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Jazz Musician of the Day: Don Pullen
All About Jazz is celebrating Don Pullen's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Don PullenDon Pullen - piano (1941 - 1995) Don Pullen developed an extended technique for the piano and a strikingly individual style, post-bop and modern, but retaining a strong feeling for the blues... more
Jazz Musician of the Day: Woody Shaw
All About Jazz is celebrating Woody Shaw's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Woody ShawWoody Shaw, Jr. was born in Laurinburg, N.C. on December 24th, 1944 to Rosalie Pegues Shaw and Woody Shaw, Sr. He grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and began playing trumpet at the age ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Chet Baker
All About Jazz is celebrating Chet Baker's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Chet BakerChesney Henry “Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 in Yale, Oklahoma, died May 13, 1988 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) was an American jazz musician. Raised in a musical household in Oklahoma (his father was ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: John Patitucci
All About Jazz is celebrating John Patitucci's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY John PatitucciBEGINNINGS Born in 1959 in Brooklyn, New York, John Patitucci began playing the electric bass at age ten. John began composing and performing at age 12. At age 15, he began to play the ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Frank Zappa
All About Jazz is celebrating Frank Zappa's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was born on 21 December 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. His parents were second-generation Sicilian Greeks, the family had arabian and french origins too. His father played “strolling crooner" guitar... more ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Larry Willis
All About Jazz is celebrating Larry Willis' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Larry WillisPianist Larry Willis has had an important and distinguished 40-year career in jazz. Since making his recording debut on Jackie McLean’s landmark 1965 album “Right Now!... more Website | Videos | Articles ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Tevet Sela
All About Jazz is celebrating Tevet Sela's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Tevet SelaTevet Sela is a virtuoso saxophonist and composer, and one of Israel\'s most prominent musicians. Over the last years, Tevet has been leading his own quartet, which exclusively performs his music... more ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Fletcher Henderson
All About Jazz is celebrating Fletcher Henderson's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Fletcher HendersonFletcher Henderson - piano, bandleader, arranger, composer, (1987-1952) The bands Fletcher Henderson led in the 1920s and 1930s were vitally significant incubators of new developments in jazz... more Website | Videos | ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: James Booker
All About Jazz is celebrating James Booker's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY James BookerJames Booker- pianist, vocalist, recording artist (1939-1983) The Piano Prince. As a piano player from New Orleans, he has no peers,though there is legion of those who have tried to imitate... more ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: John Abercrombie
All About Jazz is celebrating John Abercrombie's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY John AbercrombieBorn 1944 in Port Chester, NY, John Abercrombie grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and began playing the guitar at the age of fourteen. By the time he was out of high school... more
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