Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant duets with Alison Krauss, Neil Young and Jill Scott release albums, and 1960 Max Roach classic We Insist! is reissued this week.... more
Silver-haired Scott Hamilton has grown into his role as an elder statesman of the mainstream jazz revival and no living saxophonist throws down elegant solos as well as him.... more
Crowd-pleasing septet Ray Gelato's Giants are battling the office-party roar at Ronnie Scott's this year in the slot gamely filled by George Melly in Christmases past.... more
Take That are back with polite, mature pop, Jay-Z delivers his eighth studio album and a double-disc retrospective marks the 10th anniversary of Ronnie Scott's death.... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports