Senator Pedro Espada Jr. fired Onix A. Sosa after learning of housing code violations under his management.

West 73rd, which performed at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency on Sunday, takes songs, mostly from Weill’s American period, and turns them into classically informed jazz pieces.

Why do some people’s singing voices have more vibrato than others? Can it be taught?

Whitney Houston re-emerges with full diva qualifications on “I Look to You.” Plus, new releases from Datarock and Richard Hell & the Voidoids.

The long wave of this summer’s Michael Jackson tributes rolled through the annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival.

Mr. Denk, a thoughtful pianist who has always seemed most at home in early-19th-century repertory, turns out to have broader tastes.

Neo-Romantic string works were the order of the day, the group’s stylistic independence notwithstanding.

Live Nation and AEG have canceled shows by Buju Banton, the Jamaican reggae singer whose violent homophobic lyrics have drawn protests.

The American Symphony Orchestra is offering $25 tickets for any seat at any performance in its 2009-10 “Great Performers” series at Avery Fisher Hall.

Mr. Maneri was a composer, saxophonist and clarinetist recognized later in life as an original force in experimental, improvisational music.