All About Jazz — Nothing in Ken Burns's much-maligned, decade-old Official History of Jazz caused as much umbrage as Branford Marsalis's remark that in the 70s "jazz just kind of died; it just kind of went away for a while." As Nate Chinen chronicled several years ag... more info

All About Jazz — 31st Detroit International Jazz Festival 2010 Edition of the Labor Day Weekend Classic to Celebrate Flame Keepers Allen Toussaint, Take 6, Branford Marsalis, Mulgrew Miller,Roy Haynes, Manhattan Transfer,Kirk Whalum, and Mambo Legends Orchestra on ta... more info

Guardian Music — Leading expontent of jazz-rap and one half of Gang StarrGuru, the Boston rapper who rose to international acclaim as half of Gang Starr, has died from cancer, aged 43. Gang Starr expanded rap's sonic palette by mixing jazz with electronic beats to cr... more info

XLR8R — After a year-long battle with cancer that also included a much-publicized heart attack, MC Guru passed away last night. Founder of the pioneering hip-hop group GangStarr, Guru was not only known for his uncompromising flows, but an approach to hip-ho... more info

MTV.com News — Legendary rapper succumbed to cancer on Monday after suffering a heart attack last month.By Gil Kaufman Guru in 2003 Photo: Gregg Delman/ MTV.com Just over a month since undergoing surgery following a heart attack, Gang Starr MC Guru (born ... more info

ContactMusic — Jazz great BRANFORD MARSALIS is to make his debut as a Broadway composer by creating music for DENZEL WASHINGTON's new play.The Grammy Award-winning saxophonist will... more info

All About Jazz — Jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis isn't the kind of artist who panders to an audience. When he ventures onto a stage, what you hear is what you get. And Friday evening at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, that meant an exhilarating, cha... more info

All About Jazz — It looks to be a busy few days for live music in St. Louis, with plenty of events this weekend that will be of interest to fans of jazz and creative music. Let's go to the highlights:Tonight, saxophonist Dave Stone and trumpeter Randy Holmes play the... more info

All About Jazz — This week, we've got some video clips of saxophonist Branford Marsalis, who will be in St. Louis on Friday, February 12 for a concert at the Touhill Performing Arts Center.Part of the famous New Orleans musical family, he and brother Wynton first gai... more info

Guardian Music — Various venuesThe 10-day London Jazz Festival ends tonight, leaving the capital's jazz community more than usually dazed and confused. We all start off making long and impractical wish lists and end up defeated by musical indigestion and, with the mo... more info