That Summer

The follow-up to Donna Summer's first big Geffen album did reasonably well and proved to be the lull before the storm. "State of Independence" just missed being a hit, and "Woman In Me" cracked the pop and R&B Top 40, although it wasn't a smash. But the album mostly reaffirmed that Summer was back in stride and hadn't merely scored a fluke with her previous release.

Trumpeter and crooner Till Bronner was the most famous German jazz musician of his generation, updating traditional bebop sensibilities via elements of contemporary R&B and hip-hop. That Summer, his 2004's album, features the pop-jazz artists smooth, laid-back horn style. Included are such originals as "Your Way to Say Goodbye", and "Ready or Not" as well as Brönner's take on the standards "Bein' Green" and "When Your Lover Has Gone". This album reached number 16 on the German pop charts and made him the nation's biggest-selling jazz artist of all time.

In 1816, following the scandalous collapse of his marriage, Lord Byron left England forever.

In this riveting memoir, Gilmour recounts the call-outs that summer: some dangerous, some gruesome, some downright ridiculous. And we meet fellow paramedic Tom who, they say, can get a laugh out of everyone except the dead. As the city heats up that summer, however, even Tom begins to lose his sense of humour. People are unravelling - and Benjamin and Tom are no exception.