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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 6, 2019

May 3, 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 1 1 Herlin Riley Perpetual Optimism (Mack Avenue) 321 326 -5 1 61 1 ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: John Lewis

May 3, 2019

All About Jazz is celebrating John Lewis' birthday today! The Modern Jazz Quartet managed that rarest feat of all: to make great art that pleased the serious listener as well as it did the general public. The M.J.Q., as they were known, featured vibraphone, bass, drums, and piano, and yet had the breadth of an orchestra ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Richard "Groove" Holmes

May 2, 2019

All About Jazz is celebrating Richard “Groove" Holmes' birthday today! Richard Arnold “Groove" Holmes, Born Richard Arnold Jackson (Camden, New Jersey) was a jazz organist who performed in the hard bop and soul jazz genre. He is best known for his 1965 recording of “Misty," and is considered a precursor of acid jazz. Holmes burst onto ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Shirley Horn

May 1, 2019

All About Jazz is celebrating Shirley Horn's birthday today! Shirley Horn remembered playing her grandmother\'s piano when she was four years old. Uninterested in playing with the neighborhood children, Horn enjoyed nothing more than to play that piano, and would close herself off in her grandmother\'s parlor, which was kept for guests and was chillier than ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Percy Heath

April 30, 2019

All About Jazz is celebrating Percy Heath's birthday today! The American jazz musician and bassist with the Modern Jazz Quartet, Percy Heath, began his musical apprenticeship in 1946, after Air Force service. It was just the right time. Though the double bass had always been used sporadically in jazz, performers capable of advancing both its rhythmic ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Duke Ellington

April 29, 2019

All About Jazz is celebrating Duke Ellington's birthday today! By the time of his passing, he was considered amongst the world’s greatest composers and musicians. The French government honored him with their highest award, the Legion of Honor, while the government of the United States bestowed upon him the highest civil honor, the Presidential Medal of ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Blossom Dearie

April 28, 2019

All About Jazz is celebrating Blossom Dearie's birthday today! Blossom Dearie was a remarkable American jazz vocalist, pianist and composer from the bebop era known for her unique voice, definitive arranging style and continent spanning career. From recordings and radio to Calvin Klein ads, the Gilmore Girls television show, and many other film and TV soundtracks, ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: April 29, 2019

April 26, 2019

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Giuffre

April 26, 2019

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Giuffre's birthday today! Reedman and composer Jimmy Giuffre was born in Dallas, TX. He started his musical education at age 9 learning the clarinet and within few years he was proficient enough to give solo clarinet recitals at local functions. After high school he attended North Texas State University receiving ...

News: Website

Adorn Your Venue with the 2019 All About Jazz Readers Poll Top Venue decal

April 25, 2019

We encourage the winners of the 2019 Top Venues Poll to print a decal of their award then place it in the window of their establishment. Similar to a Trip Advisor or Yelp decal, you can adorn the entrance to your venue with your All About Jazz 2019 award and impress your patrons as they enter ...