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Jazz Musician of the Day: Neil Cowley

November 5, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Neil Cowley's birthday today! Neil CowleyAs a 10 year old child protege he performed a Shostakovich piano concerto to a full house at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. Having answered an ad in Melody Maker at 17, he entered the world of pop, and by 21 had ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jeremy Pelt

November 4, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Jeremy Pelt's birthday today! Jeremy PeltJeremy Pelt arrived in New York in 1998 after graduating from Berklee College of Music. Once he got there, it wasn\'t long before he started being noticed by a lot of top musicians in the city... more Website | ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jane Monheit

November 3, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Jane Monheit's birthday today! Jane Monheit“I\'m one of those people who go just a little too crazy over Christmas," Jane Monheit cheerfully admits. “So in my head, I\'ve been planning and conceptualizing this album for years. I was just waiting for the right time... more

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Kurt Elling

November 2, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Kurt Elling's birthday today! Kurt EllingAvailable now, Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman, is Kurt Elling\'s eighth overall album and second release on Concord Jazz... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Kurt Elling Put AAJ's ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Antonio Sanchez

November 1, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Antonio Sanchez's birthday today! Antonio SanchezAntonio Sanchez was born in Mexico City November 1st, 1971. At age five, he discoreved an irresistible attraction towards the drumset... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Antonio Sanchez Put AAJ's Musician of the Day box ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bob Belden

October 31, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Bob Belden's birthday today! Bob BeldenOne of the most adventurous arrangers of the 1990s and 2000s, Bob Belden took the music of Puccini, Prince, and (with the most success) Sting, and turned it into jazz. After graduating from the University of North Texas in 1978... more ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Clifford Brown

October 30, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Clifford Brown's birthday today! Clifford BrownClifford Brown - trumpet, composer, recording artist, bandleader (1930-1956) He was the most brilliant trumpet player of his generation, an original and memorable composer... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Clifford Brown Put AAJ's Musician of ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Zoot Sims

October 29, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Zoot Sims' birthday today! Zoot SimsJohn Haley “Zoot" Sims, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and soprano saxophonist. He was born in Inglewood, California. Growing up in a vaudeville family, Sims learned to play both drums and clarinet at an early age... more Website ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Kurt Rosenwinkel

October 28, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Kurt Rosenwinkel's birthday today! Kurt RosenwinkelFollowing a string of three acclaimed recordings for Verve Records that firmly established him as one of the most strikingly original new voices in jazz as both guitarist and composer (2000’s The Enemies of Energy... more Website | Photos ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Babs Gonzales

October 27, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Babs Gonzales' birthday today! Babs GonzalesJazz singers used the scat technique, that means using the voice to create notes that are not words so the voice works like a musical instrument - and they also used slang in their music. Vocalists such as Slim Gaillard... more ...