Mercury News, California — Headliners include Wayne Shorter, Jason Moran, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride, Charnett Moffett, the Charlie Hunter-Scott Amendola duo, Orrin Evans, Yosvany Terry, Keith Jarrett and many more. more info
Starpulse — Celebrated pianist Keith Jarrett and saxophonist Anthony Braxton are set to receive America's prestigious Jazz Masters Award. The pair will be joined by bassist Richard Davis and educator Jamey Ae... more info
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The National Endowment for the Arts has named its 2014 Jazz Masters, and as usual its picks happily include artists whose mastery was never in question. more info
Guardian Music — American jazz pianist and composer who annoyed the purists by finding global fameWhen the end of the 20th century came, some aspects of jazz began to be given the status of a classical form. In the reassessments that followed, the work of the America... more info
Guardian Music — (Edition)Originally a chamber trio in which pianist Gwilym Simcock and vibraphonist Jim Hart circled the muscular sax-playing of Stan Sulzmann, Neon gained space to breathe in 2010 when drummer Tim Giles joined them, and with the input of composer an... more info
Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonThe Armenian piano wunderkind Tigran Hamasyan is here to play from Fable, an album he released on Verve 18 months ago when he was only 22 years old. It's a debut that leaves you clutching at references. Like Bartók, he takes anci... more info
Guardian Music — John Fordham continues his monthly column, picking musical milestones from recent weeks. Tell us in the comments below if we've missed anything, and make suggestions for August's slot1) New old album of the month: SleeperTake a quartet featuring a ja... more info
Guardian Music — ECMThis enthralling double album is a previously unreleased concert set from Tokyo in 1979 and features Keith Jarrett's "European quartet" of Jan Garbarek on saxes and flute, fellow Norwegian Jon Christensen on drums and Swedish bassist Palle Daniel... more info
Guardian Music — (Hep Jazz)As Glasgow Herald jazz writer Rob Adams points out in the sleevenotes to this long-unavailable 1989 release, Scottish saxist Bobby Wellins deserves a composer's reputation alongside the illustrious one he's had as an improviser (his tone in... more info
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