NEW YORK, March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rockjazz pianist ELEW today announced the details of an upcoming benefit he is holding on Thursday, March 31 at the Gramercy Theater in New York City, in cooperation with Live Nation and Party With Purpose to benefit the relief efforts of humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders and Save The Children for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

By Alonzo Weston, St. Joseph News-Press, Mo. Aug. 5--TITLE: "Loverly" (Blue Note Records) ARTIST: Cassandra Wilson STARS: 4 1/2 Out of 5 Stars SOUNDS LIKE: American songbook standards filtered through Wilson's deep husky vocals and sparse instrumentation.

By Paul Weideman, The Santa Fe New Mexican Jul. 25--Cassandra Wilson is one of the few jazz musicians who gets away with straying beyond the limits of her native genre.

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