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Jazz Musician of the Day: Antonio Adolfo

February 10, 2018

All About Jazz is celebrating Antonio Adolfo's birthday today! Antonio Adolfo is an important composer, having written songs recorded by many Brazilian and International artists. He also had a noted role in the process of making important music available through independent production, through the creation of the pioneer independent label Artezanal. As an arranger, he worked ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Evans (saxophone)

February 9, 2018

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Evans (saxophone)'s birthday today! Throughout his 20-year career as a solo artist, multi Grammy nominated saxophonist Bill Evans has explored a variety of musical settings that go well beyond the confines of traditional jazz, including hip-hop, fusion, reggae, Brazilian and slamming funk. Evans steps into more adventurous territory on Soulgrass, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Eddie Locke

February 8, 2018

All About Jazz is celebrating Eddie Locke's birthday today! Eddie Locke was an American jazz drummer. Eddie Locke was a part of the fertile and vibrant Detroit jazz scene during the 1940s and 1950s, which brought forth many great musicians including the Jones brothers (Hank, Thad, and Elvin), Kenny Burrell, Lucky Thompson, Tommy Flanagan, Barry Harris, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Eubie Blake

February 7, 2018

All About Jazz is celebrating Eubie Blake's birthday today! 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. Louis. It was at the center of American popular music from the end of the nineteenth century until the 1920s. ...

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All About Jazz & Jazz Near You Promotional Solutions for 2018

February 6, 2018

2017 was a productive year for both All About Jazz and Jazz Near You as we explored new technologies, established partnerships with industry leaders, and significantly improved what has become the most sophisticated publishing platform in jazz. Website traffic and outbound clicks continued their upward trend as we enhanced our suite of promotional services to more ...

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Miles Davis is not Mozart: The brains of jazz and classical pianists work differently

February 6, 2018

This article first appeared on The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences website. A musician’s brain is different to that of a non-musician. Making music requires a complex interplay of various abilities which are also reflected in more strongly developed brain structures. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sammy Nestico

February 6, 2018

All About Jazz is celebrating Sammy Nestico's birthday today! At the age of 17, Sammy Nestico became the staff arranger for ABC radio station, WCAE, Pittsburgh, Pa. He received his B.S. degree in music education from Duquesne University, and has been honored three times by the school with an honorary Doctor of Music degree, the Distinguished ...

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All About Jazz Relaunches with Splashy New Design

February 5, 2018

With the recent relaunch of Jazz Near You, we turned our attention to All About Jazz, transforming hundreds of pages to a modern design with larger photos and improved typography. In addition to a spacious new look and brand new pages, the website is easier to navigate and administer, and boasts new features including the placement ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Mays

February 5, 2018

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Mays' birthday today! Pianists, composer and arranger 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 mother, a homemaker. “Gospel music was the first music I heard,” Bill recalls. “Dad played the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jutta Hipp

February 4, 2018

All About Jazz is celebrating Jutta Hipp's birthday today! EARLY CAREER IN GERMANY She had been active as a professional pianist in her native Germany from 1946 on, was a member of the Hans Koller Quartet in the early 1950s and from 1954-55 led her own combo, The Jutta Hipp Quintet. Members of her Frankfurt/Main based ...