Mercury News, California — The pianist, who performed for years with John Coltrane, now gigging with the legendary sax man's son, Ravi Coltrane. more info

Guardian Music — The only thing you could really expect from jazz in the noughties was the unexpectedJazz sounds different now; different from the way it sounded in the century that spawned it. It's not that over the last 10 years musicians have stopped improvising p... more info

Guardian Music — When it comes to exploiting the vibraphone's capacity for making a simple statement sound beautiful, Bobby Hutcherson has no equal. All nine of these pieces are in some way associated with John Coltrane. Hutcherson plays brilliantly on all of them bu... more info

All About Jazz — From one angle, the career of the saxophonist Steve Grossman might seem to have unfolded in reverse. He came onto the radar in 1969, playing state-of-the-art jazz-rock with Miles Davis; he was all of 18. From that sideman perch, among the most visibl... more info

All About Jazz — Two discs feature the artists' greatest love songs, just in time for Christmas,New Year's Eve, and Valentine's Day! LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Concord Music Group's For Lovers series will continue on December 22, 2009 with CDs from both Ray Charles an... more info

All About Jazz — The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, with artistic director Jon Faddis, continues the 11th American Heritage Jazz Series with honoring 1959: The Music of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Miles Davis featuring special guests David Sanchez and Steve Wilson at ... more info

All About Jazz — Dick Katz, The Line Forms Here (Reservoir). The news of Katz's death at 85 last week sent me to the shelf for this 1996 recording. It covers the range of his talents as pianist, composer and arranger. He plays alone in a moving performance of Duke El... more info

Guardian Music — Powerful jazz double bassist with a gift for improvisationBack in 1971, three adventurous young US jazz musicians formed an uncompromising improv group called the Revolutionary Ensemble – a title that had resonances in the civil rights movemen... more info

All About Jazz — For the new segment of our adventure in letting bassists be our guides, author, critic and sometime Rifftides commentator Larry Kart has a fine idea. May I suggest, for Part 4, Paul Chambers behind Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly and Jimmy ... more info

All About Jazz — Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever - A Book Reading and Signing with Farah Jasmine Griffin (Columbia University) and Salim Washington (Brooklyn College) Professors Griffin and Washin... more info