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Jazz Musician of the Day: Chuck Mangione

November 29, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Chuck Mangione's birthday today! For 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 brother, Gap, in a mainstream jazz band, The Jazz Brothers, in which he ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gigi Gryce

November 28, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Gigi Gryce's birthday today! Gigi Gryce was born George General Grice(sic) on 28th November, 1925 (not 1927) in Pensacola, Florida- although he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut. He spent a short period in the Navy where he met musicians such as Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham and Willie Smith, who were ...

News: Award / Grant

60th GRAMMY Awards: Jazz List

November 28, 2017

31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo (For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.) “Can't Remember Why" by Sara Caswell Track ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Maria Schneider

November 27, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Maria Schneider's birthday today! Maria Schneider’s music has been hailed by critics as “evocative, majestic, magical, heart-stoppingly gorgeous, and beyond categorization.” She and her orchestra became widely known starting in 1994 when they released their first recording, Evanescence. There, Schneider began to develop her personal way of writing for what would ...

Article: Album Review

The NJE: Afloat

Read "Afloat" reviewed by Gareth Thompson

by Gareth Thompson
November 25, 2017

When a jazz act takes on Jimi Hendrix, you know they do not lack for confidence. Are they experienced? They certainly are, for The NJE (Near Jazz Experience) is led by saxophonist Terry Edwards, whose many credits include Keziah Jones, Tom Waits and P J Harvey. The NJE trio tackles Hendrix's “Voodoo Child" with ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Teddy Wilson

November 24, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Teddy Wilson's birthday today! His airy, effortless style, with its emphasis on lightly accompanied right-hand melody, was a key element in the transition from swing to bebop, and many modern jazz pianists took Wilson\'s approach as their starting point. His early recordings were percussive and forceful, but as he matured his ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 27, 2017

November 23, 2017

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 Gregory Porter Nat King Cole & Me (Blue Note) 312 310 +2 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Emil Viklicky

November 23, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Emil Viklicky's birthday today! Emil Viklicky was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), where in 1971 he graduated from Palacky University with a degree in mathematics. While a student he devoted much time to playing jazz piano. In 1974, he was awarded the prize for best soloist at the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gunther Schuller

November 22, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Gunther Schuller's birthday today! The composer Gunther Schuller is, famously, a man of many musical pursuits. He began his professional life as a horn player in both the jazz and classical worlds, working as readily with Miles Davis and Gil Evans as with Toscanini; he was principal horn of the Cincinnati ...

News: Website

All About Jazz Launches New Website of Curated and Sponsored Content

December 14, 2017

All About Jazz, the web's premier jazz music destination, has launched Jazz Stream, a snazzy page featuring website articles, website news, and sponsored content (accessible from “Features" that appears in the navigation bar on every page. In addition to providing access to our very best article content, All About Jazz has developed a new way for ...