Memorial Service Next Tuesday for Clarinetist Joe Muranyi

Louis Armstrong's Final Clarinetist was 84 when he died in April

Bassist Omer Avital to Unveil New Band at NYC Gigs

Residency at Smalls is in support of ‘Suite of the East’ album

Album title is also the trumpeter/composer’s new name

Trumpeter will be joined by Gary Burton, Bob Mintzer, Joey DeFrancesco, others

Fusion group also plans a 30th anniversary tour

Amina Figarova Sextet and Tineke Postma Quartet will perform

City proclaims “Ahmad Jamal Day” as Clint Eastwood, other celebs celebrate

‘Champion’ will receive world premiere in St. Louis in June 2013

U.S. and foreign dates are in support of Blue Note debut, ‘Spirit Fiction’

Sessions were recorded shortly before pianist Esbjörn Svensson’s death in 2008