The Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, Maine, is offering JazzBoston members a pair of tickets to their Sunday Jazz Brunch on both Nov. 6 and Nov. 20. The brunch features the Matt Fogg Jazz Trio.

JazzBoston members are being offered a pair of free tickets to the 34th annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert (JCMC), 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 22 at Northeastern University's Blackman Theatre, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston. JazzBoston members also receive a 10% discount on ticket purchases for Saturday's concert. Just show your membership card at the ticket office.

Scullers is offering JazzBoston members three pairs of tickets to each of these shows, all at 8 p.m.:
Laszlo Gardony, Nov.2; Sultans of String, Nov. 3; and Hilary Kole, Nov. 9.

The Regattabar is offering JazzBoston members one pair of tickets to each of these shows: the Bad Plus, Oct. 27, 10 p.m.; Rudresh Mahanthappa (photo left), Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m.; Donal Fox Quartet, Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m.; Pierre Hurel Duo, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m.; Django Reinhardt All-Stars, Nov. 11, 10 p.m.; Sophie Milman, Nov. 16, 10 p.m.; and Sheila Jordan, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m.

The Jazz Club at the Multicultural Arts Center is offering JazzBoston members two pairs of tickets to both the New World Jazz Composers Octet, Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m., and Stan Strickland's Autojazzography, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m.

If you're a JazzBoston member, write to newsletter@jazzboston.org now to enter the drawing to win free tickets to any of the events listed above, and please note which shows and dates you're interested in. You must be a JazzBoston member to be eligible to win.

Click here to become a JazzBoston member now. Annual memberships begin as low as $20.

Besides supporting the city's jazz scene by becoming a JazzBoston member, members receive discounts at Scullers, the Regattabar, Ryles, The Regent Theatre, the Amazing Things Art Center, Chianti Tuscan Restaurant & Jazz Lounge, Darryl's Corner Bar & Kitchen, Redline, the Jazz Club at the Multicultural Arts Center, World Music/CRASHarts, Bella Luna Restaurant & Milky Way Lounge, the Vernissage Restaurant's "Jazz Thursdays at Vernissage," and Boston Pops jazz concerts at Symphony Hall. For discounts at all these venues, just show your JazzBoston card at the door, or when calling for reservations, give your name and member number.

The Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston offers JazzBoston members a 20% discount on a wide range of seminars, workshops, and webinars geared to artists and arts organizations. To get information about a particular program or register online, email D'lynne Plummer, Director of Professional Development, and give her your membership number.

New England Conservatory's School of Continuing Education is offering JazzBoston members a 15% discount on all classes, lessons, and ensembles in jazz and other genres, from private instrument instruction to full certificate programs. Click here for more information.

Click here to become a JazzBoston member now. Annual memberships begin as low as $20.

Thinking of going to the upcoming Steppin' Out for Dimock Gala on Oct. 29 at the Westin Copley Plaza? Here's your chance to snag a pair of tickets (a $300 value) to the 24th annual benefit for the Dimock Center and join JazzBoston at the same time - all for $100. If you're interested in joining JazzBoston at the $100 Donor level, write to newsletter@jazzboston.org. You'll be entered into a drawing that will take place on Monday, Oct. 24. The winner, and new JazzBoston member, will be notified by 6 p.m. on the 24th.

The two tickets to Steppin' Out, offered to JazzBoston by Dayla Arabella Productions, will get you into one of the year's hottest events, with two floors and five ballrooms worth of jazz, R&B, gospel, Latin, swing, and acapella music. Among this year's peformers: Oleta Adams (photo left, above), the Harlem Gospel Choir, Henry Butler, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra and Glen David Andrews.

JazzBoston and Dayla Arabella Adventures are still accepting reservations for our third annual trip to the Panama Jazz Festival, Jan. 16 - 22 in Panama City, Panama, the nation known as the Bridge of the Americas. This year's lineup may be the best ever, and our partnership with the Danilo Perez Foundation, the beneficiary of the festival proceeds, gives us access to an array of VIP events, including private receptions with the U.S. Ambassador to Panama and the Administrator of the Panama Canal Authority, the Gala Concert and Reception at the historic Teatro Nacional in the Old City, and a private tour of the Miraflores Locks.

Leading the lineup is legendary Panamanian saxophonist Carlos Garnet, the 2012 festival honoree. Other headliners include Tito Puente Jr., Chucho Valdes (photo above), Omara Portuondo, John Scofield, Charlie Sepulveda, Luis Bonilla, Teri Roiger, and the Jed Levy Quartet, a Jazz at Lincoln Center road band presented by JALC and the U.S. State Department. For those who like their jazz 24/7, there are also daily clinics, master classes, and afternoon concerts by visiting artists from participating music schools and conservatories, including the Goldansky Piano Institute, Conservatorio of Puerto Rico, New England Conservatory, and Berklee College of Music.

See the JazzBoston website for details or write to panama@jazzboston.org for more information and reservations. Prices start at $835 per person (based on double occupancy) for a 4-day package, and group members receive an 8% discount on their flights from JazzBoston's partner, American Airlines.

The 50 assorted media maven and debutants from all over the Greater Boston area who gathered at Darryl's Corner Bar last month at the invitation of JazzBoston and the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) had one fundamental thing in common - the desire or need to communicate about music. With everyone at a different stage in the transition from traditional to new media, we figured our guests would have a lot to talk about, and they did.

The occasion for JazzBoston's first Music Media Meet-and-Greet party was the Boston visit of JJA president Howard Mandel (at left in photo above with music writer Bob Blumenthal, courtesy of Kayana Photography). Mandel also participated as a guest interviewer in JazzBoston's "Meet Boston's Musicians" program at the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival two days later.

Among the musicians, writers, bloggers, broadcasters, video producers, web designers, and photographers at this special event: Tom Lucci, WICN Public Radio, 90.5 FM; Michael Quinlin, MassJazz; Charles McEnemey, Future of Music Coalition; Steve Schwartz, WGBH 89.7 FM; Tina Gao, Magic 106.7 FM; Tom Hall, saxophonist, educator, author; Ken Field, saxophonist, band leader; Bob Young, music writer, Boston Herald; Lydia Liebman, vocalist, WECB Online Radio; Kent Thompson, Letters of Marque Productions; Jay Fedigan, video documentary producer; Jacob William, bassist; Nick Grondin, guitarist; and Melissa Cantor, WECB, WERS.

Much appreciation goes to Darryl Settles, who was as always the perfect host.

Bassist Dave Holland (photo left) leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in performing his music for big band on Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall.

Brazilian singer and composer Ivan Lins goes back to the music he heard as a child in the U.S. - jazz and bossa nova - when he presents a free clinic on Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. at Berklee College of Music's Berk Recital Hall, 1140 Boylston St., Boston. The Jeff Covell Trio performs on Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Berklee's David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston St., and bassist Eddie Gomez discusses his career, bass techniques, jazz improvisation, and composition on Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. at Recital Hall 1W, 1140 Boylston St.

On Oct. 23 at 8 p.m., the Makanda Project performs at MIT's Killian Hall, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Trombonist Curtis Fuller helps Harvard celebrate Blue Note Records on Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. in an open rehearsal and public discussion with the Harvard Jazz Bands at New College Theatre Rehearsal Studio, 10-12 Holyoke St., Cambridge.

We know you receive a lot of newsletters, and we want ours to be one of your favorites. Please send your comments and suggestions to newsletter@jazzboston.org. To find out more about JazzBoston, including membership benefits and volunteer opportunities, check out our website at www.jazzboston.org. And pass this newsletter along to all the jazz fans and music lovers you know!