Guardian Music — Ronnie 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

Guardian Music — Classy, 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

Guardian Music — Ronnie 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

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

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

ContactMusic — Jazz 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

Guardian Music — Even 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

Guardian Music — He'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

Totally Fuzzy — After years of playing nothing but speed metal we had the idea to slow everything down and take out the words, that's how this ambient/post-rock project came to be. Not the most original idea but a crucial one nonetheless. The result is a space and ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Japhies are a loud four-piece rock and roll band from Minneapolis, MN. Please visit www.reverbnation.com/japhies for video, show dates and other such things. The Japhies have fought hard to reattach the severed testicles of the desecrated mo... more info