CHICAGO, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Tenor sax player Von Freeman was honored with the fifth annual Walter Dyett Lifetime Achievement Award by the Jazz Institute of Chicago.
NEW ORLEANS, May 25 (UPI) -- Renowned jazz pianist and composer Hilton Ruiz was hospitalized in critical condition Thursday in New Orleans with injuries suffered in a fall.
LA CRESCENTA, Calif., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Jazz drummer Sherman Ferguson, who played on more than 80 albums with Dizzy Gillespie and George Shearing among others, has died at age 61.