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Jazz Musician of the Day: Donald Harrison

June 23, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Donald Harrison's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Donald Harrison(The King of Nouveau Swing) Donald Harrison is being called one of the most important musicians of the new millennium by CBS Sunday Morning. A list of his accomplishments shows that he has developed ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Eumir Deodato

June 22, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Eumir Deodato's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Eumir DeodatoBrazilian-born Eumir Deodato has racked up 16 platinum records to his credit as artist, arranger or producer with combined sales of well over 25 million records in the USA alone. His discography... more

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Ajamu Akinyele

June 21, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Ajamu Akinyele's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Ajamu AkinyeleYou\'ve heard the buzz about his latest CD Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience, predicted to be one of “The Best Independent Jazz Album\'s of 2006," from music critics around the world. You\'ve seen ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Eric Dolphy

June 20, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Eric Dolphy's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Eric DolphyEric Allan Dolphy was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s... more ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Roberto Magris

June 19, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Roberto Magris' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Roberto MagrisBorn in Trieste (Italy) in 1959 and began his jazz career in the late ‘70s. In the ‘80s, he led a jazz trio named “Gruppo Jazz Marca", whose recordings were reissued in 2006, as ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sue Raney

June 18, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Sue Raney's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Sue RaneySue Raney has one of the most beautiful voices in music. She is always in-tune, displays complete control over her vibrato... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Sue Raney @ AAJ ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tony Scott

June 17, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Tony Scott's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Tony ScottTony Scott, a distinguished jazz clarinetist who in the 1950s helped steer his instrument out of the swing era and into the sax-infested waters of bebop. With Buddy DeFranco, Mr. Scott was considered one ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tom Harrell

June 16, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Tom Harrell's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Tom HarrellHailed by Newsweek for his pure melodic genius, Harrell is widely recognized as one of the most creative and uncompromising jazz instrumentalists and composers of our time... more Website | Videos | ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Erroll Garner

June 15, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Erroll Garner's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Erroll GarnerBorn in Pittsburgh in 1921 (Sy Johnson\'s biographical note in The Erroll Garner Songbook has June 15, 1923 as Garner\'s birthdate), Errol Garner started playing piano at the age of two (three according to ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Marcus Miller

June 14, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Marcus Miller's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Marcus MillerMarcus Miller, winner of the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of 2001, was born in Brooklyn in 1959 and raised in Jamaica, New York. He came from a musical family and was ...