Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonJohn McLaughlin, the Yorkshire-born musician who found himself on Miles Davis's Bitches Brew in 1969 and became a guitar legend, has returned to Ronnie Scott's for the first time in 44 years. Musing on the late proprietor's like... more info

The Telegraph — The sheer energy of Gary Burton's playing is a marvel to behold. Rating: * * * * * more info

Guardian Music — (Telarc) Hard on Gary Burton's heels into Ronnie Scott's next week comes the young Japanese pianist Hiromi, one of jazz's most remarkable keyboard virtuosi. Though she can't resist hurtling through a jaw-dropping obstacle race of swing, classical ada... more info

Guardian Music — (Mack Avenue)Gary Burton, the finest exponent of four-mallet vibraphone-playing in jazz history, is at Ronnie Scott's next week with the first touring band he's had in six years. It's been worth the wait. Burton hired Pat Metheny when the guitarist w... more info

Guardian Music — Once the nation's favourite sound on the wireless, light music is making a finely orchestrated revival. Suzy Klein meets those at the forefront of a finely orchestrated revivalAn orchestra ­shimmers, its golden ­melodies prodding deep ­memories: s... more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonThe Hammond organ generates in equal amounts ecstatic thrills and a flood of cliches, but despite early absorption in the instrument's most famous and much-recycled qualities – full-on blues, gospel and R&B-fuelled grooving â€... more info

Guardian Music — October 1959: Number 29 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicAn East End Londoner, Ronnie Scott was a UK jazz star in the 1950s, playing tenor sax with an assurance that rivalled the dominant Americans. But he dreamed of a ... more info

Guardian Music — Pizza Express Soho, LondonWay back in 1959, a nervous, Charlie-Parker-obsessed teenager played the opening night of a new club called Ronnie Scott's. Half a century on, and now acclaimed by some of jazz's biggest stars, Peter King is back at another ... more info

Guardian Music — 22 June 1948: Number 11 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicWhen the Empire Windrush docked at Southampton, a new Britain was born. On board was the first wave of West Indian guest workers, answering a British gov... more info

The Telegraph — Legrand's talent for "easy listening" rises to a kind of genius. Everything flows easily, nothing has to be puzzled over. Rating: * * * * more info