JazzBoston is also partnering with the Boston Public Library to develop an after-school pilot program for middle-school students at the Dudley and Codman Square branches that will culminate in performances at each branch during Jazz Week. Two jazz master teacher/performers selected by JazzBoston will lead the program.

Jazz Week 2008 is building upon the success of 2007, during which more than 150 events took place at over 50 locations in and around the city, from clubs, museums and churches to libraries, universities, hotels, and community centers. Special shows that week in venues as disparate as the Lily Pad, Copley Square Boston Public Library branch, Wally's and the Regattabar are among those already scheduled. Jazz Week events are produced independently by participating musicians, presenters, clubs, educational institutions, and other organizations. All events are promoted by JazzBoston under the Jazz Week umbrella through an extensive, print, broadcast and web marketing campaign.

"We encourage artists to think creatively about special themes or new approaches, perhaps seeking out a venue to present their music that might be new to jazz," says bandleader and trumpeter Mark Harvey, Jazz Week team co-leader and JazzBoston board member. "We encourage presenters, club owners, and restaurant managers to book jazz into your space during this special week, even if you've never done it before."

Musicians and presenters should send relevant details of confirmed events to jazzweek@jazzboston.org for inclusion in the overall Jazz Week promotional campaign. Read more about Jazz Week and check out the photo gallery of last year's highlights on the JazzBoston site.

JazzBoston members can win free tickets to hear Grammy-winning keyboard and synthesizer player George Duke (photo left) in concert at Berklee Performance Center on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 8:15 p.m. "Restore Your Soul: George Duke in Concert" will showcase the jazz/R&B/funk/pop star with a cast of friends that include Terri Lyne Carrington, Walter Beasley, David Gilmore and Ricardo Monzon. Read more about the show. Courtesy of Berklee College of Music, a pair of tickets (value $60) will go to each of the first two JazzBoston members who write to newsletter@jazzboston.org.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has extended a special discount offer to JazzBoston members for the "Jazz at the Gardner" show on Feb. 21 at 7 p.m., featuring alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa and his quartet with pianist Vijay Iyer. Instead of the usual $2 per ticket discount to jazz shows that JazzBoston members receive, the museum is offering a "buy one, get one half-off" discount to the performance. Regular tickets to the Mahanthappa concert are $23. Read more about the show.

Don't forget that JazzBoston members also receive discounts at the Regattabar, Scullers, the Real Deal Jazz Club and Cafe, The Beehive, Ryles, and the Vernissage Restaurant's "Jazz Thursdays at Vernissage."

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.

Indefatigable drummer Bob Moses (photo left) - now know as Rakalam Bob Moses - is hitting 60 years old and marking the occasion in high style with a free show on Monday, Jan. 28, at 8 p.m. at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. The concert, "Free Freedom," features guitarist and Moses' spiritual master Bhapuju Tisziji Munoz and keyboard man John Medeski. Moses and company will be joined by fellow NEC faculty member John Lockwood on bass, along with a second bassist, Don Pate.

Also at NEC, violinist David Eure performs with pianist Yasko Kubota in "Where Jazz Meets a French Twist of Fate" on Thursday, Feb. 7, at Williams Hall at 8 p.m. Read NEC's events listings.

Kate Matson presents FiLmprov, her latest animated films, on Friday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m. at MIT's Killian Hall, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. The free event features musical improvisation by the FiLmprov Ensemble, comprising Chris Rakowski on accordion and sax, Peter Bloom on flutes and saxes, Phil Scarff on clarinet and saxes, Mark Harvey on trumpet, Jay Keyser on trombone, and Bill Lowe on tuba and trombone. Click here for more info.

It's "Winter Orgy" time at Harvard University's WHRB 95.3 FM, and the station's daily "Jazz Spectrum" wake-up show at 5 a.m. will be augmented by several extended programs that jazz listeners will want to circle on their calendars. "The Third Stream Orgy," from Gunther Schuller to Ran Blake and beyond, will be broadcast on Monday, Jan. 28, from 10 a.m. to midnight. On Wednesday, Jan. 30, from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m., "The Bass Clarinet in Jazz Orgy" will cover the music of pioneers of that instrument, including Omer Simeon and Eric Dolphy. Read the program guide for the full lineup.

Please tell us what you think of this e-newsletter and what kinds of information you'd like to see included in future issues. Email us at newsletter@jazzboston.org. If you'd like to know more about JazzBoston and consider becoming a member, go to www.jazzboston.org. And pass this e-newsletter along to all the jazz fans and music lovers you know!