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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joanna Pascale

February 25, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Joanna Pascale's birthday today! Joanna PascaleSince emerging onto Philadelphia\'s jazz scene, vocalist Joanna Pascale has established herself as a compelling and skilled vocalist. At just 24 years old Joanna already has a working repertoire of over 400 songs... more Website | Photos | Articles ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Gwilym Simcock

February 24, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Gwilym Simcock's birthday today! Gwilym Simcock”I feel confident that Simcock already deserves to occupy the inner circle of the great contemporary pianists along with Mehldau, Jarrett, and Rubalcaba” David Kane, Cadence U.S.A. 28 year old... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Gwilym Simcock ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wayne Escoffery

February 23, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Wayne Escoffery's birthday today! Wayne EscofferySince moving to New York City in 2000, tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery has become one of the Jazz world’s most talented rising stars and in-demand sidemen... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Wayne Escoffery Put AAJ's ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joe Wilder

February 22, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Joe Wilder's birthday today! Joe WilderJoe Wilder turned eighty on February 22, 2002, an occasion marked by celebrations at the Arbors Records “March of Jazz" party in Clearwater, Florida, at the “Jazz in July" series at New York\'s 92nd Street Y... more Website | ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Nina Simone

February 21, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Nina Simone's birthday today! Nina SimoneEunice Waymon was born in Tryon, North Carolina as the sixth of seven children in a poor family. The child prodigy played piano at the age of four. With the help of her music teacher, who set up the “Eunice Waymon ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Nancy Wilson

February 20, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Nancy Wilson's birthday today! Nancy WilsonNancy Wilson’s musical style is so diverse that it is hard to classify. Over the years her repertoire has included pop style ballads, jazz and blues, show tunes and well known standards. Critics have described her as “a jazz singer... more ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jackie Allen

February 19, 2011

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lajos Dudas

February 18, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Lajos Dudas' birthday today! Lajos DudasLajos Dudas was born in Budapest/Hungary and studied there at the Bela Bartok Conservatory and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (1958-1963)... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Lajos Dudas Put AAJ's Musician of the Day ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy DeFranco

February 17, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy DeFranco's birthday today! Buddy DeFrancoBuddy DeFranco has the unprecedented distinction of winning twenty Downbeat Magazine Awards, nine Metronome Magazine Awards, and sixteen Playboy All-Stars Awards as the number one jazz clarinetist in the world... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Buddy DeFranco ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Christlieb

February 16, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Christlieb's birthday today! Pete ChristliebFrom the 1970s through the 1990s, the sound of Pete’s tenor could be heard on television and motion picture sound tracks and recordings. The son of a famous bassoon player, Don Christlieb... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow ...