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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gerry Mulligan

April 6, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Gerry Mulligan's birthday today! Gerry MulliganGerry 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... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: John Bishop

April 5, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating John Bishop's birthday today! John Bishop”...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... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow John ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Benny Green

April 4, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Benny Green's birthday today! Benny GreenBENNY GREEN -- piano 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... more Website | Photos | ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Scott LaFaro

April 3, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Scott LaFaro's birthday today! Scott LaFaroRocco 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... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Scott LaFaro Put AAJ's ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Larry Coryell

April 2, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Larry Coryell's birthday today! Larry CoryellMusician 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 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gil Scott-Heron

April 1, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Gil Scott-Heron's birthday today! Gil Scott-Heron“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... more ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Christian Scott

March 31, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Christian Scott's birthday today! Christian ScottOn March 30, 2010 star trumpeter Christian Scott will release Yesterday You Said Tomorrow, his highly anticipated, all-new 10-song collection... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Christian Scott Put AAJ's Musician of the Day box on ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dave Stryker

March 30, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Dave Stryker's birthday today! Dave StrykerWhether you’ve heard guitarist Dave Stryker fronting his own group (with 20 CD’s as a leader to date), or as a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and Kevin Mahogany... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Dave ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Michael Brecker

March 29, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Michael Brecker's birthday today! Michael BreckerMichael Brecker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and exposed to jazz at an early age by his father, an amateur jazz pianist. Among the generation of jazz musicians that saw rock music not as the enemy but as a viable musical ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Orrin Evans

March 28, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Orrin Evans' birthday today! Orrin Evans“The clear-cut best pianist of his time..." is how Hot House Magazine" described Orrin Evans in 1998, praise which was echoed again in the summer of 2002... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Orrin Evans Put ...