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Gilles Peterson Launches Steve Reid Foundation

5194 days ago
XLR8RIn 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

Miles Davis, Albert King & Bill Evans get Definitive discs on Concord

5198 days ago
AltsoundsConcord Music Group has assembled three new titles in its ongoing Definitive series, one of which marks the series' initial foray into CMG's vast blues catalog. *The Definitive Miles Davis on Prestige*; *The Definitive Bill Evans on Riverside and F... more info

Celebrated Musical Composer Roberts Dies

5199 days ago
ContactMusicCelebrated composer, conductor and director Howard A. Roberts has died, aged 86. Roberts produced recordings for a variety of artists at Columbia Records, including Tony Bennett, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin and Barbra Streisand. He was the ... more info

Mark Ruffalo 'to play jazz pianist Joe Albany'

5201 days ago
Guardian MusicKids Are All Right star to take lead role in Low Down, a biopic based on a memoir by musician's daughter, reports sayMark Ruffalo is to play the jazz musician Joe Albany, who became one of the few white pianists to play with Charlie Parker and later ... more info

Tonight's TV highlights: Asian Gracefully | Benidorm | Friday Night Dinner | The Simpsons | Ron Sexsmith: Love Shines | Treme

5212 days ago
Guardian MusicAsian Gracefully | Benidorm | Friday Night Dinner | The Simpsons | Ron Sexsmith: Love Shines | TremeAsian Gracefully7.30pm, Channel 4Director Fozia Khan's heartbreaking but enlightening documentary, part of Channel 4's First Cut strand, offers a deli... more info

Readers recommend: songs about gossip – the results

5212 days ago
Guardian MusicHeartbreaking revelation, mesmerising vacuity, and even a song containing the word 'orthodontist' – it's a lyrical jungle out therePsst! Want to know how harmful gossip can be? Get a load of this week's playlist. Whether it's innocent couples being... more info

Gilles Peterson Worldwide 2011-03-02 Brownswood Basement

5214 days ago
Core News“Gilles digs deep into his vinyl collection this week for a Brownswood Basement special, featuring a Wickedman Roots mix. There’s a tribute to Serge Gainsbourg plus underground beat producer Joe drops a jazz inspired mix featuring the likes of Ar... more info

How Talk Talk spoke to today's artists

5215 days ago
Guardian MusicOften overlooked in favour of their contemporaries, Mark Hollis and co were one of the most influential English bands of the 80sIn his weighty 2010 tome Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music, Rob Young charted a century's worth of music... more info

The Tokyo Blues – plus contest!

5221 days ago
Destination OutTURNAROUNDPHRASE [MOJA]/TUNE IN 5 HIP-SKIP Miles Davis Shinjuku Kohseinenkin Hall, Tokyo 22 January 1975, 2d set MD, trumpet, organ; Sonny Fortune, soprano, alto, flute; Pete Cosey, guitar, percussion; Reggie Lucas, guitar; Michael Henderson, bass; A... more info

Verneri Pohjola: Aurora – review

5226 days ago
Guardian Music(ACT)Trumpeter and composer Verneri Pohjola has been a star in his native Finland since the early noughties, and this affecting and atmospheric big-band session was released there two years ago and subsequently adopted by German label ACT. Pohjola is... more info

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