Guardian Music — (ECM) Former Miles Davis percussionist Marilyn Mazur sits inside an exotic kit of gongs, bells and drums that could fill a small room, but her instincts are world-musical and very outgoing. She could hardly be in better company than on this unusual s... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Two decades ago, Ishmael Butler flapped his wings as Butterfly, one-third of the seminal ’90s New York hip-hop trio Digable Planets. Claiming coolness as its birthright and Miles Davis and two Herbies (Hancock & Mann) as elemental building blocks, ... more info

Guardian Music — In a seven-part series, Guardian and Observer writers are trying to tell the history of modern music. Rounding everything off, today they pick out 50 key moments in the story of jazz – but what did they miss?Drug busts, razor-sharp tailoring and br... more info

Guardian Music — Early 1900s: Number 1 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of jazz musicWhether or not the cornetist Buddy Bolden invented jazz (Jelly Roll Morton is one of the best known other claimants to the title), he certainly created the enduring ... more info

Guardian Music — 1956: Number 25 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicSonny Rollins is still a full-blown saxophone giant today at the age of 80, but they were calling him the Saxophone Colossus back in 1956.Rollins is one of the few surviv... more info

Guardian Music — 1957: Number 26 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicIt was in the late 1950s that film directors began to call on jazz musicians to provide atmospheric soundtracks. Among the most notable were the scores for Shadows (Charl... more info

Guardian Music — 1959: Number 28 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance music1959 saw the release of several key jazz albums, each of which found new ways of developing and challenging the innovations of bebop. Dave Brubeck's Time Out transformed ... more info

Guardian Music — 29 August 1970: Number 38 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of Jazz musicThe coolest man on the planet took the stage at the Isle of Wight festival towards the end of the afternoon on Saturday 29 August 1970. He followed Joni Mitchell... more info

Guardian Music — June 1983: Number 40 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicMiles Davis boasted he had changed music five times. Herbie Hancock looks set to beat his old boss's record: every time he buys a new piece of equipment, he invents ... more info

Guardian Music — The legendary cosmic funkster is in London to talk about his obsession with the universe'You want to know about spaceships?" says the voice on the phone. "Well, one day Bootsy [Collins] and I were in a car. It was 11 in the morning, broad daylight, a... more info