Smith, who helped the Knicks beat up on the Jazz on March 9 right after they learned Stoudemire had been lost, scored 10 points in the third quarter as the Knicks took a 66-63 lead.

WSJ: Smith lifts short-handed Knicks past Jazz, 90-83

Marian McPartland Celebration : Toast of the Nation celebrated Marian McPartland, host of NPR's Piano Jazz, with highlights from her 90th birthday party in March 2008, held at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

NPR: Toast Of The Nation Swings Into 2009

Originally recorded March 25, 2007, at the Cully Jazz Festival.

NPR: Bireli Lagrene At The Cully Jazz Festival

Among the McBride concepts: "Jazz Meets Sports, " a program scheduled for next March that will feature his band, plus conversations with former Yankee and Grammy-nominated guitarist Bernie Williams plus NBA legend and jazz fan Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

WSJ: Watching Local Jazz Flicker Back to Life

The first BBC Young Musician Jazz Award will be made up of two audition stages followed by a final on 8 March 2014, which will be held at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

BBC: Young Musician 2014 launches new Jazz Award

In March 2008, he became the first NBA player to get 212 assists in a month since Jazz legend John Stockton did it in January 1992.

WSJ: Deron Williams's Assists Need Help

While their accessible sound was not to the taste of some trad jazz purists, they were now pop stars as well as jazzmen, and more top 10 hits followed with March of the Siamese Children and The Green Leaves of Summer.

BBC: Kenny Ball: The swinging jazz star