Home » Search Center » Results: Birthday

Results for "Birthday"

183

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wardell Gray

February 13, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Wardell Gray's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Wardell GrayWardell Gray - tenor sax (1921 - 1955) Wardell Gray was one of the truly great, yet by now almost obscure, bebop tenor saxophonists. With a smooth mellow and consistent tone, he created a ...

202

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Brent Jensen

February 12, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Brent Jensen's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Brent JensenIn 1986-87, Brent studied in New York City with jazz legend Lee Konitz on a grant from the Idaho Commission on the Arts... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Brent Jensen ...

204

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jaleel Shaw

February 11, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Jaleel Shaw's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jaleel ShawJaleel Shaw, alto saxophonist, is currently a member of the Roy Haynes Quartet, Charles Mingus Big Band, and performs in various clubs in New York City and abroad with various groups, including the Jaleel ...

359

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Chick Webb

February 10, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Chick Webb's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Chick WebbChick Webb-drummer, bandleader, composer, recording artist (1909-1939) “The King of the Savoy” reigned supreme over jazz drummers in New York in the 1930’s. He was the consummate showman and with his fluid and rhythmic ...

119

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Steve Wilson

February 9, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Steve Wilson's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Steve WilsonThese are some of the qualities that have earned STEVE WILSON a prominent position on the bandstand and in the studio with the greatest names in jazz, as well as critical acclaim as a ...

180

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lonnie Johnson

February 8, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Lonnie Johnson's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Lonnie JohnsonLonnie Johnson - guitar, multi instrumentalist, vocalist (1899 - 1970) Lonnie Johnson was the “governor” of blues guitar in the 1920’s. His playing combined incredibly fast melodic runs with evocative blues licks... more

174

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Eubie Blake

February 7, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Eubie Blake's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Eubie BlakeEubie Blake - pianist (1883 - 1983) Ragtime music, with its syncopated, polyrhythmic style, was born, in the 1890s in the black saloons and brothels of southern and mid-western cities like Baltimore and St. ...

204

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Scott Amendola

February 6, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Scott Amendola's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Scott AmendolaMusic writer Derk Richardson’s oft-quoted observation that “If Scott Amendola didn’t exist the San Francisco music scene would have to invent him,” is more true than ever... more Website | Videos | ...

208

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Mays

February 5, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Mays' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Bill MaysPianist, composer and arranger William Allen Mays (Bill Mays), born February 5, 1944, came from a musical family. In his northern California home, music was always present; his dad was a minister, and his ...

203

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Julie Hardy

February 4, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Julie Hardy's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Julie HardyJazz Times critic Christopher Loudon states that “Hardy lives, like [Kurt] Elling and [Bobby] McFerrin, in a musical world of her own, and it is a marvelously dynamic place." With one step into the ...