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Oscar Peterson

A major new scholarship program endowed by the Ontario government to commemorate legendary Canadian jazz musician Oscar Peterson will be inaugurated this year at York University.

National Jazz Awards

Pianist/producer/photographer/journalist Bill King will be a little less busy this spring, because after a decade and a half of making the National Jazz Awards (and its predecessor, the Jazz Report Awards) happen, the Toronto-based impresario won't be staging the event this year.

Johnny Alf

A founder of Bossa Nova music has died in Brazil after fighting prostate cancer. He was 80. Pianist Johnny Alf was called the "true father of Bossa Nova" by Ruy Castro, who wrote a definitive history of the music. Alf widely influenced later stars.

The Falcon in Marlboro, N.Y.

The pianist Fred Hersch seemed right at home here one recent Saturday night, onstage at the Falcon, a perfectly unlikely jazz haven in this Hudson Valley hamlet. Leading a trio, he mingled standards and originals, including a graceful waltz with the appropriate title “Snow Is Falling.” The standing-room crowd, a few hundred strong, was lavish with its applause, never more so than when Mr. Hersch made a brief acknowledgment: “I just want to congratulate Tony for putting this place together.”

Diana Krall

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) today announced the nominees for the 2010 JUNO Awards, with Diana Krall and Michael Bublé both receiving nominations for Artist of the Year.