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Jazz Musician of the Day: Erroll Garner

June 15, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Erroll Garner's birthday today! Born in Pittsburgh in 1921 (Sy Johnson\'s biographical note in The Erroll Garner Songbook has June 15, 1923 as Garner\'s birthdate), Errol Garner started playing piano at the age of two (three according to Johnson). He never learned to read music, probably because it was never a ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Marcus Miller

June 14, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Marcus Miller's birthday today! Marcus Miller, winner of the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of 2001, was born in Brooklyn in 1959 and raised in Jamaica, New York. He came from a musical family and was influenced early on by his father, a church organist and choir director, as ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jim Miller

June 13, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Jim Miller's birthday today! I\'ve been involved in the professional music business since 1970, but incredibly, still enjoy playing the drums anyway. I consider it very fortunate that my Indianapolis grade school had a full band program and indoor plumbing as well... Read more. Place our Musician of the Day widget ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Chick Corea

June 12, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Chick Corea's birthday today! An NEA Jazz Master, 16-time Grammy winner, prolific composer and undisputed keyboard virtuoso, Chick Corea has attained living legend status after four decades of unparalleled creativity and an artistic output that is simply staggering. In 2010, Chick entered the DownBeat Magazine Hall of Fame and was named ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Shelly Manne

June 11, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Shelly Manne's birthday today! Shelly Manne - drums (1920 - 1984) As a jazz drummer, studio musician, bandleader and businessman, Shelly Manne was one of the most prolific instrumentalists of modern times. “I’ve really had the best of both worlds,” he said in 1983. “I’ve kept busy playing jazz, and between ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joao Gilberto

June 10, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Joao Gilberto's birthday today! Born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira on June 10, 1931, in the town of Juázeiro in the northeastern state of Bahia, Brazil. His father was a wealthy merchant who insisted that all of his seven children receive an education. Gilberto defied his father\'s wishes however, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Kenny Barron

June 9, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Kenny Barron's birthday today! Kenny Barron\'s unmatched ability to mesmerize audiences with his elegant playing, sensitive melodies and infectious rhythms is what inspired “The Los Angeles Times" to name him “one of the top jazz pianists in the world" and “Jazz Weekly" to call him “The most lyrical piano player of ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Uri Caine

June 8, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Uri Caine's birthday today! Uri Caine was born in Philadelphia and began studying piano with Bernard Peiffer. He played in bands led by Philly Joe Jones, Hank Mobley, Johnny Coles, Mickey Roker, Odean Pope, Jymmie Merritt, Bootsie Barnes and Grover Washington. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and studied music composition ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tal Farlow

June 7, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Tal Farlow's birthday today! Tal Farlow was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and was brought up in a musical atmosphere. His father played several musical instruments, including some of the fretted ones, while the piano in the house was played by his mother and his sister, who became a fine classical ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Grant Green

June 6, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Grant Green's birthday today! Green was born on June 6, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri. He first performed in a professional setting at the age of 13. His early influences were Charlie Christian and Charlie Parker; however, he played extensive R & B gigs in his home town and in East ...