Jazz Fest scrambles after loss of contributor (The Wichita Eagle)

With a month remaining before the Wichita Jazz Festival, director Craig Owens found that a major contributor pulled out, leaving him to raise nearly half of his $16,000 budget.

March is filled with women-in-jazz events (The Kansas City Star)

Just one month to recognize the achievements of women in jazz isn’t enough. But it’s a good start. And with the American Jazz Museum’s March calendar filled with almost nothing but women-in-jazz events, the time is now.

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: South Orange Performing Arts Center Announces 2009-2010 Jazz Concert Schedule (All About Jazz)

2009-2010 Season JAZZ @ SOPAC South Orange Performing Arts Center One SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ, 07079 All artists and prices are subject to change at the time of this release.

Get in the swing at a Folly or Gem jazz concert (The Kansas City Star)

N ow’s the time to get those tickets.

Shemekia Copeland On Mountain Stage

A New York-based blues singer with a gutty voice, Copeland was opening shows by the time she was 15. In this Mountain Stage performance, she showcases songs from her latest album, Never Going Back

Diana Krall heats up Peace Concert Hall (The Greenville News)

Sultry jazz singer/pianist Diana Krall’s much-anticipated Peace Center concert — sold out some time ago — had her wall-to-wall aficionados swooning Friday night.

Jazz concert set for Sunday morning (Cape Cod Times)

Because of a reporting error, the time of the Original Dissonance Jazz Band’s concert featuring Lou Colombo was listed incorrectly on Page 9 of yesterday’s CapeWeek magazine.

Jazz festival promises whole new level of experience (The Temecula Valley News)

America is cool, because its the birthplace of jazz. Since then, it has been loved worldwide.