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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jack Sheldon

November 30, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Jack Sheldon's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jack SheldonAlong with Lester Young in the 30s, Dizzy Gillespie in the 40s, and Zoot Simms in the 50s, Jack Sheldon is one of the Original Lions of the West Coast Sound. Jack\'s a premier ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Chuck Mangione

November 29, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Chuck Mangione's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Chuck MangioneFor more than five decades, Chuck Mangione\'s love affair with music has been characterized by his boundless energy, unabashed enthusiasm, and pure joy that radiates from the stage. Mangione first attracted attention with his ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Robbins

November 28, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Robbins' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Pete Robbins“I like Robbins’ playing,” wrote Cadence reviewer Jason Bivins. “He’s got vision in his writing and improvising and the focus to bring it out in the open.” Pete Robbins (born 11/28/78) moved to New ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Maria Schneider

November 27, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Maria Schneider's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Maria SchneiderMaria Schneider, born in Windom, Minnesota, arrived in New York City in 1985 after studies at the University of Minnesota, the University of Miami and the Eastman School of Music... more Website ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Guy Buttery

November 26, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Guy Buttery's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Guy ButteryAs you drive about 13 miles north of Durban, the largest city in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, you pass a lush fertile belt where the rich green shades of the sugar ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Paul Desmond

November 25, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Paul Desmond's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Paul DesmondHe is revered for the pure, gentle tone of his alto saxophone, and the elegant lyricism of his improvisations. For seventeen years he was the lead soloist in the most commercially successful jazz combo ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Teddy Wilson

November 24, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Teddy Wilson's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Teddy WilsonTeddy Wilson - pianist, composer, bandleader, recording artist, educator (1912-1986) His airy, effortless style, with its emphasis on lightly accompanied right-hand melody, was a key element in the transition from swing to bebop... more ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Claude Marc Bourget

November 23, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Claude Marc Bourget's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Claude Marc BourgetClaude Marc Bourget gives us with the piano surprising improvisations, with the frays influences of modern jazz and classical, often virtuosos and where resound as in memory the landscape of the music ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gunther Schuller

November 22, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Gunther Schuller's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Gunther SchullerThe composer Gunther Schuller is, famously, a man of many musical pursuits. He began his professional life as a horn player in both the jazz and classical worlds, working as readily with Miles Davis ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Coleman Hawkins

November 21, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Coleman Hawkins' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Coleman HawkinsColeman Hawkins single-handedly brought the saxophone to the prominence in jazz that the instrument enjoys. Before he hit the scene, jazz groups had little use for the instrument. One player (forgot who) said... more ...