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One of Australia’s greatest jazz singers Monique diMattina will launch her new album ‘Everybody Loves Somebody’ at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club in Melbourne in November.

The Jazz Bell Awards will be handed out in Melbourne on April 30.

Grammy Awards nominees Hiatus Kaiyote have announced national dates starting in November with Remi, Kirkis and Silent Jay & Jace XL.

Australian jazz singer Kerrie Biddell has died at the age of 67 of a stroke. She had been in poor health since 2001.

Melbourne’s historic Bennetts Lane Jazz Club will close in June 2015.

Cindy Blackman has returned to work with Lenny Kravitz.

Jon Anderson, original member of Yes, and jazz violin icon Jean-Luc Ponty have joined together to form the Anderson-Ponty Band.

Charlie Haden, one of the great jazz bass players of the world, has died at age 76 after suffering from the effects of post-polio syndrome.

The line-up for the 24th Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival has been revealed with Russell Morris and Jazz Bell Award winner Mick Nock on a list of artists from Australia, USA, The Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Austria.

Grammy Award winning jazz artist George Duke has died after battling leukemia. He was 67-years old.

SXSW, the world’s biggest music conference held annually in Austin, Texas, is open for 2014 registrations.

The artists that built A&M Records in the mid-60’s, Herb Alpert and Sergio Mendes, came to the Hollwood Bowl last Wednesday with special guest, Alpert’s wife, Lani Hall.

APRA will hold the 3rd Art Music Awards in Sydney in August.

Artists wishing to attend the SXSW Music Conference and Festival in 2014 may now apply.

Ella Fitzgerald is regarded by many as the finest female jazz vocalist of all time, with a seminal body of work that continues to inspire multiple generations of fans around the world. So the discovery of a cache of never-before-released vintage Fitzgerald performances is a major musical event, and the release of that material marks

Molly Ringwald will move from the big screen to the concert stage when she performs at the Melbourne Recital Centre later this month.

Renée Geyer is taking her ‘Swing’ show on the road.

Hugh Laurie feels like an untrained “Saudi Arabian playboy” driving a Ferrari when he performs his music.

The 2013 Australian Jazz Bell Awards were handed out in Melbourne tonight with David Ades picking up two awards and Marc Hannaford winning Most Original Jazz album Award.

Dorothy Bell, the widow of Australian jazz great Graeme Bell honoured her late husband at the11th annual Australian Jazz Bell Awards held in Melbourne tonight (May 2, 2013).

Hugh Laurie will release his second album ‘Didn’t It Rain’ in May. Noise11.com has the exclusive first listen for you to hear ‘Didn’t It rain’ now.

The Bryan Ferry Orchestra is currently touring Europe in support of their album The Jazz Age, a rather eclectic collection of Ferry’s songs from throughout his career done in the style of a jazz orchestra from the 1920’s.

The 2013 Jazz Bell Awards will be handed out in Melbourne on May 2. Nominees for the 11th Jazz Bell Awards have been announced.

Australian singing legend Renee Geyer will release her 25th album next Friday, April 19.

The Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA will bestow Honorary Doctor of Music degrees to Carole King, Willie Nelson and Annie Lennox at their commencement on May 11 at the Agganis Arena at Boston University.