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

Guardian Music — By the 60s, British jazz no longer sounded like an American clone. Among the works that took the genre to new heights, Stan Tracey's Under Milk Wood still reigns supremeWhen Wynton Marsalis appeared at a Barbican tribute concert to the late Sir John ... more info

The Telegraph — The saxophonist Sonny Rollins, one of the all-time greats of jazz, is on an 80th birthday world tour and still blowing strong more info

All About Jazz — One can only bow to the master. Drummer Roy Haynes has played with a who's who of jazz greats over the course of his long career: Lester Young, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, J... more info

All About Jazz — The Sheldon Concert Hall and Metrotix are offering a two-for-one discount on tickets for the concert by saxophonist Victor Goines (pictured) this Saturday, November 14 at the Sheldon. Billed as "The Two Sides of Sonny," the concert will feature Goin... more info

All About Jazz — All About Jazz is celebrating David S. Ware's birthday today! David S. WareDavid S. Ware has been playing the saxophone for over 40 years. First in New Jersey public school bands, and in informal practice sessions with Sonny Rollins as a youth in t... more info

Guardian Music — As the Scottish and French jazz orchestras descend on the capital for this year's London jazz festival, John Fordham asks if it's about time the host nation followed suitIf you'd been hijacked to another galaxy some time around 1925, right in the mi... more info