Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonIt seems fitting that Philadelphia hip-hoppers the Roots should help kick off Ornette Coleman's Meltdown festival. Like Coleman, they've worked with guitarist James Blood Ulmer; like Coleman, they feature a nerdy-looking wh... more info

Guardian Music — The Meltdown organisers want your suggestions as to who should put together next year's festivalAnyone in attendance during Sunday's performance at London's Southbank Centre would have been treated to the unusual sight of Yoko Ono performing alongsid... more info

All About Jazz — June 6 - Yoko Ono receives Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Biennale June 14 - Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London, YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND with special guests Ornette Coleman, Antony Hegarty and Mark Ronson. DON'T ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonMidway through the third night of Ornette Coleman's Meltdown festival, Yoko Ono is yelping like someone walking barefoot across hot sand. Sean Lennon's guitar is emitting vomitous gouts of noise. On the screen above the sta... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano At the June 11th Bang on a Can benefit at (Le) Poisson Rouge, Gutbucket played a set of prog jazz tunes that drew on influences that included Charlie Parker, electronica, Ornette Coleman, '80s metal and more. The... more info

Guardian Music — Southbank Centre, LondonThe opening night of Ornette Coleman's Meltdown festival featured drummer Tony Allen and his band. The music of Nigerian-Ghanaian Allen may seem an odd choice for a festival curated by the godfather of free jazz, but in the ev... more info

All About Jazz — Stan Kenton could be grandiose in his music. Otherwise, for the most part, he was down to earth. In the 1950s following a concert, a reporter asked him, "Mr. Kenton, where is jazz going from here?" "Well," Kenton said, "tomorrow night we'll be in De... more info

All About Jazz — The founder of the Creative Opportunity Orchestra, a musicans' cooperative of composer-improvisers on the model of Chicago's AACM, is suffering late stage breast cancer. Beautiful Tina Marsh, age 55, whose disease was successfully treated in the '90s... more info

Guardian Music — He's taken jazz where it has never gone before - playing with pipers, punks and divas. As Ornette Coleman arrives in Britain, Patti Smith, Moby and others salute a great. By John LewisBorn in Texas 79 years ago, saxophonist Ornette Coleman came to t... more info

All About Jazz — une is jazz month in New York. Still. The recent collapse of the JVC Jazz Festival may have created a different impression among casual observers — and make no mistake, its absence is being felt. But there’s a reassuring abundance in the ... more info