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Jazz Musician of the Day: Chick Webb

February 10, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Chick Webb's birthday today! “The King of the Savoy” reigned supreme over jazz drummers in New York in the 1930’s. He was the consummate showman and with his fluid and rhythmic style, was perfectly suited for the swing era. He raised the standard for drummer awareness, and paved the way for ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Evans - Sax

February 9, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Evans - Sax's birthday today! Throughout his 20-year career as a solo artist, multi Grammy nominated saxophonist Bill Evans has explored a variety of musical settings that go well beyond the confines of traditional jazz, including hip-hop, fusion, reggae, Brazilian and slamming funk. Evans steps into more adventurous territory on ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lonnie Johnson

February 8, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Lonnie Johnson's birthday today! Lonnie Johnson - guitar, multi instrumentalist, vocalist (1899 - 1970) Lonnie Johnson was the “governor” of blues guitar in the 1920’s. His playing combined incredibly fast melodic runs with evocative blues licks. His playing was the forerunner of jazz and rock guitar. Lonnie Johnson’s playing is highly ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Eubie Blake

February 7, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Eubie Blake's birthday today! Eubie Blake - pianist (1883 - 1983) Ragtime music, with its syncopated, polyrhythmic style, was born, in the 1890s in the black saloons and brothels of southern and mid-western cities like Baltimore and St. Louis. It was at the center of American popular music from the end ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Scott Amendola

February 6, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Scott Amendola's birthday today! Music writer Derk Richardson’s oft-quoted observation that “If Scott Amendola didn’t exist the San Francisco music scene would have to invent him,” is more true than ever. But what’s become evident in recent years is that the extraordinarily resourceful drummer has evolved into a paragon of self-invention, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Vinnie Colaiuta

February 5, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Vinnie Colaiuta's birthday today! Vincent Colaiuta is a highly regarded drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Brownsville, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14. After attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston for ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Min Rager

February 4, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Min Rager's birthday today! Born in Seoul, Korea, Min Rager began her jazz career performing in local jazz clubs. Her reputation quickly grew and by 1996 she was performing with some of Korea\'s top jazz musicians in a variety of settings from clubs to concerts. In 1997 she moved to Montreal ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lil Hardin Armstrong

February 3, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Lil Hardin Armstrong's birthday today! Lil Hardin helped introduce America to jazz music. She was a dedicated jazz pianist, who established a reputation as “Hot Miss Lil," one of the few female band ensemble members of the 1920’s. She played on many of the first jazz recordings ever made and she ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Stan Getz

February 2, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Stan Getz's birthday today! Beginnings... Stan Getz was born at St. Vincent\'s Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Feb. 2, 1927. He had one brother, Robert, who was born on October 30, 1932. His parents had come from the Kiev area in the Ukraine in 1903, tired and fearful of the Pogroms. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

February 1, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Joshua Redman's birthday today! Joshua Redman was born February 1, 1969, in Berkeley, California. By the time of his birth, his father, noted saxophonist Dewey Redman, had moved to New York and was playing with Ornette Coleman. Redman\'s only contact with his father was hearing his records around the house, and ...