Altsounds — Empirical, winners of Best Jazz Act at the MOBO's 2010, return with their third album 'Elements Of Truth' on Naim Jazz Records. British post-bop pin-up boys Empirical made a swift ascent to the heights of the UK jazz scene in April 2007, when their ... more info

Guardian Music — Various venues, BreconFestivals with lots of gigs at lots of venues both delight and challenge. Do you follow what you know, or seek out the new? Do you dip in and out of as many gigs as possible, or earmark choice events and get there early for a go... more info

The Telegraph — Courtney Pine dazzles again as British sax stars strut their stuff on day two of the Brecon Jazz Festival. more info

Scotsman.com — Courtney Pine: Europa Queen's Hall, Edinburgh *** more info

Scotsman.com — JAZZ legend Courtney Pine will perform at The Queen's Hall on Saturday. more info

Guardian Music — Bernie Spain Gardens, South Bank, LondonCelebrating Sanctuary is one of the finest and bravest free festivals in the capital. It's held every year in a garden on the edge of the Thames near the National Theatre, and it marks the start of Refugee Week... more info

Guardian Music — 1967: Number 35 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicIt could only have happened in London: a Jamaican saxophonist (Joe Harriott), an Indian violin player (John Mayer), and a double quartet uniting jazz (trumpet, piano, bas... more info

Guardian Music — 22 June 1948: Number 11 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicWhen the Empire Windrush docked at Southampton, a new Britain was born. On board was the first wave of West Indian guest workers, answering a British gov... more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's LondonBy jazz's sometimes taciturn standards, Courtney Pine is an affably charismatic performer, but at root he's a serious man. A mixture of voracious truth-seeking and a commitment to enthusing audiences powers his desire to tell sto... more info

Guardian Music — (Destin-E Records)Courtney Pine's Europa project, currently on tour, is a typically ambitious musical travelogue in which he and a strong lineup (including violinist Omar Puente, clarinetist Shabaka Hutchings and pianist Zoe Rahman) apply their jazz ... more info