Guardian Music — Joe Loss vocalist and creator of the secret lemonade drinkerThe jazz and pop musician Ross MacManus, who has died aged 84, was a featured singer in the 1960s with Britain's leading dance band, the Joe Loss orchestra, and in the 1970s the creator of t... more info

Guardian Music — This jazz ebook provides a fascinating delve into the extensive Guardian and Observer archive of coverage from 1917 to the present dayBuy Kindle edition or get it as an iBookThe Guardian and Observer newspapers have covered jazz in all its shapes and... more info

Guardian Music — Crying at Christmas, pulling a pistol on Santa, doing something unspeakable to a snowman. Here is your idea of jingle hellHo ho ho? No, no, no. This week's been a catalogue of misanthropy, self-loathing and seasonal ill-will. I can't say I didn't ask... more info

USA Today Music — See full videos from an assortment of the season's bounty, including clips by Pearl Jam and Miles Davis. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The musician/DJ favors Miles Davis, Vum, Le Butcherettes and Boris. more info

Guardian Music — (ACT)One of Germany's relatively few internationally celebrated jazz stars from the 1960s, Joachim Kühn remains an elemental jazz force at a keyboard. He has plenty of opportunities to confirm that, on this 2010 live big-band concert, and his searin... more info

Guardian Music — (Sunnyside)Lucian Ban is a classically trained Romanian jazz pianist and composer who in recent years has become a key figure on New York's downtown jazz scene. This album is devoted to the work of Romanian classical genius George Enescu, the violin ... more info

Guardian Music — Purcell Room, LondonSeveral current events and exhibitions celebrate the composer Cornelius Cardew (1936-81), who sought to remove divisions between life and music, and whose influence transcends the marks he left on paper.This concert tackled two f... more info

Guardian Music — From Beethoven's letters to Bob Dylan's Chronicles, the musician chooses books that reveal the private lives behind the public melodiesSongwriter, arranger, producer and guitarist Nile Rodgers is one of the most influential pop musicians of the last ... more info

Guardian Music — Bishopsgate Centre, LondonYou can generate all kinds of similes listening to The Necks: a picture gallery, an urban landscape, the surface of the moon. But the metaphor that sprang to mind for their latest appearance, at the London Jazz festival, was... more info