Apologies to non-UK residents who may feel a little left out by this month's featured site, but it was simply too good to pass over.

The Jazz Site is the ultimate guide to jazz based in the UK, featuring over 4,000 pages of extensive information. The site is run by a registered charity (Jazz Services) founded in the early eighties with the aim to promote jazz and to inform and entertain the UK jazz community.

The centrepiece is the excellent Jazz Service Database which contains a wealth of information about UK artists, promoters, venues, photographers, labels, festivals, etc., along with sound clips of hundreds of the artists featured. Almost anything you want to find out will either be listed in here, or you'll find pointers to the places that can help you.

You can also read copies of Jazz UK magazine in PDF format. Jazz UK is the UK's most popular jazz publication which aims to attract new listeners as well as to keep the specialists informed. The latest issue at the time of writing (September / October 2000) features articles on jazz in the Caribbean and an analysis of Louis Armstrong's solos, along with news, reviews and gig listings. It's awkward to read the magazine on screen due to the format, but the articles are well worth printing off to sit back and read in comfort.

This is an amazing resource, useful to the idly curious, hard-core specialists, seasoned musicians and industry insiders alike, and its excellent design affirms that it has style as well as substance.

Visit www.jazzservices.org.uk