Playing with drill sergeant precision, but in relaxed harmony, the Jason Weber Quartet spread some very good vibes around San Diego International Airport last night.

Some have said that the United States finest gifts to the world are Jazz and Baseball. I firmly agree with this statement. This is why I am glad to report that our First Lady, Michelle Obama has today held the White House Jazz Studio. This is truly good news for America!

Freddie Hubbard, a jazz great and Grammy award winner, has passed away after complications from a heart attack last month. Hubbard died at Sherman Oaks Hospital, according to his manager, fellow trumpeter David Weiss of the New Jazz Composers Octet.

On Sunday, December 14th, from 4 to 6:15pm, The Living Desert will present, "Jazz at the Living Desert" - an exciting evening of live jazz with dynamic saxophonist Roger Neuman and his extraordinary line-up of top West Coast jazz artists, including trombonist John Allred, who has been described as "simply one of the greatest jazz trombonists in the world!"

The Orpheum stage comes alive with the Blues on November 21st & 22nd at 8pm when the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents trumpet virtuoso/singer and Vancouver favourite, Byron Stripling, in Nothin’ But The Blues. With triumphant technique, charismatic charm, and a larger-than-life stage persona, Stripling has won over audiences world-wide. This is one concert sure to please both Jazz/Blues enthusiasts and casual listeners. This concert takes place as part of the London Drugs VSO Pops series.

The 10th Anniversary season of Fitz's Jazz Cafe series at the McCallum Theatre continues with Al Jarreau, one of jazz's premier vocalists. He is one of those rare artists who have received Grammys in three musical genres - jazz, pop and R&B.

What better way to put the swing in spring than catching a live jazz or world music performance at Art After 5? Each Friday evening the Great Stair Hall at the Philadelphia Museum of Art becomes a lively cabaret, with table service, cocktails, elegant cafe-style appetizers, and desserts.

Featuring a retrospective of approximately 50 international films, live concerts, a gallery exhibition, and a panel discussion, Jazz Score celebrates some of the best original jazz composed for film from the 1950s to the present, with a particular emphasis on the rich and largely unexplored history of collaboration among postwar filmmakers and jazz composers, arrangers, and musicians.

The acclaimed African American ensemble Soulful Symphony will bring an all new, jazz inspired program to the Music Center at Strathmore on Thursday, February 21, and to the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on Friday, February 22.

A powerful pair of Grammy-nominated jazz artists, singer Tierney Sutton and pianist Jacky Terrasson, together with their bands, are poised to perform their live shows in Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center for the first time on Friday, February 22. The double bill takes place at 8 p.m. and is part of the LaSalle Bank Paradise Jazz Series.

From jazz guitar legend to soul-pop vocalist extraordinaire, Grammy Award winner George Benson has cultivated an international fan base as well as tremendous critical acclaim for three things - incomparable versatility, first-class execution in all he does, and, perhaps most importantly, for never being predictable.