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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dr. Lonnie Smith

July 3, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Dr. Lonnie Smith's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Dr. Lonnie SmithDr. Lonnie Smith is internationally known as one of the premier jazz keyboardists in the history of the idiom. A dominant talent and pace-setting proponent of the Hammond B3 Organ and widely ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Ahmad Jamal

July 2, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Ahmad Jamal's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Ahmad JamalIn 1951, Mr. Jamal first recorded \'Ahmad\'s Blues\' on Okeh Records. His arrangement of the folk tune \'Billy Boy\', and \'Poinciana\' (not his original composition), also stem from this period. In 1955... more

Jazz Musician of the Day: Willie Dixon

July 1, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Willie Dixon's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Willie DixonWillie Dixon - acoustic bass, guitar, vocal, composer (1915 - 1992) Willie Dixon was a prolific blues songwriter with more than 500 compositions to his credit. Born and raised in Mississippi... more ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lena Horne

June 30, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Lena Horne's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Lena HorneLena Horne - vocalist, actress, recording artist Lena Horne, the beautiful, elegant, talented singer and actress has become a legend. Her strong sense of her own identity, of justice... more Website | ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Ester Andujar

June 29, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Ester Andujar's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Ester AndujarShe was born in Valencia in 1976. December 1995 she starts singing at the clubs in and around Valencia; that same year she receives the award for \'best vocalist\' at a contest organized by ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Candoli

June 28, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Candoli's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Pete CandoliIt would seem that Pete Candoli has been biding his time in the wings all these years. While Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, etc. have long enjoyed broad public recognition... more ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bartosz Hadala

June 27, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Bartosz Hadala's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Bartosz HadalaMy musical journey has begun around the age of 6 when I discovered my father\'s vinyl collection of Dixieland music. Right from that moment I let my passion for music guide me through life... ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Cunliffe

June 26, 2009

Jazz Musician of the Day: Johnny Smith

June 25, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Johnny Smith's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Johnny SmithJohnny Smith - Guitar Guitarist Johnny Smith\'s career spans the decades of the 1940\'s through the 1990\'s. From the very beginning of his musical career he influenced the playing of other guitarists. In fact... ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jeff Beck

June 24, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Jeff Beck's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jeff BeckJeff Beck isn\'t your typical guitar legend. His goal, in fact, is to make you forget that he plays guitar. “I don\'t understand why some people will only accept a guitar if it has ...