L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Consider an all-guitar jazz quartet and it's easy for your mind to conjure images of fingers burning up and down fretboards with the kind of mind-scrambling fireworks that've made heroes out of Pat Metheny and John McLaughlin. more info

Guardian Music — (Blue Note)There's more to this world-jazz encounter between African and American sounds than its melliflously ethereal, borderline-smooth vocals first suggest. Beninese guitarist/vocalist Loueke (pictured) has established a unique identity (one that... more info

Guardian Music — (Jazz Village)France's Orchestre National de Jazz, under composer/director Daniel Yvinec, subscribes to no state-orchestra orthodoxy of recycling the tried and trusted. In recent years the band have explored the idiosyncrasies of songwriter Robert Wy... more info

ContactMusic — Guitar great Pat Metheny is reuniting his acclaimed namesake jazz act for a new album.The Pat Metheny Group went on hiatus in 2005 following the... more info

USA Today Music — The group is best known for its rock-meet-Brazilian-meets-jazz sound. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — It probably goes without saying that Pat Metheny is a one-of-a-kind sort of guitarist. more info

Guardian Music — (Whirlwind)Scottish composer and bassist Euan Burton won the Emerging Artist/Rising Star category in June's Scottish Jazz awards, but he has already worked with leading younger-generation Scottish groups and in international bands featuring hip New Y... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonWith last month's debut album release for his Unity Band, guitarist Pat Metheny introduced a saxophonist to his lineup for the first time in 30 years – the last occasion being the Ornette Coleman-influenced 80/81, with the late Mich... more info

Guardian Music — (Nonesuch)Metheny is a guitar superstar, or as close as anyone in contemporary jazz is ever likely to get. He can do whatever he likes, and does. Here he gathers three other top-flight players – saxophonist Chris Potter, bassist Ben Williams and dr... more info

Guardian Music — Sun Araw & M Geddes Gengras with The Congos, LondonWhat happens when a couple of LA hipsters decide they'd like to go to Jamaica and make a record with the foremost vocal group in the history of reggae? If it sounds like a joke waiting for a punchlin... more info