LOS ANGELES, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- More than a dozen of the greatest modern jazz artists in history are heard on packages bringing together two classic Impulse! albums, largely from the 1960s, from each of them.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- South Florida's premier modern jazz organization is privileged to feature We Four: Celebrating John Coltrane.

Allen Toussaint, Take 6, Branford Marsalis, Mulgrew Miller, Roy Haynes, Manhattan Transfer, Kirk Whalum, and Mambo Legends Orchestra on tap DETROIT, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, festival organizers announced the lineup for the 31(st) Detroit International Jazz Festival (DJF), Friday, September 3 through Monday, September 6, in downtown Detroit. Subtitled "Flame Keepers - Carrying the Torch for Modern Jazz," the Detroit Jazz Fest will feature a veritable "dean's list" of alumni who passed through the "schools" of Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Betty Carter, Ray Brown, Miles Davis and Gil Evans.

Jazz musician Freddie Hubbard died at the age of 70 Monday in a Los Angeles area hospital after suffering a heart attack last month, USA Today reported. The Indianapolis-born trumpeter played with music titans such as John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey and Herbie Hancock.

By Joe Boesen, The Bakersfield Californian Aug. 5--There's new school, old school then a mix of something in between. There's saxophonist Javon Jackson and the Javon Jackson Band, pianist Les McCann and then there is Randolph's Lounge on Friday night.