All About Jazz — Toward the end of his concert at the Beacon Theatre, the great m: Sonny Rollins announced that there was someone in the house "with a horn" who wanted to wish him a happy 80th birthday. The announcement suggested the imminent appearance of the myster... more info

Guardian Music — American free jazz saxophonist with a passionate and rebellious soundNoah Howard, the alto saxophonist, who has died of a cerebral haemorrhage aged 67, never built a reputation as substantial as those of many of his early playing partners – such as... more info

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Guardian Music — Forty years ago, Miles Davis rewrote the jazz rulebook with his album Bitches Brew – but he never would have made it without the inspiration of the amazing Betty Mabry, as she now reveals in a rare interviewAs the incendiary year of 1968 dawned, Mi... more info

Guardian Music — (Jazzland)Atomic, the Scandinavian five-piece supergroup, play a short UK tour with saxist Ken Vandermark's band from 16 September – and if the music is anything like this live double album, they will be must-see performances. Atomic take improv to... more info

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Guardian Music — Rock'n'roll effectively kept jazz out of the charts in the 60s, but the samba craze briefly rekindled hopes of a renaissanceBy 1962, jazz was beginning to be perceived as hard work if you weren't a dedicated fan. Ornette Coleman had already hurtled o... 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

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A list of upcoming concerts across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses. UCLA Live John Cale, Sept. 30; Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Oct. 2; Laurie Anderson, Oct. 21; Taj Mahal, Oct. 22; Ornette Coleman, Nov. 3; Mavis... more info

Guardian Music — (Spherical Records)With his own Inner Space band, British trumpeter Loz Speyer often explores a spare but expressive kind of postbop jazz audibly linked to the legacy of Ornette Coleman – but he's fascinated by rhythmic experiments, particularly wi... more info