“Michelle, Carla, Angelina (& more Ladies)”, a compilation about famous first ladies, movie stars and starlets. It has Michel Legrand’s “Paris Was Made for Lovers” or Essencia’s “Waiting for Angela” and even Sarah Vaughan singing “Michelle”

@BrazilMax : Lounging around in shorts like any right-minded carioca, Vitor Ramil slowly sucked hot, bitter tea through his general issue metal straw. Like any right-minded gaucho, he nursed a chimarrao tea habit despite the tropical heat of his adopted Copacabana.

@Absolute Distribution : Ronnell Bright is one of the most underrated jazz pianists of his generation. His classical background led him to approach the instrument with respect for its fullest potential, while much of his jazz apprenticeship was served with Chicago’s Johnny Pate Trio.

@Tommy Emmanuel : Guitar legend Chet Atkins was one of the first to inspire Emmanuel to pick up the guitar as a child. Decades later, Atkins himself became one of Emmanuel’s biggest fans. In 1999, Chet honored Tommy Emmanuel with the title of “Certified Guitar Player” for his lifetime contribution to the instrument,

@Jazz Professional : Max Greger must be a most determined character. He’d been running a twelve-piece touring band when he was offered a job as Musical Director for Germany’s second television channel. It was the chance that touring bandleaders dream about - to play for plays, series, musicals, hit parade shows, interval music. Everything from the twist through schmaltz to jazz.

@RFI Musique : It is difficult to pin the multi-talented Michel Legrand down into one single category. This amazingly versatile French singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, conductor and producer has enjoyed a whirlwind career, excelling in an impressively broad range of domains from film soundtracks and French ‘chanson’ to jazz and classical music.

@Solid! : Hugo Winterhalter first began recording albums under his own name in the early 1950s. His work combined both his big band influence and his love of lush, light classical music, falling handily in the genre of easy listening, or ”lounge” music.

@Diesler on MySpace : : Away from the studio Diesler has been putting the miles of late making DJ appearances at Festivals both in the UK, Europe & Japan, from UK super clubs Chibuku Shake Shake (Liverpool) & The End (London) to many respected club nights across the world. Also this year he puts the 9 piece band, ‘Diesler Live Experience’, on the road performing tunes from the Diesler catalogue.

@Wikipedia : In November 22, 2005 the local government of Cali vetoed all shows of Diomedes Diaz in the city after Diaz allegedly consumed cocaine while performing on stage. Although video images proved the contrary, the Cali City Hall issued a notice in which notified all entertainment businessmen that the government was not going to issue any permits for the use of public areas where Diaz would be scheduled to appear.

to be continued… probably