Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonAlmost a year ago, on the Jazz Scene Europe mini-festival, saxophonist Andy Sheppard and drummer Seb Rochford captivated their Kings Place audience with a stream of wryly elegant surprises unfurled with no more fuss or overstate... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The lineup for the 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will bring together international rock, pop, jazz, country headliners, including Robert Plant, Jeff Beck, Arcade Fire, Bon Jovi, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Sonny Rollins, it was ann... more info

Totally Fuzzy — W said... RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON (... and GERRY RAFFERTY) Rafferty's Folly (1980) The ORIGINAL version of Shoot Out The Lights. Still Unreleased. As produced by the late Gerry Rafferty of Stealer's Wheel. * REDUX http://ngootbredux.blogspot.com Tha... more info

Popdose — It’s the first Hump Day of the new year, and we’re guessing that means you’re feeling a mite sluggish and worn down, so we can get away with posting a Ticket Stub set that’s almost impossible to hump to. On the plus side, it’s Sonny Rollins... more info

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Guardian Music — (World Village)This year, on a visit to Ronnie Scott's, the great Cuban pianist and bandleader Chucho Valdés seemed too big for the room. He rocketed through jazz piano history, with classical music and Duke Ellington flicks and hints, and a balance... more info

Guardian Music — If Miley Cyrus and today's child demographic-snaring acts have their roots in anything, it's 60s bubblegum pop. Bob Stanley looks back at the genre that took the rage out of rock'n'roll and invited in the totsThere are several classes in the school o... more info

Guardian Music — A trailblazing piece of free jazz that arrived in the revolutionary year of 1968 – and later found a fan in Bill ClintonAs this year's London Jazz festival drew to an end yesterday (21 November), my thoughts turned to how vehemently the event's div... more info

The Telegraph — Sonny Rollins is a joyous performer and the essence of octogenarian cool. Rating: * * * * more info

Guardian Music — Various venues, LondonReality demands that the Olympian saxophone improviser Sonny Rollins must slow down one day, and every time he appears, his fans look anxiously for signs. But at the Barbican on the London jazz festival's closing weekend, there ... more info