Guardian Music — (Concord)New Orleans trumpeter Christian Scott's 2010 album Yesterday You Said Tomorrow received acclaim for its balance of early-jazz brass power and contemporary urban sounds, and for the unflinching social and political agenda he managed to raise ... more info

Mjsbigblog — American Idol alum, Joshua Ledet, sang the National Anthem at the Miles Davis Official Stamp Dedication, sponsored by the US Post Office. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Some of the year's best work has come from seasoned rappers such as 'Killer Mike,' 2 Chainz and Pusha T. Similar to the days when Miles Davis pushed jazz forward.Few would have imagined that one of the most powerful and acclaimed protest songs of the... more info

Totally Fuzzy — "Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet" is an album by Miles Davis, recorded in 1956 but not released until 1961 as PRLP 7200. A new remastered release by Concord Music Group can be streamed in full below. And since I already mentioned the Isle... more info

Guardian Music — (ECM)This ECM box set brings together three early Jan Garbarek albums, made between 1971 and 1975, and all featuring fluently inventive Swedish jazz pianist Bobo Stenson. The players were the emerging young stars of the Scandinavian scene, and though... more info

The Newsroom — Music legends Edith Piaf and Miles Davis receive commemorative stamps in France and the U.S. more info

Guardian Music — How many roads must a man walk down, before he hails a cab? Bob Dylan could never answer thatOK, this column is often written by and for old blokes trying to remember what it was like to be young, or – in my case – what it was like when I had hai... more info

Guardian Music — A catalogue of mod-friendly bands and brands reflects the materialistic impulses of the 60s youth movementSanjeev Bhaskar used to play an old man in Goodness Gracious Me who insisted that every major public figure was Indian. Paolo Hewitt is a bit li... more info

Guardian Music — (Dreyfus)This is bass-guitar star Marcus Miller's UK-tour repertoire of last month, plus a few bonuses, including the finely spun vocals of young New Yorker Gretchen Parlato and the rasping ones of Dr John on two tracks. For jazz-funk fans, it's para... more info

ContactMusic — Guitarist Pete Cosey who worked extensively with jazz icon Miles Davis has died at the age of 68 He passed away on Wednesday morning 30May12 of unknown causes The musician was a session guitarist with Chess Records during the 1960s and played o... more info