All About Jazz — By: Ron Hart Toward the end of his life, pianist Bill Evans' image was the exact opposite of the button-down, bespectacled young square who first burst onto the jazz scene in 1956 as the rising young lion on the jazz circuit who landed into history... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonTomasz Stanko is the quintessential European jazz star in his pork-pie hat, snazzy suit and elevated shoes. With a radio mic on the bell of his trumpet, he's free to stalk the stage of a captivated, sold-out QEH.He has a s... more info

The Independent — Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection, a deluxe CD/DVD box set, contains every album released by the jazz master on Columbia Records. This limited edition retrospective of 70 CDs and one DVD will be released on November 24. more info

The Independent — Fifty years on, drummer Jimmy Cobb still can't believe what he, Miles Davis and five other jazz musicians achieved over two days in a converted church in New York. more info

All About Jazz — While there are no major touring jazz musicians visiting St. Louis this weekend, and a relatively light schedule overall, there are some noteworthy events featuring local musicians coming up over the next few days. Let's go to the highlights:Tonight,... more info

Guardian Music — He jammed with Miles and went Zen with Coltrane. As Sonny Rollins heads to the UK, he reveals the secrets of his successWhen Sonny Rollins plays the world's biggest concert halls, the posters outside often hail him as "the greatest living improviser"... more info

Guardian Music — Who better to offer a guide to the best of this year's London jazz festival than the stars themselvesCleo Laine, singerChick Corea's gig with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (15 Nov) also on the bill would be a big one for me. We heard Bela by accident... more info

Rock Sellout —   The first time I heard Pelican was a swap out of music with fellow contributor Erik. I have always been a fan of instrumental bands such as Mogwai and Totoise, I have even been known to have a heavy collection of Miles Davis albums. I loved the... more info

All About Jazz — For the new segment of our adventure in letting bassists be our guides, author, critic and sometime Rifftides commentator Larry Kart has a fine idea. May I suggest, for Part 4, Paul Chambers behind Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly and Jimmy ... more info

All About Jazz — Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever - A Book Reading and Signing with Farah Jasmine Griffin (Columbia University) and Salim Washington (Brooklyn College) Professors Griffin and Washin... more info