Guardian Music — (ACT)There’s a lot of inviting improv space in the harmonically free trio format of saxophone, bass and drums, but there’s also nowhere to hide. Only the most resourceful players have risked it (saxophonists Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson... more info

Guardian Music — (Doxy/Okeh)Since the turn of the century, when he reached age 70, Sonny Rollins has recorded many of his concerts, and since 2008 he’s been dipping into them for release on his own label, Doxy Records. This is the fourth album in the series, mostly... more info

Mercury News, California — From newcomers Mario Castro and Marquis Hill to legends Chick Corea and Sonny Rollins, here is our list of the year's best jazz recordings. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Titling an album "Live at the Village Vanguard" surely isn't something taken lightly by jazz artists. The storied Greenwich Village jazz club has hosted a wealth of almost mythic live recordings from the likes of Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Albert Ayl... more info

Mercury News, California — Some, like Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins and Wayne Shorter are legends, other like Cassandra Wilson and Jason Moran, are leading the way to new directions. more info

Mercury News, California — Conversing with the great saxophonist and composer was a trip, like listening to his music. He was enigmatic one minute, nothing but entertaining the next, doing spot-on imitations of his friends Miles Davis, Art Blakey and Sonny Rollins. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Concerts to watch out for include Joshua Redman Quartet with the Brad Mehldau Trio, Chick Corea and Bela Fleck and the Bad Plus.The spring reliably brings a fresh crop of music, and a new live release from saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins (May 6) and... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Impassioned L.A. fans of Sonny Rollins (you know who you are) may have to wait a while longer to hear the legendary jazz saxophonist perform live at a venue near us. more info

Guardian Music — Inventive 60s jazz drummer who played with Rollins, Coltrane and GetzTo Pete La Roca, the American jazz drummer and composer, who has died aged 74, jazz was a swinging music that contained the promise of surprise. When jazz stopped swinging, and stop... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonEvidence for jazz's dynamic balance of past, present and future has been easy to find at the 2012 London jazz festival – in its profusion of young talent, but also in the continuing creativity of old stars such as Sonny ... more info