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Jazz Musician of the Day: Nicholas Payton

September 26, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Nicholas Payton's birthday today! Nicholas PaytonSince 1994 when Nicholas Payton made his recording debut as a leader with From This Moment, the trumpeter has been lauded as a significant, top-tier voice in jazz. Even though he started out as a “young lion of jazz... more

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sam Rivers

September 25, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Sam Rivers' birthday today! Sam RiversSamuel Carthorne Rivers (born September 25, 1923, El Reno, Oklahoma) is a jazz musician and composer. He performs on soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, and piano. Rivers was previously thought to have been born in 1930... more ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Ingrid Laubrock

September 24, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Ingrid Laubrock's birthday today! Ingrid LaubrockOriginally from Germany, Ingrid Laubrock started having music lessons at the age of four and began to play classical piano and sing in local choirs aged eight. Her first recording experience dates from that time... more Website | Photos ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: John Coltrane

September 23, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating John Coltrane's birthday today! John ColtraneJohn William Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina. At the age of three his family moved to High Point, NC, where young Coltrane spent his early years. His father, John Robert Coltrane, died in 1939... more ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Ken Vandermark

September 22, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Ken Vandermark's birthday today! Ken VandermarkFor the past 20 years, Ken Vandermark has been exploring and working to expand the possibilities of improvised and composed music in North America and Europe. Since moving to Chicago from Boston in 1989... more Website | Photos | ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Chico Hamilton

September 21, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Chico Hamilton's birthday today! Chico HamiltonLegendary jazz drummer and bandleader Foreststorn ‘Chico’ Hamilton, born September 21st, 1921 in Los Angeles, had a fast track musical education in a band with his schoolmates Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Royal... more Website | Photos | Articles ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Steve Coleman

September 20, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Steve Coleman's birthday today! Steve ColemanSteve began playing music just days before his 14th birthday as a freshman at South Shore High School on the south side of Chicago. His first instrument was violin but later that year he switched to the alto saxophone... more

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Cuong Vu

September 19, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Cuong Vu's birthday today! Cuong VuCuong Vu is widely recognized by jazz critics as a leader of a new generation of innovative musicians. A truly unique musical voice, Cuong has lent his trumpet playing talents to a wide range of artists including Pat Metheny... more

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Michael Franks

September 18, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Michael Franks' birthday today! Michael FranksOver the languorous course of 33 years and 16 albums, Michael Franks has mesmerized an international legion of fans with his one-of-a-kind artistry. Seamlessly weaving lyrics of stunning sensuality, wit... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Michael Franks ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jack McDuff

September 17, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Jack McDuff's birthday today! Jack McDuffJack McDuff - organ, composer, bandleader, recording artist (1926-2001) Brother Jack McDuff, was one of the handful of leading exponents of the soul jazz style created on Hammond organ by Jimmy Smith in the late 1950s... more Website | ...