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Photographer Stephen Wright's best shot

5046 days ago
Guardian Music'At the time, I was using my bedroom as a darkroom – and storing all my chemicals in old lemonade bottles'This shoot really should have gone to a big-name photographer – an Anton Corbijn or a Pennie Smith – but it went to me, a fan using a chea... more info

Ray Bryant obituary

5051 days ago
Guardian MusicVersatile pianist and a member of a musical dynasty, he bridged the jazz generationsThe distinguished African-American pianist Ray Bryant, who has died aged 79 after a long illness, became a fixture of the jazz mainstream after enjoying a measure of... more info

Michel Legrand – review

5051 days ago
Guardian MusicRonnie Scott's, LondonMichel Legrand's unique songs still glow long after many of the movies they were written for have vanished. (Other movies haven't: the multi-Grammy-winning composer and jazz pianist's hits also include The Thomas Crowne Affair, ... more info

Cornell Dupree obituary

5067 days ago
Guardian MusicClassy, understated guitarist, venerated by fellow musiciansFor a time in the mid-1960s, the band of the great rhythm and blues tenor saxophonist King Curtis contained two guitarists. The first, Jimi Hendrix, stayed only a short while before going on... more info

Ambrose Akinmusire – review

5070 days ago
Guardian MusicRonnie Scott's, LondonThe 29-year-old Californian trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire sets the mind searching for comparisons – and in his case, they're with some of the biggest names in the most African-American incarnations of jazz, Miles Davis included... more info

Miles Davis – Tutu: Deluxe Edition – review

5070 days ago
Guardian Music(Warner Jazz)Marcus Miller's Tutu Revisited (reviewed last week) is an unmistakably funky, live-band tribute to 1986's Tutu album. This package contains the original, studio-concocted Miles Davis set that Miller mostly composed. There's also a previo... more info

Marcus Miller/Christian Scott: Tutu Revisited – review

5077 days ago
Guardian Music(Dreyfus)This two-CD (plus DVD) set is a better bet than last year's A Night in Monte Carlo: it celebrates the same creative funkiness of the mid-80s Miles Davis bands that bass guitar virtuoso and composer/arranger Miller had a big hand in, but here... more info

Jazz Guitarist Cornell Dupree Dies

5080 days ago
ContactMusicJazz and R&B guitarist Cornell Dupree has died. He was 69. Dupree, who was recently diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, passed away on Sunday (08May11) in Fort Worth, Texas. The musician was a session player for Miles Davis... more info

Lee Konitz/Dave Leibman: Knowing Lee - review

5091 days ago
Guardian MusicEven at 83 years old, saxophonist Lee Konitz still displays an admirable spirit of exploration, writes John FordhamEighty-three or not, saxophonist Lee Konitz never seems to lose his enthusiasm for new musical situations. In this one, he's shooting ... more info

50 great moments in jazz: Wynton Marsalis goes back to basics

5092 days ago
Guardian MusicHe's not without his critics, but Marsalis's dedication to the spirit of jazz is more than worthy of a place in the hall of greatsLike Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett and the late Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis is one of a handful of jazz instrumentalists... more info

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