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Jazz Musician of the Day: Maurice Brown

January 6, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Maurice Brown's birthday today! Maurice BrownWith the mid-March release of his new album, THE CYCLE OF LOVE (Brown Records), trumpet virtuoso Maurice Brown takes another giant step forward as an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, and performer... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Paul Wertico

January 5, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Paul Wertico's birthday today! Paul WerticoHailed in the press as “One of the most versatile and musical drummers in music today”, Paul was born on January 5, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. At age 12... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Paul Wertico

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Jazz Musician of the Day: John McLaughlin

January 4, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating John McLaughlin's birthday today! John McLaughlinJohn McLaughlin, also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. He came to prominence with the electric group of Miles Davis in the late 1960s... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Herbie Nichols

January 3, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Herbie Nichols' birthday today! Herbie NicholsHerbie Nichols is a perennially neglected jazz pianist and composer. He recorded less than half of his 170 compositions on three classic trio albums for Blue Note and one for Bethlehem before dying of leukemia at the age of 43 in ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Arthur Prysock

January 2, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Arthur Prysock's birthday today! Arthur PrysockArthur Prysock - vocals (1929 - 1997) During his prolific 43-year recording career, romantic crooner Arthur Prysock was heard primarily in the company of big bands or string sections. On his nearly 60 albums, mostly for the Old Town label... more ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Chris Potter

January 1, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Chris Potter's birthday today! Chris PotterBorn in Chicago on New Year’s Day 1971 and moving to Columbia, South Carolina as an infant, the prodigious youngster began fooling around on guitar and piano at the age of three... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jonah Jones

December 31, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Jonah Jones' birthday today! Jonah JonesA talented and flashy trumpeter, Jonah Jones hit upon a formula in 1955 that made him a major attraction for a decade; playing concise versions of melodic swing standards and show tunes muted with a quartet... more Website | ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lewis Nash

December 30, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Lewis Nash's birthday today! Lewis NashLewis Nash (born December 30, 1958) is an American jazz drummer. Nash grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was encouraged into jazz by his high school band teacher. By the age of 18... more Website | Photos | ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Danilo Perez

December 29, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Danilo Perez's birthday today! Danilo PerezThe extraordinary Panamanian pianist and composer Danilo Pérez is among the most influential and dynamic musicians of our time. In just over a decade, his distinctive blend of Pan-American jazz (covering the music of the Americas... more Website | ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Earl Hines

December 28, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Earl Hines' birthday today! Earl HinesEarl “Fatha" Hines- pianist, composer, recording artist, bandleader (1905-1983) A brilliant keyboard virtuoso, Earl “Fatha” Hines was one of the first great piano soloists in jazz... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Earl Hines Put AAJ's ...