Mercury News, California — Melody Gardot, Esperanza Spalding, Ornette Coleman also in festival's star-studded lineup. more info

All About Jazz — Jazz at Lincoln Center opened its fall season on Saturday night with a repertory tribute to Ornette Coleman. Not that this sold-out concert, at the Rose Theater, was presented that way: there was no organized script, no resident orchestra, no Wynto... more info

Chicago Tribune — The performance artist, with her revived Plastic Ono Band and a new album, is bent on exploding the barriers among music styles. Oh, and if it does well on the charts, all the better. ... more info

All About Jazz — This interview is part of the book project under your skin which includes Interviews with: David Murray, Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D / Public Enemy, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Gibbs, Bob James, Malika Zarra, Zap Mama, Les Nubians, ... more info

Destination Out — UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS OH ALLAH Alice Coltrane Universal Consciousness Impulse : 1971 AC, organ and harp; Leroy Jenkins, violin; John Blair, violin; Julius Brand, violin; Joan Kalisch, violin; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums. String ar... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: DeCaux/FilmMagic Shakira, “She Wolf” [Various Remixes] As if the original didn’t sound like an MGMT song, here are a pair of remixes that up chic factor of this song by several degrees. And has there ever been a pop song to use the word ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — [Ornette] Coleman calls his approach harmolodics: "a theory, not a style." But it's not even a theory, really, it's more of a philosophy, emphasizing equality of voices, freedom, spontaneity and participation -- not just for the musicians, for the au... more info

All About Jazz — ORNETTE COLEMAN OPENS JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER SEASON SEASON TICKETS ON SALE AUGUST 17 YOUTUBE.COM/JAZZATLINCOLNCENTER LAUNCHES AUGUST 17 Ornette Coleman makes his Jazz at Lincoln Center concert debut to open the 2009-10 season on September 26. For... more info

My Old Kentucky — Given my non-linear view of world events, I would like to believe that the theory of punctuated equilibrium first occurred to Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould while out for a leisurely drive in Gould's beloved Corvair, listening to a Joe Henry mi... more info

All About Jazz — In this installment of Take Five, we wish a happy birthday to one of the greatest bassists in jazz: Charlie Haden, born Aug. 6, 1937, in Shenandoah, Iowa. Haden began performing as a singer in his family's country band when he was 22 months old. In ... more info