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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Alan Dawson

July 14, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Alan Dawson's birthday today! Alan Dawson was a respected jazz drummer and widely influential percussion teacher based in Boston. He was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania and raised in Roxbury, MA. Serving in the Army for Korean War duty, Dawson played with the Army Dance Band while stationed at Fort Dix from ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Accurate Records: Growing Out of Boston

by Jakob Baekgaard
February 3, 2011

In the age of globalization, when almost every musician churns out his or her own record digitally, the boundary between being a one-man business and a record company is porous. However, while many of the new labels remain dedicated to a small circle of artists, there is also the more rarified example of the musician-based label ...

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The Last From Lennie's

By Jaki Byard

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Twelve; Dolphy #1; After You've Gone/Strolling Along; St. Mark's Place Among the Sevens; Dolphy #2; Jaki Byard's Ballad Medley: Tea For Two/Lover/Strolling Along/Cherokee/Shiny Stockings; King David.

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Article: Rhythm In Every Guise

Alan Dawson with Booker Ervin

by David A. Orthmann
July 21, 2004

One of the great jazz drummers of the mid-to-late twentieth century, Alan Dawson (1929-1996) did not enjoy a particularly high profile, largely because of choosing to gig and teach in the Boston area for most of his career. Dawson combined a crisp drum sound, excellent utilitarian technique, a heightened awareness of melodies and song forms, and ...

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Tune-Up!

By Sonny Stitt

Label: Cobblestone
Released: 1972
Track listing: Tune-Up; I Can't Get Started; Idaho; Just Friends; Blues for Prez and Bird; Groovin' High; I Got Rhythm.

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Great Jazz Quartet Live In Japan

By Hank Jones

Label: All Art
Released: 1986
Track listing: Blue Monk; The Voodoo; All Blues; Sister Sadie; My Funny Valentine ; A Time For Love; Exactly Like You; Emily ;

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I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 50

By Joe Newman

Label: Solid Records (6)
Released: 1981
Track listing: Softly As In A Morning Sunrise; It's Only A Papermoon; I Love My Woman; Fiddy's Moods; Summertime; Prelude To A Kiss;