Guardian Music — (Deutsche Grammophon)French accordion maestro Galliano brings this band to the London jazz festival on 17 November and the mix is certainly tempting – Nino Rota's timeless movie themes interpreted by an elite international jazz quintet featuring Da... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offGrandaddy He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot The opening track from Grandaddy's wonderful 2000 album, The Sophtware Slump, is a gorgeous, slo-mo symphony of fear and u... more info

Guardian Music — (ACT) This is an unusual smooth-jazz album devoted to the moon and stars from Swedish jazz trombonist Nils Landgren. He has roped in some impressive support, including Jazz Crusaders pianist Joe Sample and French accordion star Richard Galliano. Lan... more info

Guardian Music — Information and lineups for the UK's best classical festivalsAldeburghWhen: 10–26 JuneWhere: Aldeburgh, SuffolkWho: Simon Rattle, Magdalena Kožená, Michael Schade, Ian Bostridge, Angelika Kirchschlager, Oliver Knussen, London Sinfonietta, Elliott... more info

Guardian Music — (Dreyfus)Richard Galliano, the great French accordionist, adapted Clifford Brown's jazz trumpet solos to the instrument as a teenager and (as he recently confirmed on vocalist Kurt Elling's memorable London gig) jazz ideas drive him, despite a worl... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonIn less than a decade of UK appearances, the Chicago jazz vocalist Kurt Elling has ascended from intimate performances for a handful of people to the standing ovation he received at the Barbican. An imaginative bill partnered him with... more info

All About Jazz — (December 6, 2010) CAM Jazz of Rome, Italy, just announced the availability of 90 CAM Jazz albums in a special room, comprising all of the jazz albums in the label's acclaimed catalog in honor of the label's 10 year Anniversary on the iTunes Store to... more info

Guardian Music — (Le Chant du Monde)Michel Portal has been a powerful presence on the European jazz and new music scene for a few years, and was a noted contemporary-classical clarinetist before that. This is a fine reissue from 1987, absorbing not just for the quali... more info

All About Jazz — The Wynton Marsalis Quintet and Richard Galliano From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf: Live in Marciac New Live Concert Recording and DVD Available June 22nd In the summer of 2008 multiple Grammy award winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis and his q... more info

Guardian Music — Although they both led troubled lives, Holiday and Piaf had very little in common musically. But when Galliano, the French accordion virtuoso, and Marsalis got together at the 2008 Marciac Festival, alternating songs associated with the two singers, ... more info