Grammy Award winning artists The Roots teamed up with co-host John Legend last night along with an all-star cast of musicians for the 6^th annual ROOTS JAM SESSION (RJS). Living up to its reputation, the night featured impromptu musical sets with combination of talent from every musical genre in order to celebrate the launch of environmental coalition Green Music Group and the newly re-launched VIBE magazine and VIBE Lifestyle Network. The 2010 Jam was once again the place to be the night before the Grammys with attendees including The Jonas Brothers, Common, Slash, Ryan Philippe, Elizabeth Banks, Nick Swardson, Jason Biggs, Sean Paul, Asher Roth, Mena Suvari, Kelsey Grammar, George Lopez, Macy Gray, and Grammy-Nominee for Best new Artist: Keri Hilson, and performances by The Legendary Roots Crew with Estelle, Mos Def, Jay Electronica, Mack Maine, Scott Storch, Shanell, DWoods, Ledisi, Bilal, Foreign Exchange, Crystal Antlers, Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda and John Legend

Legendary performer and 15-time Grammy Winner Tony Bennett graced the stage at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in 2009 to the delight of fans that attended that exhilarating performance. This year, the singer who paints under his family name Benedetto, will participate as the official visual artist of the Festival by painting the image to be displayed on the Festival's annual poster. Bennett's portrait of his friend and colleague, the late Louis Prima will be reproduced as the 2010 New Orleans Jazz Festival poster in honor of the centennial anniversary of Prima's birth, a New Orleans native, which is celebrated in December of this year. To view the poster image, visit nojazzfest.com.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced today that Bugs Bunny on Broadway, the record-setting orchestra-and-film concert that reinvented a new genre of symphony orchestra concert when it debuted in 1990, will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2010 with a rechristened and newly-created concert sequel, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony. The new concert, as well as the original Bugs Bunny on Broadway, is created and conducted by Emmy Award™ winner George Daugherty, and produced by Daugherty, Emmy Award™ winning David Ka Lik Wong, and their award-winning IFX Productions.

The New Year brings many resolutions and one that apparently has been adopted by DPAC, the new Durham Performing Arts Center, is to have the most diverse season to date, a little something for everyone and can we say it- busy? Since New Year rolled in DPAC (http://www.dpacnc.com) has lit the lamp with no fewer than 10 new events announced for the year with the promise of many more exciting selections still to come. Truly a lineup with something for everyone and what makes it even more special is the intimate setting that evokes special memories.