All About Jazz — The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University presents its Conversations Series, through which the Center's renowned faculty will engage leading composer Roy Nathanson in a reflection on the role of improvisation in his creative life. Roy Natha... more info

All About Jazz — Last Friday, I assembled a band based on the beefy names of artists. This week, I offer a new ensemble featuring musicians with mini monikers or slight of height names. For those adding Comments, this list is about the names only, not whether they we... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Nellie McKay playing piano (more by Chris La Putt) Highline Piano Series, eight nights of piano-centric pop and jazz at Highline Ballroom, kicks off Wednesday night (8/18, tonight) with a performances by Vienna Teng & Alex Wong... more info

Totally Fuzzy — mp3hugger said... indie mp3s you can hug The Innocence Mission - The Happy Mondays Viernes - Entire Empire Cotton Jones - Glorylight And Christie The Yellow Melodies - We Will Win The World Cup Tears Run Rings - Waiting For The End http://mp3hugger.c... more info

All About Jazz — ROBERTA FLACK, LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT, CHEVY CHASE and MADELEINE PEYROUX JOIN THE JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA FOR ITS 9TH ANNUAL "A GREAT NIGHT IN HARLEM" GALA BENEFIT Over 50 legends of jazz and blues take the Apollo stage on May 20th NEW YORK, NY ... more info

Guardian Music — Twenty years after it was first released, Angelo Badalamenti's score for David Lynch's series has lost none of its eerie majestyIn even the greatest TV shows, music is often just decoration for the story. It's there to add colour and amplify (or in t... more info

Stereogum — Sufjan Stevens stopped by The Guardian to praise jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott. Scott sings in a youthful soprano, and finds unusual phrasings and emphases inside every song (Stevens talked about this in his interview with Brandon too). Notes Stevens: â€... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Wheel @ MHOW in Oct (more by Vincent Cornelli) tonight in NYC * Jimmy Scott @ Iridium * Tracy Bonham @ BAMcafe * B.B. King @ United Palace Theatre * Obits, Rope, Gray Goods @ Cake Shop * Melissa... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Southpaw, 2009 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) tonight in NYC * Jimmy Scott @ Iridium * Royal Bangs @ Brooklyn Bowl * Questlove (DJ) @ Brooklyn Bowl * Delta Spirit, The Willowz @ Pianos * La... more info

All About Jazz — With the Christmas holiday on Friday, it's a slow weekend for live music generally in St. Louis, but there are a couple of noteworthy shows happening early next week.On Monday, bassist David Certain, who's played with Eddie Henderson, Gary Bartz and ... more info