Guardian Music — (Lost Marble)Django Bates has done it again. In 2010, he received rapturous cheers for his Beloved Bird album, dedicated to bebop sax genius Charlie Parker. This is the five-star follow-up, also with the young Danish bass and drums team of Petter Eld... more info

Guardian Music — The London Jazz festival today announces the lineup for its 20th festival with over 250 shows at over 50 venues across the city.The festival, which runs from 9 to 18 November, will host some of jazz's biggest stars, including Herbie Hancock playing h... more info

Guardian Music — Nordic country music, British folk and some gold-standard jazz in London and BirminghamSusannaThe Norwegian founder of Susanna and the Magical Orchestra tours material from her new album, Wild Dog: ethereal songs that suggest a kind of 21st-century N... more info

Guardian Music — (Resteamed)When Stan Tracey was the house pianist at Ronnie Scott's in the 1960s, he creatively accompanied most of American jazz's biggest stars, including saxophonists Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins and the former Duke Ellington Orchestra ... more info

Mercury News, California — Also: Legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette celebrates 70th birthday with tour that will make several Bay Area stops. more info

Guardian Music — (Riverside)Don Byas was a tenor-sax genius whose name never appeared in lights as bright as those of Lester Young, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins or Sonny Rollins. Patchy live recordings of decades-old jazz by non-stars rarely qualify for this slot, bu... more info

Guardian Music — ECMThis enthralling double album is a previously unreleased concert set from Tokyo in 1979 and features Keith Jarrett's "European quartet" of Jan Garbarek on saxes and flute, fellow Norwegian Jon Christensen on drums and Swedish bassist Palle Daniel... more info

Starpulse — Famed saxophonist Sonny Rollins ruled the Jazz Awards in New York on Wednesday, taking home three top honors. He was named Musician Of The Year for the second year in a row and was also hailed as... more info

ContactMusic — Famed saxophonist Sonny Rollins ruled the Jazz Awards in New York on Wednesday 20Jun12 taking home three top honours He was named Musician Of The Year for the second year in a row and was also hailed as Top Tenor Saxophonist He rounded out his trio o... more info

Guardian Music — (Challenge)Thielemans is probably the best, and at 90 certainly the oldest, jazz harmonica player in the world. He gave up showing off his technique long ago and now concentrates on revealing the hidden beauties of tunes that capture his interest, in... more info