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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dizzy Gillespie

October 21, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Dizzy Gillespie's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Dizzy GillespieJohn Birks “Dizzy" Gillespie, one of the greatest Jazz trumpeters of 20th century and one of the prime architects of the bebop movement in jazz, was born in Cheraw, South Carolina and died in ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jelly Roll Morton

October 20, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Jelly Roll Morton's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jelly Roll MortonThe city of New Orleans has the distinction of being the ‘birthplace of jazz’ so its appropriate that in New Orleans in or around 1885 to 1890 would be born the self-proclaimed ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tim Garland

October 19, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Tim Garland's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Tim GarlandTim Garland is widely known as one of the UKs most successful musical exports working in jazz... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Tim Garland Put AAJ's Musician of ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Wynton Marsalis

October 18, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Wynton Marsalis' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Wynton MarsalisWynton Marsalis has been described as the most outstanding jazz musician and trumpeter of his generation, as one of the world’s top classical trumpeters, as a big band leader in the tradition of Duke ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Barney Kessel

October 17, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Barney Kessel's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Barney KesselLegendary musician, guitarist, influential jazz artist, composer, arranger, session player, record producer, one of the leading figures in West Coast jazz, later delving into hard bop, Barney Kessel is now generally considered by fans... ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Roy Hargrove

October 16, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Roy Hargrove's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Roy HargroveTrumpeter Roy Hargrove has firmly established himself as one of this generation\'s premier players in jazz and beyond. Hargrove was born in Waco, TX on October 16, 1969... more Website | Videos ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Charlap

October 15, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Charlap's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Bill CharlapBill Charlap was born in New York City into a musical family. His father, Moose Charlap, was a Broadway composer and songwriter whose credits included the scores to Peter Pan, The Conquering Hero, Whoop-up... ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Garrison Fewell

October 14, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Garrison Fewell's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Garrison FewellRenowned for his mature, melodic sound and elegant, lyrical style of writing and playing, guitarist Garrison Fewell has established himself as a distinctive voice throughout his 30-year career... more Website | Videos ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Konitz

October 13, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Konitz's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Lee KonitzLee Konitz (born October 13, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz composer and saxophone player. Konitz is sometimes regarded as the preeminent cool jazz saxophonist, because he performed and recorded with Claude ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Chris Botti

October 12, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Chris Botti's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Chris BottiTrumpeter Chris Botti is a gifted instrumentalist, a talented composer... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Chris Botti Put AAJ's Musician of the Day box on your website or ...