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Guitarist Randy Napoleon came to the attention of the jazz world a decade ago when he was a student at the University of Michigan, soloing with Ellen Rowe's jazz band at a festival in Indiana.

Fifth Annual Open World Jazz Concert to be held on the Miracle Mile The fifth annual Open World Jazz Concert--an evening of jazz with Brubeck Institute musicians and visiting jazz musicians from Russia--will be held at the Empire Theater on the Miracle Mile this year.

Gerald Clayton isn't like the average young jazz musician. He was immersed in music studies for a long time , while gaining experience playing duo piano concerts with Barron, Benny Green and Mulgrew Miller and also performing as a sideman with the legendary Clark Terry.

On Sept. 26, Yoshi's San Francisco will host Helen's Song: A Benefit Concert for Helen Wray with a lineup of notable jazz musicians that includes George Cables, Paula West, Bobby Hutcherson, Pete Yellin and Benny Green .

Jazz and rainy days are the perfect match. And when the days turn to nights, it is magical.

The Mile High Chapter Choir performing at the 2008 Gospel Prayer Meetin' at the Vail Jazz Party.

Warren is a freelance writer working in Boston and New York. His jazz work has also appeared in the Boston Herald and Performer Magazine.

Benny Green: "The piano will never be played better than it was played by Oscar Peterson." Jazz Port Townsend artisitic director John Clayton persuaded Benny Green to pay tribute to Oscar Peterson.

Jazz Port Townsend, Washington's largest summer jazz festival turns the Victorian seaport and arts community of Port Townsend into the summer jazz getaway July this weekend.

Boise Jazz Society, a not-for-profit partnership between Boise State University and the Boise community, has announced the artists in its 2009-2010 subscription series as well as a season opening concert by New York pianist and vocalist Deidre Rodman on July 23.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Clarinets I'll make a point of going to hear Israeli clarinet whiz Anat Cohen during her ambitious two-week stand at the Vanguard, June 23-28 and then June 30-July 5. The 3 Cohens band is really nice but I'll have to prioritize and hear Anat next week with Benny Green on piano , Peter Washington on bass and Lewis Nash on ...

After 66 years in the business, you'd think Bucky Pizzarelli would have seen it all.

Bucky Pizzarelli and Benny Green: Hear and see Pizzarelli and Green on tour last year at www.youtube.com . Benny Green: www.bennygreenmusic.com Jazz preview Bucky Pizzarelli and Benny Green 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle; $24.50 . In the post-bop world of jazz, the guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli is a novel ...

Historically, summertime connotes jazz. All those festivals, from Newport to Umbria to Monterey.