Following the sad passing of Sidney Lumet, the director’s friend Quincy Jones released a statement paying tribute to The Pawnbroker helmer.
The composer and free jazz violinist Billy Bang has died at the age of 63 ...
On 6 April 2011 the Recording Academy announced a major overhaul of many Grammy Award categories. From 2012, the number of categories will fall from 109 to 78. Some categories will be discontinued, others will be merged or renamed. Regarding jazz two categories will be removed : the Best Contemporary Jazz Album and the Best Latin Jazz Album Dictionnaire