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Ice-T's Newest Role: The Voice Of Reason On Ice Loves Coco

​ Who knew Ice-T was a role model? Ice Loves Coco, E!'s new reality show about the rapper/actor and his model/fashion designer wife, makes them look like such a perfect couple that you almost expect them to turn into anime characters and see little cartoon hearts popping above their heads as t ... More >>

The 5 Best Google Doodles

​Every once in a while Google likes to surprise us with a treat, a little gem on their homepage that makes searching the internet fun. In honor of the birthday of Les Paul, the Google Doodle today is a working guitar, encouraging every asshole in the office to take a stab at "Stairway to Heave ... More >>

Todd Rundgren

​Every once in a while Google likes to surprise us with a treat, a little gem on their homepage that makes searching the internet fun. In honor of the birthday of Les Paul, the Google Doodle today is a working guitar, encouraging every asshole in the office to take a stab at "Stairway to Heave ... More >>

'A Celebration of Les Paul with Jeff Beck'

​Every once in a while Google likes to surprise us with a treat, a little gem on their homepage that makes searching the internet fun. In honor of the birthday of Les Paul, the Google Doodle today is a working guitar, encouraging every asshole in the office to take a stab at "Stairway to Heave ... More >>

Michael Jackson and the Endless Summer of Death

What the King of Pop left behind, and what he took with him

R.I.P. 2009's Jazz Notables

Musicians who passed away during the last 12 months

Phil Kline, Avant-Garde Boombox Santa

He's good with choirs and 21st-century masses, too

John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey

He's good with choirs and 21st-century masses, too

Today Is Les Paul's Final Day in New York City

​Les Paul, the technologically innovative and resolutely virtuosic guitarist who died last week at the age of 94, will have his New York sendoff today in a private ceremony. Paul's manager, Michael K. Braunstein, told the A.P. that after the service and a reception in the Gibson showroom today ... More >>

Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

​ Twitpic via kbell7. I don't believe that one should devote his life to morbid self-attention, I believe that one should become a person like other people -- whoops, sorry, wrong diary. Our week was much worse. DC37 went for Bill Thompson. But what did Mayor Bloomberg care -- he had Twitter ... More >>

Week in Review: All I Have Left Are My Memories and This Copy of The Razor's Edge Signed by Asher Roth

Photo of Jim Jones taunting hipsters by Rebecca Smeyne​ In the week Jim Jones put ten thousand dollars on a three-on-three basketball tournament sponsored by Converse and barred to the media, we got up in there anyway, and brought you the hilarious play-by-play. Take that, shoe company. Gera ... More >>

Les Paul, 1915-2009

​The AP is reporting that the 94-year-old guitar legend Les Paul has died, from complications related to pneumonia. He spent his last hours surrounded by family and friends at White Plains Hospital. Paul was already a very successful musician when Gibson designed a guitar, according to his spe ... More >>

Rashied Ali, 1935-2009

Oh just another fantastic day here in Musicland. Rashied Ali -- Philly-borne free-jazz drummer, John Coltrane co-conspirator when John started to get really out there, former NYC venue proprietor (Ali's Alley), and all-around badass -- died yesterday after a heart attack. He and Les Paul would've ... More >>

Brad Paisley Salutes Great Women, Guitarists, Puns

Oh just another fantastic day here in Musicland. Rashied Ali -- Philly-borne free-jazz drummer, John Coltrane co-conspirator when John started to get really out there, former NYC venue proprietor (Ali's Alley), and all-around badass -- died yesterday after a heart attack. He and Les Paul would've ... More >>

Performances & Live Music

Oh just another fantastic day here in Musicland. Rashied Ali -- Philly-borne free-jazz drummer, John Coltrane co-conspirator when John started to get really out there, former NYC venue proprietor (Ali's Alley), and all-around badass -- died yesterday after a heart attack. He and Les Paul would've ... More >>

Party-Time Surf Rock for Your Pre-bar-fight Reveries

Oh just another fantastic day here in Musicland. Rashied Ali -- Philly-borne free-jazz drummer, John Coltrane co-conspirator when John started to get really out there, former NYC venue proprietor (Ali's Alley), and all-around badass -- died yesterday after a heart attack. He and Les Paul would've ... More >>

Party-Time Surf Rock For Your Pre-Bar-Fight Reveries

Oh just another fantastic day here in Musicland. Rashied Ali -- Philly-borne free-jazz drummer, John Coltrane co-conspirator when John started to get really out there, former NYC venue proprietor (Ali's Alley), and all-around badass -- died yesterday after a heart attack. He and Les Paul would've ... More >>

Punks in the Beerlight

Oakley Hall's reverent, raucous country leaves bandmates and severed digits in its wake

Starting Over?

If the new turns out to be just like the old, you'd better just stay where you are

Jazz

If the new turns out to be just like the old, you'd better just stay where you are

Help the Poor

No sleep 'til we get to the bottom of the economic ladder

Summer Jazz 2004

No sleep 'til we get to the bottom of the economic ladder

Quirking Girls

(Ma) Trix of the Trade

Death Rides A Pale Shade

Louder Than Beatles, Heavier Than Stones

2003 JVC Jazz Festival

Louder Than Beatles, Heavier Than Stones

The Birds

Louder Than Beatles, Heavier Than Stones

Horoscope

Louder Than Beatles, Heavier Than Stones

Hand Me the Jam

Louder Than Beatles, Heavier Than Stones

Brutality and Revival

The Best Jazz Records of 2001

Listings

The Best Jazz Records of 2001

Boy Toys

The Best Jazz Records of 2001

Rousing Rabble

At JATP swing, bebop, and R&B found common ground on the solid rock of 4/4, the aggression offering a raucous alternative to dance as a way of participating