Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour: The Grammy-nominated saxophonist performs with David Benoit, Sheila E. and the first champion of “The Voice,” Javier Colon.

The annual Paradise Valley Jazz Party will celebrate its 30th anniversary on Saturday and Sunday at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort, 7200 N. Scottsdale Road.

Shaken & Stirred: The Scottsdale Culinary Festival debuts a night of vintage cocktail tastings fit for the likes of Hemingway and Sinatra. Guests 21 and older can sample 3 classic drinks with appetizers to match. Live music provided by Rani “g” and saxophonist Shea Marshall.

Tickets are on sale for the third annual Highland Jazz Festival. Acclaimed trombonist John Fedchock will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 30. Renowned saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 31. Tickets are $20 for each concert, with special discounts for students and senior citizens of $15 each. Don't miss these two great nights of outstanding jazz and the chance to support a local band program.

Dimitri Matheney Group  will perform for the first time on the west side at tonight’s Serenade in Sun Village.

Under music director Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performs a vast repertoire. Composed of 15 soloists and ensemble players, the big band has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra since 1992 and makes Mesa Arts Center its home on trips to the Valley. A talk with saxophonist and Northwestern University Director of Jazz Studies Victor Goines, hosted by KJZZ radio personality Blaise Lantana, precedes the orchestra’s show at 6:45 p.m. Thursday.

LONDON - The husband of Grammy-nominated British singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead.

MANCHESTER, Tenn. - Ornette Coleman was treated for heat-related dehydration after he collapsed during his performance at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival this weekend.

Celebrated saxophonist Dave Koz appeared this fall on an episode of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” and his new CD, “Hello Tomorrow,” debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and iTunes’ Jazz Album chart. Now Koz is popping up in Mesa with South African singer/guitarist Jonathan Butler, keyboardist Brian Culbertson and Dutch sax star Candy Dulfer. The artists will perform hits from their respective catalogues and a variety of holiday standards during their “Dave Koz & Friends: Smooth Jazz Christmas” concert.

Already sick of the same old holiday jingles playing nonstop on the radio? Six-time Grammy nominee Dave Koz puts a spirited spin on tired tunes in his Smooth Jazz Christmas concert.

VIENNA, Austria - Joe Zawinul, the jazz keyboardist who soared to fame as one of the creators of jazz-rock fusion with the band Weather Report, has died, a hospital official said. He was 75.

LOS ANGELES - LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.

LOS ANGELES  - LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.

Throughout the history of pop music, some artists have been able to reduce teenage girls to a teeming mass of screaming, blubbering hysteria with a wiggle of the pelvis or an unruly mop-top.

NEW ORLEANS - One of the jazz world's foremost learning institutions will move here from Los Angeles, and those involved hope it will ensure the genre has a future in the city where it was born.

There’s music and there’s foot tappin’, chin noddin,’ soul groovin’ music played by three-time Grammy Award-winning blues artist Keb Mo, who performs live Saturday at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale.

This is one summer event you’ll be glad is hot, hot, hot. Singe your musical senses at the Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Hot Latin Jazzfest on Saturday at the red rock-framed Sedona Cultural Park Georgia Frontiere Pavilion, 250 Cultural Park Place.

Dave Koz is a one-man smooth jazz media empire. The saxophonist — who earned notoriety sitting in with the house band on "The Arsenio Hall Show" in the early ’90s — has eight albums to his credit, his own record label (Rendezvous Entertainment), a weekly syndicated radio show and a string of successful Dave Koz & Friends tours that take Koz, 42, and his smooth jazz compatriots across the country to eager audiences.

Dave Koz is a one-man smooth jazz media empire. The saxophonist — who earned notoriety sitting in with the house band on "The Arsenio Hall Show" in the early ’90s — has eight albums to his credit, his own record label (Rendezvous Entertainment), a weekly syndicated radio show and a string of successful Dave Koz & Friends tours that take Koz, 42, and his smooth jazz compatriots across the country to eager audiences.