. One of Reid's most recent collaborators was electronic wizard Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet; Hebden recently recorded an hour-long podcast paying tribute to Reid with Br... more info

Allmusic Blog — Drum rhythm master Steve Reid died this past week at the age of 66 after a struggle with cancer. Ironically, Reid’s profile, which in his native America had all but disappeared after he left the States to live in Switzerland in the 1980s, ha... more info