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Jazz Musician of the Day: Roy Haynes
All About Jazz is celebrating Roy Haynes' birthday today! Roy Haynes was born in Boston, March 13, 1925, and was keenly interested in jazz ever since he can remember. Primarily self-taught, he began to work locally in 1942 with musicians like the Charlie Christian inflected guitarist Tom Brown, bandleader Sabby Lewis, and Kansas City blues-shout alto ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Al Jarreau
All About Jazz is celebrating Al Jarreau's birthday today! Al Jarreau’s unique vocal style is one of the world’s most precious treasures. His innovative musical expressions have made him one of the most exciting and critically-acclaimed performers of our time with seven Grammy Awards, scores of international music awards and popular accolades worldwide. It’s not surprising ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby McFerrin
All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby McFerrin's birthday today! Bobby McFerrin is one of the natural wonders of the music world. A ten-time Grammy Award winner, he is one of the world\'s best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, a world-renowned classical conductor, the creator of “Don\'t Worry Be Happy", one of the most popular songs of the ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Ornette Coleman
All About Jazz is celebrating Ornette Coleman's birthday today! Early on in his career, alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman, recorded an album entitled, The Shape of Jazz To Come. It might have seemed like an expression of youthful arrogance- Coleman was 29 at the time- but actually, the title was prophetic. Coleman is the creator of a ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 11, 2019
All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek radio chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations around the United States. Enjoy! TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 8 1 Greg Murphy Bright Idea (Whaling City Sound) 248 199 +49 1 45 ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Dan Papirany
All About Jazz is celebrating Dan Papirany's birthday today! Dan Papirany is an adventurous Jazz pianist, composer who understands and follows the eloquent philosophy that is to play melodic phrases and rich harmonies. While studying jazz piano, Dan formed his first trio and played in local venues. While taking post graduate courses at Victoria University in ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Wes Montgomery
All About Jazz is celebrating Wes Montgomery's birthday today! Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States (where he also died of a heart attack in 1968), Montgomery came from a musical family, in which his brothers, Monk (string bass and electric bass) and Buddy (vibraphone, and piano), were jazz performers. Although Wes was not skilled at reading ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Shew
All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Shew's birthday today! Born In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bobby Shew began playing the guitar at the age of eight and switched to the trumpet at ten. By the time he was thirteen he was playing at local dances with a number of bands and by fifteen had put together his ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Garrison
All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Garrison's birthday today! Bassist Jimmy Garrison was the anchor in the classic John Coltrane Quartet, from 1961-\'66, which recorded all of its well-known albums on Impulse. Garrison\'s big, blunt sound, steady time and inventive counter lines were an elemental ingredient in the sound of that famous group. He actually fitted ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
All About Jazz is celebrating Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis' birthday today! Eddie Lockjaw Davis was one musician who provided a link from the big band era through to the soul jazz phenomenon of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Davis developed one of the most unmistakable tenor sax sounds in post war jazz. With a full bodied ...
