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SEVENTH ANNUAL PANAMA JAZZ FESTIVAL, LED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DANILO PEREZ, ANNOUNCES 2010 LINEUP Panama's annual cornerstone cultural event, the seventh Panama Jazz Festival will be held January 11-16, 2010 .

NEC's celebration of the 40th anniversary of its landmark jazz studies program culminates tonight in a massive performance featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter and his new work for quartet and orchestra.

Not Two Records Guitarist Joe Morris continues his 2002 experimentation with the double-bass. On Fine Objects , he leads a trio of saxophone, bass, and drums through two of his own compositions, a couple of trio improvisations, and other compositions by Ornette Coleman , Eric Dolphy , Larry Clinton and Petr Cancura .

When most artists reach the age of 76, they tend to lower their aims. Riding on the coattails of their creative heyday is an easy way out for many older musicians.

For saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter, making music goes far beyond putting notes together to create pleasing sounds.

A film featuring Hudson Valley resident, Grammy winner and former Miles Davis sideman Jack DeJohnette will be shown Saturday during the Woodstock Film Festival.

Philadelphia Jazz at the Kimmel Center in October: Lizz Wright and Danilo Perez Trio Pay Tribute to Billie Holiday; Christian McBride and Friends; and Melody Gardot SOURCE: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia has a long history as a vibrant and pulsating jazz community.

It's been a while since Jack DeJohnette made a CD as a leader that fit so perfectly into the jazz genre as Music We Are , a straightforward recording of his trio with pianist Danilo Perez and bassist John Patitucci .

Saxophonist/Composer Donny McCaslin releases new CD titled Declaration on Sunnyside Records Musicians thrive in familiar musical settings, but every once in a while they challenge themselves by adding or augmenting the familiar with the unfamiliar.