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Jazz Musician of the Day: Diane Schuur
All About Jazz is celebrating Diane Schuur's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Diane SchuurDiane Schuur, who has often been on the periphery of jazz, has the potential to be an important jazz singer although she still includes a large dose of pop tunes in her repertoire... more ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Donald Byrd
All About Jazz is celebrating Donald Byrd's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Donald ByrdDonald Byrd. Born in Detroit in 1932, his studies at Wayne State University (1954) were interrupted by military service, during which he played in an Air Force band. He then attended the Manhattan School ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Smith
All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Smith's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jimmy SmithJimmy Smith, nicknamed “The Incredible Jimmy Smith", Born James Oscar Smith in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA. Smith was influenced by both gospel and blues... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Jimmy Smith ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Matthew Shipp
All About Jazz is celebrating Matthew Shipp's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Matthew ShippMatthew Shipp was born December 7, 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware. He started piano at 5 years old with the regular piano lessons most kids have experienced. He fell in love with jazz at 12 ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Dave Brubeck
All About Jazz is celebrating Dave Brubeck's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Dave BrubeckBrubeck\'s mother studied piano in England and intended to become a concert pianist; at home she taught piano for extra money. Brubeck was not particularly interested in learning by any particular method... more
Jazz Musician of the Day: Enrico Pieranunzi
All About Jazz is celebrating Enrico Pieranunzi's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Enrico PieranunziHe was born in Rome on December 5, 1949. When he was only five and a half years old he began studying piano. At the same time his father, a guitarist, started introducing him ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Cassandra Wilson
All About Jazz is celebrating Cassandra Wilson's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Cassandra WilsonGrammy-award winning jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson will release Closer To You: The Pop Side on April 7th via Blue Note / EMI. With her unmistakable honeyed husky voice, she has made intimate and personal ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Herbie Nichols
All About Jazz is celebrating Herbie Nichols' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Herbie NicholsHerbie Nichols - pianist, composer (1919-1963) Herbie Nichols is a perennially neglected jazz pianist and composer... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Herbie Nichols Put AAJ's Musician of the ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Wynton Kelly
All About Jazz is celebrating Wynton Kelly's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Wynton KellyWynton Kelly (born December 2, 1931 in Jamaica--died April 12, 1971 in Toronto, Canada) was an American jazz pianist. His family moved to Brooklyn, New York City when Kelly was four, and he started ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Jaco Pastorius
All About Jazz is celebrating Jaco Pastorius' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jaco Pastorius“Jaco" was born John Francis Pastorius III, the first of three sons born to John Francis Pastorius II and Stephanie Katherine Haapala Pastorius. He had Finnish, German, Swedish, and Irish ancestry. Although “Jaco" was ...
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