Acclaimed jazz drummer Carl Allen joins conductor Rodney Whitaker and the young performers of the DSO's Civic Jazz Orchestra for a one-night only performance in Allesee Rehearsal Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center on Saturday, February 2 at 7 p.m.

McCoy Tyner is one of the most celebrated and sought-after jazz pianists of the last five decades. His melodic panache, harmonic sophistication and rhythmic flair have transcended convention, making him a living jazz icon.

Birmingham Royal Ballet returns to the Hippodrome stage during February with two great dance programmes: Swan Lake, arguably the most famous ballet of all time, and All That Jazz – a triple bill of jazz ballets that includes David Bintley's latest jazz creation Take Five to the music of Dave Brubeck.

Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Oscar Peterson has died. He was 82.

Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM), in collaboration with Earshot Jazz, proudly present Jazz in January2008, taking place Jan. 17 through Jan. 20, 2008 at EMP|SFM.

Music is said to be the universal language, and jazz, in particular, travels well from one culture to the next. A recent conference in Los Angeles looked at the ties forged by jazz between France and the United States. Mike O'Sullivan spoke with noted French pianist Rene Urtreger about the influence of jazz in his country.

Sundays are set to swing at the National Conservation Centre. Visitors to the museum’s café can now enjoy free jazz performances from 12-3pm every week.

Norway's accordion virtuoso Frode Haltli transforms traditional folk sources into atmospheric chamber music. An exceptional improviser and a folk music authority, ECM recording artist Haltli has a repertoire that includes lyrical waltzes from Sweden, free jazz experiments inspired by Albert Ayler, and traditional psalms and ballads from his homeland.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Art After 5 series continues to bring the best in jazz and world music to area audiences, from classic sounds to innovative emerging artists. Each Friday evening the Great Stair Hall is transformed into an intimate cabaret, with table service, cocktails, elegant café-style appetizers, and desserts.

Trumpeter Chris Botti is a gifted instrumentalist, a talented composer, and a charismatic performer who has become a virtual genre-of-one, and a star, in the realm of contemporary jazz. Chris Botti appears at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, California, on Sunday, November 18, at 7:00pm. Tickets are priced at $85, $65, $55 and $45

Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Joan Channick welcome the The Gene Bertoncini Duo as the second act in Long Wharf Theatre's popular Jazz on the Wharf concert series. Jazz on the Wharf is programmed in association with Jazz Haven. The duo will perform Friday, October 26 at 9 p.m. on Stage II.

Tunisian-born singer and oud (Arabic lute) virtuoso Dhafer Youssef's hypnotic, Sufi-inspired music connects the ancient with the modern, the East with the West in an enticing coalescence of culture. Youssef draws on the evocative sound of his Islamic heritage, combining it with new directions in European jazz and "a voice that could stop wars" (Songlines) to create timeless atmospheres of sound.