Donald Trump is reportedly calmed by a blast of Memory from Cats – but our readers prefer Radiohead and Miles Davis

From hard bop to fusion, mischievousness to sensitivity, Corea’s wide-ranging catalogue lived at the vanguard of jazz

It was a piece of black and white magic, a perfect fusion of sound and music boasting Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington – and lots of smoke. Can the landmark TV show now bewitch a new generation of fans?

This homage to Evans’ duets with guitarist Jim Hall is so clinically smooth, so lacking in funkiness, it makes you want to revisit the originals

Pianists Richard Fairhurst and John Taylor are a perfectly balanced pairing

This classy four-CD box set includes four hours of previously unreleased live music from Davis’ appearances at the Newport jazz festival

Polyphony sounds out a family perspective on Bill Evans's inconsolable grief, says Esi Edugyan

Bill Evans's brilliance as a pianist and influence on a generation of jazz players makes this four-disc set a must, writes Dave Gelly

1961: Number 30 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance music