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Jazz Musician of the Day: Mel Torme

September 13, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Mel Torme's birthday today! Mel Torme was among the most enduring singers from the big-band era, maligned by some as the epitome of lounge singer, acclaimed by many more as one of a talented and serious vocalist. Legend has it that Torme began singing for his supper a Chicago restaurant when ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Maria Muldaur

September 12, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Maria Muldaur's birthday today! Maria for over 40 years as a performer, she\'s literally lived the life of someone steeped in the American roots music songbook, whether it\'s blues, jazz, gospel, folk, country or rhythm & blues. She\'s the real deal, a true natural resource without any artificial affectations or jive. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Harry Connick, Jr.

September 11, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Harry Connick, Jr.'s birthday today! Harry Connick, Jr.’s career has been studded with awards and recognition, including several multi- platinum and gold albums, Grammy, Tony and Emmy awards, Cable Ace, Golden Globe and Oscar nominations, and much more. A true American icon, there are few artists of Harry’s stature. Harry grew ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jim Pearce

September 10, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Jim Pearce's birthday today! Pianist / Composer/ Singer Jim Pearce has released 6 Jazz CD’s. The latest being I\'m in the Twilight of a Mediocre Career which hit #1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart. Jim was featured in an interview on NPR\'S Morning Edition with Susan Stamberg and Jim’s compositions have ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Elvin Jones

September 9, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Elvin Jones' birthday today! Elvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan, the youngest child in a family of ten. His father worked for General Motors. Two of Jones\' brothers were also jazz musicians: Hank (piano), and Thad (trumpet/flugelhorn). Elvin began playing professionally in the 1940s, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Butch Warren

September 8, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Butch Warren's birthday today! Butch Warren (born in 1939) is an American jazz double bassist who plays in the hard bop genre. He was especially active in the late-50s and the 1960s. Contents Warren began playing professionally at age 14 in a local Washington, D. C. band led by his father, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sonny Rollins

September 7, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Sonny Rollins' birthday today! Sonny Rollins is a saxophone colossus. The revered tenor saxophonist first received that appellation via the name of his 1956 Prestige Records album. Even then, at age 26, the title seemed fitting. He had already played and/or recorded with bebop giants Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Miles Davis, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy Bolden

September 6, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy Bolden's birthday today! Cornetist Buddy Bolden is one of the premier legendary figures of jazz. Credited as the founder of “jass," later to be called jazz, he was the first player to pursue an improvisational style. Much is unknown about Bolden\'s life, however, and it has been difficult for jazz ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lars Danielsson

September 5, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Lars Danielsson's birthday today! The bassist Lars Danielsson is reknown and admired in the International Jazz world for his lyrical but groovy playing. Not least his capability to improve the appearance of the melody has brought him around the world in a number of various musical constellations. Lars Danielsson was born ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dave Liebman

September 4, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Dave Liebman's birthday today! David Liebman was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 4, 1946. He began classical piano lessons at the age of nine and saxophone by twelve. His interest in jazz was sparked by seeing John Coltrane perform live in New York City clubs such as Birdland, the ...