ContactMusic — Neil Diamond was among those honoured in Washington over the weekend the performer receiving one of the most prestigious arts awards in America after being given a Kennedy Center Honour alongside actress Meryl Streep jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins ce... more info

USA Today Music — Louvin Bros., Mark Ronson, Paul Kelly, Darondo, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Kay Kay and The Rays, Sonny Rollins are among intriguing tracks. more info

Guardian Music — (Dreyfus) Roy Haynes might be 86, but on this disc the legendary jazz drummer (who has played with Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Pat Metheny and beyond) coolly occupies the driving seat with collaborators young enough to be his grandchildren. Hayne... more info

Guardian Music — To close the series, here is an inspired performance from an iconoclast who reaffirms the joy of being a jazz fanFor jazz fans in the UK, autumn is a time when pulses quicken. The London Jazz festival, the capital's biggest city-wide music festival, ... more info

Guardian Music — (HatHut)The writer Amiri Baraka described the scorching sax sound of Albert Ayler – the free-jazz saxophonist who died in 1970, aged 34, in New York's East River – as "like the singing from a black hole". But for all its stark expressionism, Ayle... more info

Guardian Music — (Impulse/Universal)It's the 50th birthday of Impulse Records, one of the most famous of all jazz labels – and famously home to John Coltrane for six years. The upcoming London Jazz festival celebrates with a concert on 12 November featuring pianist... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — At 81, the tenor saxophonist continues to craft new sounds in his live shows. 'Performance is where it happens,' he says.At 81, the tenor saxophonist continues to craft new sounds in his live shows. 'Performance is where it happens,' he says. more info

Guardian Music — Pizza Express Jazz Club SohoBarry Harris, the jazz musician who worked alongside pioneers from Coleman Hawkins to Miles Davis and roomed with Thelonious Monk, has been playing the piano for 77 years. He still exhibits the relaxed fluency that experie... more info

Guardian Music — Guardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, John Fordham examines the brilliant corners of Thelonious MonkWhen I was discovering jazz as a student, Thelonious Monk seemed to epito... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Rollins (far right) on stage at his 80th-birthday concert in New York City. Also pictured (left to right): Ornette Coleman, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes. What's the 80-year-old saxophone colossus up to now? You'd surely find out at one of ... more info