Balm in Gilead's songs flow easily through its roots and soul fabric; it reflects the lifetime work of a woman, whose very name is a genre. Full Article at antiMUSIC

Hal Weary, A Rendezvous with Deja Vu (halwearyjazz). Weary is a pianist from the west on the rise in New York City. The quintet numbers on his debut CD draw on the hard-bop/gospel spirit of Horace Silver and Art Blakey. Full Article at All About Jazz

A recent critic of Bill Frisell commented that the jazz guitarist “smartens up American roots music for its court appearance, and then skips town”. Full Article at Times Online

Composer Mike Gibbs's festival appearance surely made him part of the week's most unusual trio. There was guitarist Bill Frisell, drummer Joey Baron and Gibbs himself, represented by the massed ranks of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Full Article at The Guardian Music

Share this with your friends! John Scofield’s Piety Street Band opened the 2009 London Jazz Festival (13 - 22 November) at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Full Article at T5M.com

Alfred Schnittke, celebrated in a season of concerts by the LPO. Guitarist Bill Frisell, appearing as part of the London Jazz Festival. The new, rockier, sepia-tinted Arctic Monkeys, currently touring their Humbug album. Full Article at The Guardian Music