Guardian Music — (BMG)Bryan Ferry has recreated Roxy Music's hits as languid instrumentals for a replica 1920s jazz band – but this is more than a tourist-trip to Gatsby-land. Ferry the jazz fan and his pianist Colin Good have mixed the soulful glide of the 1927 Du... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonWhen Martin Taylor and Guy Barker talk about their Spirit of Django Suite they like to point out that the music should "reek of nostalgia". On the Proms premiere of this Django Reinhardt-dedicated guitar concerto – performe... more info

Guardian Music — (Woodville)Guitarist Martin Taylor and reeds player Alan Barnes are two of the most devoted guardians of straight-swinging jazz over standard-song forms in the UK. Though dazzling virtuosi, they're also good listeners – to the spirit of a timeless ... more info

Guardian Music — (Woodville)You could listen to this set of guitar and clarinet duets for the best part of half an hour and conclude that here were two acknowledged virtuosi taking it easy, strolling gently through a few favourite old songs. And then along comes a sp... more info

Scotsman.com — Houston Person, Alan Barnes and The Paul Harrison Trio Dryfesdale Hotel, Lockerbie **** more info

Guardian Music — (Woodville)Saxophonist and composer Benny Carter, who lived to the age of 95, was a mere 80 when commissioned to write this suite for the 1987 Glasgow jazz festival. Unearthed by Scottish drummer Ken Mathieson and performed here by his Classic Jazz O... more info

Guardian Music — The jazz tenor saxophonist Tommy Melville, who has died aged 85, was invited in 1997 to become promoter and musical director at the Rhythm Station in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, and start a jazz club. Over the next decade, my friend Tommy, leading a qua... more info

Guardian Music — (Woodville)It's new, imaginative treatment that keeps old tunes alive, and this album provides 10 perfect examples. Vaché is a great cornet player with a quicksilver musical mind, and Barnes, a master saxophonist, has a magic touch when it comes to ... more info

Guardian Music — Various venuesThe fight through teeming crowds to get to Herbie Hancock's Royal Festival Hall show suggested that the 2010 London jazz festival was breaking all records – until I pondered whether the Lord Mayor's South Bank fireworks might have a... more info

Guardian Music — (Woodville)According to Alan Barnes, all but one of these eight numbers were recorded in single takes. This rarely happens nowadays, although it was once common in jazz. It calls for experience, confidence and a remarkable degree of natural poise –... more info