Tinchy Stryder teamed up with the Manchester City star Mario Balottelli to launch a new charity t-shirt. The rapper and the Italian striker collaborated to produce a charity t-shirt with the famous slogan, ‘Why always me?” which is a based on Mario’s slogan which he showed off during a match against Manchester United in the earlier season. The proceeds would be given to a charity of the Premier League Star’s choice.

Anyone who has used spotify to listen to music will know that its a great way to find new songs. Here are some jazz tunes that we have discovered through spotify:

1 – Abdullah Ibrahim – Ishmael – African Suite
2 – Buddy Rich Big Band – West Side Story Medley – Swingin` New Big Band
3 – Freddie Hubbard – Dolphin Dance – Freddie Hubbard Live
4 – Anita O`Day – Georgia on my mind – Anita O`Day with Gene Krupa & Stan Kenton
5 – Herbie Hancock – Watch It – Herbick Hancock Trio 1977
6 – Oliver Nelson – One for Phil- More Blues and the Abstrct Truth

The Story of American Music by Ken Burns Jazz: This five-CD box set soundtrack to filmmaker Ken Burns’s 10-part, 19-hour documentary Jazz spans nearly a century of jazz styles, from the martial rhythms of James Reese Europe to the soul-jazz of Grover Washington Jr.

It includes time-tested classics like Benny Goodman’s 1938 classic, “Sing, Sing, Sing”; John Coltrane’s chanting 1965 immortal track, “A Love Supreme”; Billie Holiday’s blue-ember ballad, “God Bless the Child”; and Ella Fitzgerald peeling off “A-Tisket A-Tasket.”

Daniel Levin has been on the rise since his Don't Go It Alone debut in 2003. And while there have been plenty before him that has set the groundwork for the cello as a major instrument in jazz, inlcuding: Eric Friedlander, Daniel Pezzotti, Hank Roberts, and David Darling among others, Daniel Levin is one artist who is quickly making the cello a prominent force in jazz composition.

When Bill Barnes told me he was running off to Gypsy jazz camp, I had visions of rugged but glamorous days spent in caravans and romantic evenings by the campfire listening to inspired string music. The camera pans back to show bow-top trailers and a dark woods in the background.