FREDDIE HUBBARD, the Grammy-winning jazz musician whose blazing virtuosity influenced a generation of trumpet players and who collaborated with such greats as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, has died.

British rock group Pink Floyd was today named winner of the 2008 Polar Music Prize.

Jazz veteran Sonny Rollins and composer Steve Reich were awarded Sweden's top music prize from the country's King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony on Monday.