Pete Escovedo joined by daughter Sheila E. in Ventura concert (Ventura County Star)

Mr. “E’’ will be joined by daughter Sheila E

Folk, Jazz, Etc: Mixing Eastern promise and folk, the jazz Sibelius brings Nordic cool to Glasgow (The Scotsman)

THE high and spacious Nordic keening of Jan Garbarek’s saxophone has become one of the best-known sounds in European jazz.

Sax player rallies jazz musicians for Haiti (Toronto Star)

Jazz musician Jane Bunnett may have missed the fourth annual Haitian jazz festival this week, but that doesn’t mean she won’t be playing for Haitians.

Holiday Jazz Concert and Wreath Auction (The Sandwich Broadsider)

The fourth annual Holiday Jazz Concert and Wreath Auction will be Friday, Dec. 11, at St. John’s Church.

Jazz in the Garden series kicks off Wednesday in Saginaw (The Saginaw News)

The fourth annual free July concert series Jazz in the Garden started Wednesday at Saginaw’s Andersen Enrichment Center Rose Garden, 120 Ezra Rust, with the music of Brush Street featuring singer Julie A. Mulady, of Saginaw Township.

Middlesex free summer concert series opens with funk-jazz group (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)

MIDDLESEX – The fourth annual summer concert series at the Martha Pellerin-Andy Shapiro Memorial Bandstand in Middlesex kicks off on Thursday, July 9, with one of the area’s most youthful funk-jazz ensembles, Evan Crandall and Too Hot to Handle. Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy the music. The rest of the six-concert series: …

Hurricane Sam to play at concert series (Marin Independent Journal)

Hurricane Sam and the Hotshots will perform from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 3 as part of the city of Sausalito’s concert series, Jazz & Blues by the Bay.

Jazz for the Fourth of July; plus Nugent (The Biloxi Sun Herald)

This column preceding Independence Day kicks off with two more MVD CDs in their great series of essential jazz albums, then touches base with a local band’s debut album before wrapping up with a DVD chronicling the 6,000th concert from All-American guitar hero Ted Nugent.

City and businesses getting ready for Jazz Festival (Jacksonville Daily Record)

Jerry Ewais, owner of the Zodiac Grill is one of the Downtown business owners who is gearing up for the Jacksonville Jazz Festival.

Miles Davis Festival in Alton pays homage to late jazz giant (Belleville News-Democrat)

Two metro-east music legends will receive another rousing tribute Saturday during the fourth annual Miles Davis Jazz Festival in Alton.

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