Jazz at eil.com this week: Duke Ellington, Vic Lewis and Chuck Folds to name but a few

Ever wonder what songs are being piped through your colleagues’ headphones? We’ve got the answer. If you hear your boss listening to classical music before a meeting, brace yourself. When people listen to music to get themselves in a certain mood for a meeting — whether it’s a brainstorming session, […]

As a new film about Chet Baker prepares to hit the screens, Martin Chilton looks at the 25 best jazz films and biopics in history, including movies about Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Dave Brubeck and Charlie Parker, and the Oscar-winning fictional Whiplash THE JAZZ SINGER (1927) is a landmark of […]

Heaven 17 have reissued all their LPs into one 5 x CD set: Penthouse and Pavement (1981), The Luxury Gap (1983), How Men Are (1984), Pleasure One (1986) and Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho (1988). If you collect all formats, including the original 12″ singles, vinyl albums and more then look no […]