All About Jazz — Let's cut straight to the chase: Rarely has a record come out that's more of a naked bid for holiday-centric impulse buys than Norah Jones' ..." Featuring." But, to the singer's resilient credit, it's not likely to disappoint anyone who's on the rece... more info

Guardian Music — Various venues, LondonIf Robert Glasper, the young Texan pianist, had been commissioned to nail in an hour what the London jazz festival's all about, he could hardly have done a better job than his Barbican appearance. The hip-hop-savvy and improvisa... more info

All About Jazz — 1 5 4 Conrad Herwig The Latin Side Of Herbie Hancock (Half Note) 225 165 +60 0 52 1 11 2 1 1 Houston Person Moment To Moment (HighNote) 209 212 -3 1 53 1 4 3 2 3 Denise Donatelli When Lights Are Low (Savant) 198 196 +2 1 ... 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

Totally Fuzzy — Hannibal said... Jonas Hellborg & Shawn Lane - Zenhouse 1999 http://hannibalsite.blogspot.com Leonel Garcia said... Leonel Garcia - Lizard [2010] My latest album. http://leogt.blogspot.com jeffen said... Before the hits, this band had two indie re... more info

All About Jazz — Herbie Hancock and his Imagine Project Band have been invited by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to perform at this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, December 11th. Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington will host the 17th annua... more info

All About Jazz — 1 6 — Houston Person Moment To Moment (HighNote) 190 161 +29 0 61 1 2 2 1 4 The Marsalis Family Music Redeems (Marsalis) 176 180 -4 0 44 1 10 3 9 11 Denise Donatelli When Lights Are Low (Savant) 173 145 +28 0 48 3... more info

All About Jazz — Trumpeter Eddie Henderson first made his mark in jazz playing Miles Davis influenced fusion with Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band and then on his own early recordings as a leader. During the last several years he has returned to a more or less mainstr... more info

Guardian Music — As the Scottish and French jazz orchestras descend on the capital for this year's London jazz festival, John Fordham asks if it's about time the host nation followed suitIf you'd been hijacked to another galaxy some time around 1925, right in the mi... more info

All About Jazz — Following on last season's sold-out tribute to Herbie Hancock, the Grammy Award—winning bassist Christian McBride returns to Stanford at the helm of his acclaimed acoustic ensemble, Inside Straight, for a performance presented by Stanford Lively ... more info