Guardian Music — (Gailforce Records)Flautist Gareth Lockrane brought an extra glow to the final gigs of the late South African pianist Bheki Mseleku, and runs a fleet of different-sized ensembles from the award-winning Hammond organ band Grooveyard to an 18-piece out... more info

Guardian Music — (ACT 9493-2)Heinz Sauer is a giant of an improviser who deserves to be as well-known across Europe as Jan Garbarek. This is a grainily beautiful episode in his relationship with the young pianist Michael Wollny, a sublime partnership that began in 20... more info

Live Daily — Drummers, drum enthusiasts, and even those seeking a drummer are advised to head to The Wiltern in Los Angeles on Saturday (1/8) for Guitar Center's Drum-Off Grand Finals. So says Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins [ tickets ], who'll be hostin... more info

All About Jazz — All About Jazz is celebrating John McLaughlin's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY John McLaughlinJohn McLaughlin, also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. He came to prominence wit... more info

All About Jazz — I've always loved this Herb Snitzer image of Miles Davis. The trumpeter isn't posing or glaring at the camera. Instead, he's caught in motion, looking back at someone who has caught his eye. There's velocity here and a perspicacious flash, like a sta... more info

Topix — Fifty years after jazz legend Miles Davis recorded "Kind of Blue," the House voted Tuesday to honor the landmark album's contribution to the genre. more info

Guardian Music — The only thing you could really expect from jazz in the noughties was the unexpectedJazz sounds different now; different from the way it sounded in the century that spawned it. It's not that over the last 10 years musicians have stopped improvising p... more info

Guardian Music — (Enja)This is an intriguing and overlooked curiosity from the great arranger/composer Gil Evans (the modest magician who created such haunting orchestral settings for Miles Davis in the 1950s and early 60s), the German label Enja having remastered it... more info

All About Jazz — Monster, renowned for its many advanced consumer electronics accessories and fast becoming one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-performance headphones, is proud to announce the upcoming introduction of the world's first audio hardware pro... more info

All About Jazz — WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fifty years after jazz legend {{Miles Davis = 6144}} recorded Kind of Blue, the House voted Tuesday to honor the landmark album's contribution to the genre. Davis collaborated on the record with saxophonists {{John Coltrane = 5851... more info