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Jazz Musician of the Day: Enrico Pieranunzi

December 5, 2008

All About Jazz is celebrating Enrico Pieranunzi's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Enrico PieranunziHe was born in Rome on December 5, 1949. When he was only five and a half years old he began studying piano. At the same time his father, a guitarist, started introducing him ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Cassandra Wilson

December 4, 2008

All About Jazz is celebrating Cassandra Wilson's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Cassandra WilsonFor thunderbird, her 2006 Blue Note recording... more Website | Videos | Articles Join Cassandra Wilson's fan network Put AAJ's Musician of the Day box on your website or blog ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Herbie Nichols

December 3, 2008

All About Jazz is celebrating Herbie Nichols' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Herbie NicholsHerbie Nichols - pianist, composer (1919-1963) Herbie Nichols is a perennially neglected jazz pianist and composer... more Website | Videos | Articles Join Herbie Nichols' fan network Put AAJ's Musician ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Amina Figarova

December 2, 2008

All About Jazz is celebrating Amina Figarova's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Amina FigarovaAmina Figarova is without doubt one of the most productive jazz composers and talented jazz piano players from Europe. Now living in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, born in Baku, Azerbaijan... more Website | ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jaco Pastorius

December 1, 2008

All About Jazz is celebrating Jaco Pastorius' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jaco Pastorius“Jaco" was born John Francis Pastorius III, the first of three sons born to John Francis Pastorius II and Stephanie Katherine Haapala Pastorius. He had Finnish, German, Swedish, and Irish ancestry. Although “Jaco" was ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Duane Andrews

November 30, 2008

All About Jazz is celebrating Duane Andrews' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Duane AndrewsDuane Andrews\'s music is the product of a great ear, an adventurous spirit and a love of music that is beyond category. Uniting what would seem to be impossible... more Website | ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Chuck Mangione

November 29, 2008

All About Jazz is celebrating Chuck Mangione's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Chuck MangioneFor more than five decades, Chuck Mangione\'s love affair with music has been characterized by his boundless energy, unabashed enthusiasm, and pure joy that radiates from the stage. Mangione first attracted attention with his ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Robbins

November 28, 2008

All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Robbins' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Pete Robbins“I like Robbins’ playing,” wrote Cadence reviewer Jason Bivins. “He’s got vision in his writing and improvising and the focus to bring it out in the open.” Pete Robbins (born 11/28/78) moved to New ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimi Hendrix

November 27, 2008

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimi Hendrix's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jimi HendrixGuitarist, singer, and songwriter. Born Johnny Allen Hendrix (later changed to James Marshall) on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, Washington. Learning to play guitar as a teenager, Hendrix grew up to become a rock ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Miho Nobuzane

November 26, 2008

All About Jazz is celebrating Miho Nobuzane's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Miho NobuzaneMiho Nobuzane hails from Osaka, Japan, and was a classical piano major in college in Japan. It was after graduation that she became inspired by jazz, studied and started performing jazz, Brazilian music and ...