Stereogum — Every year, London's Meltdown Festival brings in a major artist to curate and headline; in past years, heavyweights like David Bowie, Patti Smith, Ornette Coleman, Morrissey, Yoko Ono, and David Byrne have done it. This year, it's M.I.A. doing the ho... more info

New York Times — Over a six-decade career, Mr. Friedman worked with the likes of Clark Terry, Ornette Coleman, Booker Little and Herbie Mann. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — With this weekend’s Playboy Jazz Festival right around the corner, the Angel City Jazz Festival -- the city’s other, more unfettered jazz celebration – has revealed its lineup for this fall. Now in its ninth year, the festival ag... more info

Guardian Music — (Nonesuch)This successor to the Grammy-winning Kin – styled as Kin (←→) – was recorded last year while the Metheny group, with prodigious saxophonist Chris Potter, was still hot from a 150-gig tour. The Unity Band lets Meth... more info

Guardian Music — The great jazz musician talks about his surprise at taking the prize, what it means to win, and why avant garde music no longer needs to grate on the listenerPrior to Monday, the only jazz performers to win a Pulitzer prize for music (while still ali... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Ornette Coleman assembled To Whom Who Keeps A Record in 1975 for release in Japan only. He sequenced this batch of unused compositions and alternate takes to spell out a message via track list: “music always brings goodness to us all, unless one h... more info

Core News — “Gilles is back in the studio for another Saturday afternoon mix up selection, joining the musical dots between soul, hip hop, house, afro, electronica, jazz and beyond, in his own inimitable style. This week he speaks to Indian-born singer Asha Pu... more info

Core News — “Hey all, next week will be the last radioshow of the season, in the meantime enjoy this show with an opener from Ornette Coleman (RIP), followed by new gems from Andreya Triana, world exclusive from Nikitch, new Homeboy Sandman, exclusive Typesun,... more info

Stereogum — After we lost the legendary free jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman to cardiac arrest last week, Soft Machine’s Robert Wyatt published an obituary commemorating the late musician in The Wire. Wyatt’s piece isn’t remorseful so much as celebratory;... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The art of Rachel Dolezal (with video). A lost tepee found in Oklahoma. Former MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch’s connection to an unsavory real estate developer. Ornette Coleman’s L.A. roots. Plus: the typographer behind dingbats, a six-story Ed Ru... more info