L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Grammy-winning bassist and bandleader Esperanza Spalding can add TV host to her resume with the announcement that she will be hosting a new weekly music show on Magic Johnson's new Aspire network. more info

Topix — Esperanza Spalding is among artists who will appear in SFJazz's first week in its new home. more info

Mercury News, California — Bill Cosby will host a gala concert Jan. 23 at the SFJazz Center, with a big-bang assembly of jazz superstars: pianists McCoy Tyner and Chick Corea, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, saxophonist Joshua Redman and bassist/singer Esperanza Spalding, among... more info

Guardian Music — The London Jazz festival today announces the lineup for its 20th festival with over 250 shows at over 50 venues across the city.The festival, which runs from 9 to 18 November, will host some of jazz's biggest stars, including Herbie Hancock playing h... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Grace Jones show at Roseland Ballroom are now on presale (password: "HURRICANE") and go on sale to the general public Tuesday (9/11) at noon. Tickets for the Bob Dylan show at Barclays Center just went on... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Going into Wednesday night's show at the Hollywood Bowl with Anita Baker and Esperanza Spalding, it was hard not to wonder if a more interesting (and surely bolder) bill could have developed if only the headliner and opener were reversed. more info

Guardian Music — (Heads Up)Former Miles Davis guitarist Mike Stern takes an all-embracing approach here, mixing up funk, blues, African music, soul-jazz, bebop and ballads. He takes an equally sweeping approach to recruiting studio lineups, too: there are star appea... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Jazz sensation Esperanza Spalding turned heads with her 2011 Grammy Award win for Best New Artist, an award the Portland-bred bassist/vocalist earned in a who's who of buzz acts. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Muir Jimmy Cliff at Prospect Park - 6/5/12 The 2012 Celebrate Brooklyn series at Prospect Park kicked off on June 5 with Jimmy Cliff. More pictures from that show are in this post. JImmy Cliff is planning... more info

Guardian Music — Koko, CamdenJazz doesn't often donate overnight stars to the mainstream pop world, but when the bassist and songwriter Esperanza Spalding won her 2011 best newcomer Grammy, the news reached radars rarely tuned to the genre.Insiders knew Spalding from... more info