Guardian Music — Jazz saxophonist best known for his 1952 pop hit Moody's Mood for LoveJazz musicians often enjoy making difficult things look easy, and the saxophonist, flautist and gleefully eccentric vocalist James Moody, who has died aged 85, was particularly go... more info

Guardian Music — Last time was all about fessing up to messing up. This week we're after songs in tune with imperial dynastiesHello to you all. Another topic, another heated debate. If I was going to write a series of head-spinningly wonderful pop records (and whose ... more info

Guardian Music — The idea of making a playlist of songs about mistakes only came about because of a mistake, yet many of the song choices it provoked have been brilliant – strange, but beautiful and trueMistakes are wonderful things because they open up so many p... more info

Guardian Music — This blue-eyed indie trio are a band out of their time, channelling soul-inflected sounds from the Jam to Stevie WonderHometown: Reading.The lineup: James Girdler (guitar, vocals), Daniel Stargatt (bass), Daniel Webb (drums).The background: There hav... more info

Guardian Music — 5 December: From Thin Lizzy to Bulgarian choirs, take a musical trip with Warp's BibioWarp artist Bibio continues our 24 plays of Christmas theme with another Spotify playlist. Here's what he had to say ... I favour vinyl over playlists when at home,... more info

All About Jazz — After helping to form the Verve and Impulse! labels, jazz producer Creed Taylor struck out on his own, lending his initials to his new label, and signing some of the most commercially viable jazz talent of the day. This four disc retrospective mostly... more info

All About Jazz — Night Lights celebrates the 95th anniversary of Billy Strayhorn's birth with "The Billy Strayhorn Songbook," a program featuring interpretations of Strayhorn's music by the Duke Ellington orchestra, Ellingtonians such as Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, and... more info

Guardian Music — A trailblazing piece of free jazz that arrived in the revolutionary year of 1968 – and later found a fan in Bill ClintonAs this year's London Jazz festival drew to an end yesterday (21 November), my thoughts turned to how vehemently the event's div... more info

All About Jazz — This is the first of an ongoing series where I'll look back at a jazz classic, arguing for its place as the greatest jazz album ever. It's one part love letter to pieces of music that are hardwired into jazz's DNA, one part go-to list for music fans ... more info

All About Jazz — One can only bow to the master. Drummer Roy Haynes has played with a who's who of jazz greats over the course of his long career: Lester Young, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, J... more info