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Jazz Musician of the Day: Omar Sosa

April 10, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Omar Sosa's birthday today! Omar Sosa\'s music is a unique style of Afro-Cuban jazz, and while it is rooted in the folkloric traditions of the African Diaspora, he always takes an exploratory approach - never one to let orthodoxy stand in the way of his pursuit of freedom. Sosa offers a ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Steve Gadd

April 9, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Steve Gadd's birthday today! Steve Gadd, b. Rochester, New York, April 9, 1945. Uncle, a drummer in the army, encouraged him. Drum lessons from age seven; sat in with Dizzy Gillespie at 11. Studied music at Eastman College, Rochester, playing in wind ensemble and concert band, and at nights in a ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Carmen McRae

April 8, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Carmen McRae's birthday today! Carmen McRae - vocalist, pianist, recording artist (1920-1994) Considered by jazz aficionados to be among the top ten female vocalists of all time, Carmen McRae\'s distinctive behind-the-beat phrasing, impeccable vocal control, and witty, sometimes acerbic way of conveying a lyric are what set her apart as a ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Billie Holiday

April 7, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Billie Holiday's birthday today! Billie Holiday ("Lady Day") is considered by many to be the greatest of all jazz singers. In a tragically abbreviated singing career that lasted less than three decades, her evocative phrasing and poignant delivery profoundly influenced vocalists who followed her. Although her warm, feathery voice inhabited a ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gerry Mulligan

April 6, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Gerry Mulligan's birthday today! Gerry Mulligan grew up in Philadelphia and first learned piano, which he played occasionally. While in his teens, he wrote arrangements for Johnny Warrington\'s radio band (1944) and played reed instruments professionally. After moving to New York in 1946, he joined Gene Krupa\'s big band as staff ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: John Bishop

April 5, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating John Bishop's birthday today! ”...a wonderfully creative and fluid percussionist who weaves an often understated but complex web of textures...” - ALL ABOUT JAZZ One of the primary voices in Northwest Jazz for 25 years, John Bishop\'s drumming has complemented the performances of Bobby McFerrin, Lee Konitz, Sonny Fortune, Bobby Hutcherson, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Benny Green

April 4, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Benny Green's birthday today! Born in New York in 1963, Benny Green grew up in Berkeley, California, and began classical piano studies at the age of seven. Influenced by his father, a tenor saxophonist, his attention soon turned into Jazz: “I began trying to improvise on the piano, imitating the records ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Scott LaFaro

April 3, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Scott LaFaro's birthday today! Rocco Scott LaFaro (1936-1961) was a musician of the first order, who found his \'voice\' in jazz in the mid-1950s. His played the double bass violin, better known today as the acoustic bass to differentiate this instrument from the electric (or electronic) bass. His life was cut ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Larry Coryell

April 2, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Larry Coryell's birthday today! Musician magazine named him to its list of 100 greatest guitarists alive today, and after releasing more than 60 albums as a leader and playing on dozens more as a sideman in the last 40 years, Larry Coryell\'s definitely earned that honor. Exploring the sound of the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gil Scott-Heron

April 1, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Gil Scott-Heron's birthday today! “I consider myself neither poet, composer, nor musician. These are merely tools used by sensitive men to carve out a piece of beauty or truth they hope may lead to peace and salvation.” He has been opening eyes, minds and souls for over thirty years. A highly ...