Just a great, great jazz tune; any way you look at it.

There’s something about this music called jazz that makes it so timeless, that enables a great like 1930-born Ahmad Jamal to still be recording today.

First recommends: Said the Gramophone is a daily MP3 blog, offering the kind of whimsical songs which should cheer you up before each crap day at work.

Animator Michael Levy took John Coltrane’s Giant Steps and did this…

“White people who control reggae, like Ace Of Base, UB40, Matisyahu…stan-a-wooooiieee”

Chris Waitt is a comic genius. But his life, it hasn’t been going too well with women lately. Documentary maker Waitt tracked down his exes to find out why.

OK, so Fela Kuti, pioneer of afrobeat and outspoken opponent of Nigeria’s military government never lived up to his ambition of being President, despite forming his own political party. But his music still inspires…

What to say but watch and listen…

Jamaicans can bootleg all we want - we do - and still we can’t get everything. But along comes re:frame.com which makes available rare movies, allowing you a better choice and supporting independent filmmakers.

The nine-piece Hypnotic Brass Ensemble guys earned their reputation by playing in the street. They graduated to this.