Altsounds — A Fortieth Anniversary collector's edition of Miles Davis' classic, groundbreaking jazz fusion album "Bitches Brew" is coming out this September. This special edition three CD/DVD release will include studio outtakes, an audio live performance, and a... more info

Guardian Music — Initially regarded as a fraud or a fool, his playing influenced half a century of jazz – and this album defines his greatness more than any otherLast summer Ornette Coleman, the then 79 year-old saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer from F... more info

Guardian Music — (Properbox)This four-disc box-set amounts to exactly what it says on the tin. English poet Philip Larkin, who was the Daily Telegraph's jazz critic in the 60s, loved jazz passionately from his teens in the mid-1930s to his death, entranced by the joy... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonWith the exception of the Berlin Philharmonic, the world's greatest orchestras are conspicuous by their absence from this year's Proms. There is still, though, an impressive lineup of high-class, if less glamorous, visiting b... more info

Mercury News, California — Much of the time, Clayton's trio felt like the meeting place of two worlds: mid-'60s Miles Davis filtered through the lens of neo-soul. more info

All About Jazz — BACK in 1979, when Mark Morganelli was presenting jazz in his East Village loft, he inadvertently gave the drummer Jimmy Cobb a check that bounced. Mr. Cobb--who was already a prominent figure in jazz, having appeared with Miles Davis on classic reco... more info

Guardian Music — Last week it was all about a coming together of hands. This week, it's hands again; but hands that are hard at workLast week, eh? What a wonderful time it was. A thing of joy, wonder and colliding palms; truly what RR is all about. I would cry, if I ... more info

Guardian Music — (PWR)Lee Konitz, the octogenarian alto-saxophonist who came to fame playing on Miles Davis's 1949 Birth of the Cool sessions, is still devoted to the sound of surprise. Warne Marsh, the tenor saxist partnering him on these classic sessions from the l... more info

Guardian Music — From Motown to Miles – and not forgetting OutKast – handclapping's greatest hits. By Paul MacInnesGood day to you all and apologies for my appearance. The dishevelment is the result of spending a long period in deep contemplation. "What is the so... more info

All About Jazz — Harvey Pekar died this week at the age of 70. He will, inevitably, be more widely remembered for his seriously adult American Splendor comics and the movie they inspired than for his jazz criticism. As a writer about music he was -- no surprise -- ec... more info