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Jazz Musician of the Day: Anthony Ocaña

March 7, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Anthony Ocaña's birthday today! Anthony OcañaDominican/Spanish composer and guitarist. Today he is one of the major exponents of contemporary guitar and also an innovator with the instrument. He performs concerts for 6 & 10 string guitars, guitars processed through delays and loops... more Website ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Wes Montgomery

March 6, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Wes Montgomery's birthday today! Wes MontgomeryBorn in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States (where he also died of a heart attack in 1968), Montgomery came from a musical family, in which his brothers, Monk (string bass and electric bass) and Buddy (vibraphone, and piano)... more Website ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: David Fiuczynski

March 5, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating David Fiuczynski's birthday today! David FiuczynskiIconoclastic and prolific jazz-rock guitarist David ‘Fuze’ Fiuczynski, a jazz player who“doesn’t want to play just jazz”, has been hailed by the world press as an incredibly inventive guitar hero... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow David Fiuczynski ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Shew

March 4, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Shew's birthday today! Bobby ShewBobby Shew, (born March 4th, 1941, Albuquerque, New Mexico) began playing the guitar at the age of eight and switched to the trumpet at ten... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Bobby Shew Put AAJ's Musician ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Garrison

March 3, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Garrison's birthday today! Jimmy GarrisonJimmy Garrison acoustic bass (1934 - 1976) Bassist Jimmy Garrison was the anchor in the classic John Coltrane Quartet, from 1961-\'66, which recorded all of its well-known albums on Impulse. Garrison\'s big, blunt sound... more Website | Photos | ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

March 2, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis' birthday today! Eddie “Lockjaw" DavisEddie Lockjaw Davis - tenor saxophone (1922 - 1986) Eddie Lockjaw Davis was one musician who provided a link from the big band era through to the soul jazz phenomenon of the late 1950s and early 1960s... more

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Glenn Miller

March 1, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Glenn Miller's birthday today! Glenn MillerShortly after the beginning of the 20th century, in a small rural Southwestern Iowa town, a boy was born to Elmer and Mattie Lou Miller. The date was March 1, 1904 and the town was Clarinda... more Website | ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Will Sellenraad

February 28, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Will Sellenraad's birthday today! Will SellenraadHailed as a “hidden gem," guitarist/composer Will Sellenraad has earned a fast growing reputation of being at the forefront of a new generation of jazz musicians. Known for his brilliant improvisations and his compelling... more Website | Photos | ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dexter Gordon

February 27, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Dexter Gordon's birthday today! Dexter GordonDexter Gordon is considered to be the first musician to translate the language of Bebop to the tenor saxophone. Dexter Keith Gordon was born on February 27, 1923 in Los Angeles, California. His father, Dr. Frank Gordon... more Website ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Trevor Watts

February 26, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Trevor Watts' birthday today! Trevor WattsBorn in York, England; composer/arranger/alto & sop saxes/piano/percussion. Trevor Watts\' family moved to Halifax in Yorkshire when he was 6 months old, and that is where he was brought up. Trevor is a completely self taught musician... more Website ...