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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Giuffre

April 26, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Giuffre's birthday today! Jimmy GiuffreReedman and composer Jimmy Giuffre was born in Dallas, TX. He started his musical education at age 9 learning the clarinet and within few years he was proficient enough to give solo clarinet recitals at local functions... more Website ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Ella Fitzgerald

April 25, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Ella Fitzgerald's birthday today! Ella FitzgeraldDubbed “The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Her voice ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joe Henderson

April 24, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Joe Henderson's birthday today! Joe HendersonThe tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson was born on April 24, 1937 in a small city called Lima Ohio midway between Dayton and Toledo... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Joe Henderson Put AAJ's Musician of the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Alan Broadbent

April 23, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Alan Broadbent's birthday today! Alan BroadbentBorn in Auckland, New Zealand, composer, arranger and jazz pianist Alan Broadbent began performing professionally at the age of 15, following classical studies... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Alan Broadbent Put AAJ's Musician of the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Mingus

April 22, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Mingus' birthday today! Charles MingusOne of the most important figures in twentieth century American music, Charles Mingus was a virtuoso bass player, accomplished pianist, bandleader and composer. Born on a military base in Nogales, Arizona in 1922 and raised in Watts... more Website ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Slide Hampton

April 21, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Slide Hampton's birthday today! Slide HamptonSlide Hampton\'s distinguished career spans decades in the evolution of jazz. At the age of 12 he was already touring the Midwest with the Indianapolis-based Hampton Band, led by his father and comprising other members of his musical family... more

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Avishai Cohen

April 20, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Avishai Cohen's birthday today! Avishai CohenBassist/Composer Avishai Cohen, born April 20, 1970 in Israel, a musician who has been called a “jazz visionary of global proportions” by DownBeat... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Avishai Cohen Put AAJ's Musician of the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Amy Lee

April 19, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Amy Lee's birthday today! Amy LeeJazz saxophonist, composer and arranger Amy Lee has been on the national/ international music scene since 1990... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Amy Lee Put AAJ's Musician of the Day box on your website or ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Hal Galper

April 18, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Hal Galper's birthday today! Hal GalperWith over 82 recordings to his credit, 20 as a leader in his own right, pianist, composer, publisher, educator, author and touring artist, Hal Galper is best known for his work with Chet Baker, Connonball Adderley... more Website | ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Mark Sherman

April 17, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Mark Sherman's birthday today! Mark ShermanAfter nearly 30 years of recording, composing, and performing with countless orchestras, jazz artists, and vocal artists, vibraphonist /composer Mark Sherman a Yamaha performing artist and a Vic Firth artist... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Mark Sherman ...