‘I just want to shake my tail feather’: how KeiyaA shut out the noise to make one of the year’s best albums

The pressure of besting her self-released debut – and becoming a public figure – made the US vocalist spiral. Remembering who she was inspired her phenomenal second LP, a comparison-defying odyssey of jazz, pop and club music

From Kate Bush to Pentangle to T-Rex, the late Danny Thompson’s musical brilliance knew no bounds

The bassist, who has died aged 86, was an extraordinary and wildly versatile presence in British music, bringing his personality into everything he played

The late DJ Chris Hill galvanised funkateers, brought Black music to the clubs – and got Mick Jones dancing

The legendary Essex DJ, who died earlier this month, was a cultural influencer before there was such a thing. He democratised the dancefloor, fearlessly blended genres and understood the power of personality

Cécile McLorin Salvant: Oh Snap review – a jazz artist of rare gifts and fearless variety

From breezy swing to scampering synths, folksy harmonies to stark wails of the soul, Salvant’s crystalline vocals shine across her ingenious experiments

‘His music jostles like a get-together over a feijoada’: Hermeto Pascoal was Brazilian music’s experimental genius

This irrepressible innovator performed in a river to test its sonic properties, used kettles and bottles as instruments and played with Miles Davis. His influence cannot be overestimated

Our guide to Hermeto Pascoal in clips

From an impromptu water band to breathtaking accordian virtuosity, John Fordham picks his favourite Hermeto Pascoal moments

Sheila Jordan obituary

Jazz singer with an unorthodox vocal style who first toured the UK and Europe in the 1960s

Kevin Mott Renton obituary

Other lives: Owner of the idiosyncratic Renton’s record shop in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

‘I was a bit scared of success’: jazz-pop star Laufey on filling arenas, mansplainers, and confronting the haters

With her retro blend of jazz-pop, the Icelandic artist seems an unlikely superstar. She discusses her surprising path to fame – and how much of her personal life she is willing to put into her music

Linda May Han Oh: Strange Heavens review – ideas and invention burst from a great jazz trio

Ambrose Akinmusire and Tyshawn Sorey join the bassist-composer on originals and covers that are rhapsodic, rhythmic and tonally warm

Miles. review – soulful ode to the jazz genius behind Kind of Blue

Trumpeter Jay Phelps plays a devotee of Benjamin Akintuyosi’s Miles Davis in this reverential tribute

Peter Smith obituary

Other lives: Ceramicist who produced domestic earthenware using traditional methods

Wally Houser obituary

Other lives: Pro bono legal representative of Ronnie Scott’s jazz club whose loyalty to its founder never wavered

Explosive and experimental, Eddie Palmieri was a revolutionary figure in postwar American music

The Puerto Rican New Yorker pianist, who has died aged 88, radiated pure joy as he played – never resting on his laurels as he went from jazz to salsa to house and beyond

Chuck Mangione obituary

Musician who helped to create ‘smooth jazz’, an easy-listening sound that won him two Grammy awards