Guardian Music — Kings Place, LondonIsrael's Ilan Volkov is one of the world's most adventurous conductors, a specialist in early-20th-century modernism who has made his name with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Iceland's Symphony Orchestra. But this event, p... more info

Guardian Music — Virtuoso vibraphonist, composer and skipper in the CaribbeanTeddy Charles, who has died aged 84, was a virtuoso vibraphonist and a boldly experimental composer. In the 1960s, he temporarily gave up jazz to live on Martinique, where he became one of t... more info

Guardian Music — In this first of a series of monthly columns, John Fordham picks out his musical milestones from the past few weeks. Tell us in the comments section below if there's things we've missed, plus what you'd like to see John covering in next month's colum... more info

Guardian Music — Jazz percussionist whose drumming combined intensity with restraintThe percussionist Tony Marsh, who has died of cancer aged 72, was an inspired collaborator, combining intensity with restraint and stroking the drums more than he struck them. He work... more info

Guardian Music — Pi RecordingsNew York alto saxophonist and composer Steve Lehman provided some of last year's lasting jazz excitements both live and on disc, with his virtuosic, mathematically precise new music that had both contemporary-classical and street-sharp u... more info

Topix — Jazz lovers and cultural officials in Philadelphia are promoting a fundraising effort to save the run-down John Coltrane House. more info

Guardian Music — Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments belowOpening this weekTheatreIn a GardenThe Ustinov's ambitious season of mode... more info

Guardian Music — ECMThis nine year-old occasional quartet, nominally led by former Miles Davis and Charles Lloyd drummer Billy Hart, includes a young saxophonist growing in stature, Mark Turner, and Bad Plus pianist Ethan Iverson. If it has any affinities, they might... more info

Topix — As March comes to a close, so does our month-ish-long battle royale between 64 New York musicians, all of whom were put in the mix to decide which one best embodied the spirit of the city. more info

Guardian Music — Hackney Empire, LondonIt's a bit of a caricature, but in the world of art, there are two types of practitioners: first, the artist who leaps from one subject to another, mixing media, restlessly looking for the next new thing. Then there are those wh... more info