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Jazz Musician of the Day: Horace Parlan

January 19, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Horace Parlan's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Horace ParlanHorace Parlan has overcome physical disability and thrived as a pianist despite it. His right hand was partially crippled by polio in his childhood, but Parlan\'s made frenetic... more Website | Videos ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Broom

January 18, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Broom's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Bobby BroomBobby Broom was a young teenager when he first heard Thelonious Monk’s piano playing. He had a copy of Bird and Diz, the classic 1950 album on which Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie were ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Cedar Walton

January 17, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Cedar Walton's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Cedar WaltonFor over 25 years, pianist Cedar Walton has enjoyed an uptempo career, which never seems to slow down. Maintaining a non-stop itinerary, Walton has accompanied a litany of Jazz greats while also fronting his ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sade

January 16, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Sade's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY SadeWhen Sade first came on the recording scene in the \'80s, her record company, Epic, made a point of printing “pronounced shar-day" after her name on the record labels of her releases... more Website ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gene Krupa

January 15, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Gene Krupa's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Gene KrupaGene Krupa - drums, bandleader, (1909 - 1973) Gene Krupa was easily one of the most colorful personalities of the big band era. Despite his outrageous stage persona... more Website | Videos ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Kenny Wheeler

January 14, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Kenny Wheeler's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Kenny WheelerAlthough resident in England since 1952 and often thought to be an English musician, Kenny Wheeler was born in Canada in 1930. He began playing in his hometown of St. Catherines, encouraged by his ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joe Pass

January 13, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Joe Pass' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Joe PassJoe Pass almost didn\'t make it as a musician due to his early battle with drug addiction. But following a successful rehab at Synanon and a recording session with fellow recovered musicians entitled Sounds ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jay McShann

January 12, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Jay McShann's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jay McShannJay McShann-piano, composer, recording artist, bandleader (1916-2006) “The Last of the Blue Devils” Jay “Hootie” McShann landed in Kansas City in the 1930s, and along with fellow pianist and bandleader Count Basie... more

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Oren Neiman

January 11, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Oren Neiman's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Oren Neiman“The fallacy of being lost in ornamental doodling is the risk of every jazz guitarist, but it\'s completely absent in Neiman\'s almost ascetic play. This doesn\'t mean that his playing is simple; far from ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: William Parker

January 10, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating William Parker's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY William ParkerAs Steve Greenlee of the Boston Globe stated in July 2002, “William Parker has emerged as the most important leader of the current avant-garde scene in jazz.” He is working in many of the ...