Guardian Music — My uncle Wally Wrightman, who has died aged 77, was a larger than life character, a jazz musician, promoter and radio broadcaster. He was born in Tottenham, north London, one of five children, and became hooked on music at an early age. After leaving... more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonThere is a brief moment, almost at the end of her show, when Martha Reeves' voice comes into its own. As you might expect, she is singing her deathless hit Dancing in the Streets – but, unexpectedly, it happens during the son... more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonCarmen Lundy looked happy to be among friends at Ronnie Scott's, an place that has felt like home to her kind of coolly expert, classic-to-contemporary jazz singing for years. The international career of the deep-toned, techni... more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonHouston Person, the burly and bluesily expressive American tenorist, learned his craft in the early 1950s, a time when some of the earliest pioneers of jazz saxophone – Sidney Bechet, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster... more info

Guardian Music — Jon Savage continues his search for forgotten pop-cultural gems in the archives of British Pathe newsreels. Here he explains how Feldman's jazz club set the bar for postwar British youth cultureI missed this on my last trawl through the archives, so ... more info

Guardian Music — Take a look at the gigs our writers will be reviewing this week, and tell us about any live music you've seen recentlyEach week we share a list of concerts our writers will be reviewing. Here's what they'll be writing about in the next few days (all ... more info

Guardian Music — Lanterns On The Lake, On tourA band all about the atmosphere, Lanterns On The Lake's music isn't something that you listen to exactly, more something that descends like a spectacularly damp fog. Undoubtedly the effect is intended to be spooky and mov... more info

Guardian Music — Cymbals Eat Guitars, On tourRight now, it seems as if every band has their own take on what 90s American bands like Pavement were all about. For Mazes, it's the cute tunes. For Yuck, it's the mid-tempo strumming and idiosyncratic lead lines. For Cymb... more info

Guardian Music — Jazz pianist whose main fan base was in continental EuropeThere cannot be many jazz musicians who have simultaneously possessed a flying phobia and a pilot's licence. That has long been a favourite anecdote about Gordon Beck, the lean, stonily impass... more info

Guardian Music — Steve Coleman, Steve Williamson and Chris Potter reveal instrument's depths and variationsIn deference to the ways of the world, the London Jazz Festival might have cannily foregrounded pop-oriented singers in its opening days – but the real star h... more info