All About Jazz — International jazz stars from around the world will be appearing at the 2009 Brecon Jazz Festival in Wales on Friday 7th through Sunday 9th August. Held in locations across the town of Brecon, the festival will feature South African piano legend A... more info

Guardian Music — He was probably the first great jazz soloist who brought vibrant colours to the palette by introducing the soprano saxStar saxophonist Courtney Pine's new album Transition in Tradition is dedicated to Sidney Bechet – a New Orleans jazz pioneer... more info

The Independent — With a rousing new album, a CBE gong to add to the OBE he’s held since 2000, and a new national tour of Afropeans, his powerful Abolition 200 commission premiered at the Barbican in 2007, saxophonist Courtney Pine (pictured) is on a roll. more info

The Mirror — Jazz ambassador Courtney Pine said he was "deeply moved" to receive the CBE. more info

BBC News - UK — Author Terry Pratchett, jazz star Courtney Pine and singer Robert Plant are among entertainment figures in the New Year Honours. more info

The Mirror — Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours list after selling more than 200 million albums with the band. more info

The Mirror — Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours list after selling more than 200 million albums with the band. more info

Guardian Music — In my last blog from the London Jazz festival, I wound up suggesting that jazz and the spoken word seem to have something of an uneasy relationship.However, last week's Barbican show by Courtney Pine cast a different slant on that view, since Pine ta... more info

Guardian Music — Four bands at the London jazz festival this week celebrated long-past works by John Coltrane, singer Johnny Hartman, Sidney Bechet and Eric Dolphy - the latter's edgy lyricism explored in fine detail by a trimmed-down, sax-and-vibes version of the mu... more info

Guardian Music — The spectacular and ever-expanding London Jazz Festival kicks off today and, as usual, this highlight of the UK jazz calendar promises to be both an opportunity to hear some of the world's finest players, and to hang out in venues seething with audie... more info