All About Jazz — The weather in St. Louis is brutally hot this week, but if you can brave the scorching conditions enough to leave the house, there are several shows of interest to jazz fans happening during the next few days. Most notably, saxophonist and former St... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offUnderworld Always Loved a Film Karl Hyde and co's new album, Barking, was constantly in the car CD player on my holiday to Norfolk. This track particularly sums up the surre... more info

Guardian Music — He might be the conscience of conductors, but Gunther Schuller is also a virtuoso jazz musician and an acclaimed composer. And that's not the half of it. Tom Service meets himGunther Schuller looks at me and smiles. "The thing that may make me unique... more info

All About Jazz — For fans of Miles Davis's legendary 1959 record, and for jazz fans in general, Ashley Kahn's Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece is a compelling read. It's an insider's look at people involved in the recording of this most popular... more info

All About Jazz — The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (or the Musee Des Beaux-Arts de Montreal) has a wonderful exhibit running through the end of August called"We Want Miles": Miles Davis vs. Jazz. The exhibit, which runs From April 30 to August 29, 2010, the Montreal... more info

Guardian Music — Perhaps the most influential saxophonist all of time, Coltrane produced an intensely soulful sound that reached way beyond the jazz cognoscentiMiles Davis was a good authority on the saxophonist John Coltrane, who played in one of the trumpeter's ban... more info

All About Jazz — By PicoMiles Davis is takin' it to the streets.In late spring of 1972, Davis broke a two year hiatus from the studio to act upon his most daring idea of his 45 year recording history: to create music that finally is completely absent of any jazz aest... more info

All About Jazz — Since first showing up on the radar on m: Miles Davis' iconic Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970) at the age of 19, drummer Lenny White has gone from success to success, most notably for his tenure as a member of m: Chick Corea's legendary electric group m... more info

Guardian Music — (Jazzland)Sound-effects guitarist Aarset played on saxist Andy Sheppard's ECM debut recording last year, but this compilation of material from his own live shows better represents him. Aarset has jazz roots, but he's a sonic landscape painter in ele... more info

Guardian Music — One of the most highly rated jazz baritone saxophonists of the 50sWhen the Melody Maker was the voice of jazz in Britain, Harry Klein, who has died aged 81, topped its readers' poll as the UK's No 1 baritone saxophonist for four years in a row, from ... more info