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

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

Guardian Music — Versatile 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

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