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News: Recording

From Jazz Noir to Technicolor, Jazz Vocalist Sylvia Brooks Reveals a Vivid Array of New Emotional Hues on her Gorgeous Third Album, "The Arrangement"

August 2, 2017

With her first two critically acclaimed albums, jazz vocalist Sylvia Brooks introduced a sensuous jazz-noir sound redolent of femme fatales and tough guys, crooked deals and deep-shadowed urban nightscapes. But no great artist wants to be typecast, and with her third album, The Arrangement, she steps out of the mist and fog into the sunlight, where ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: David Binney

August 2, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating David Binney's birthday today! Acclaimed as a considerable and highly individual compositional talent, saxophonist Dave Binney is one of the most prolific young jazz musicians on the scene today. Winning praise from critics and colleagues alike, Dave was recently singled out by Jazz Times as one of a handful of “young ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Josh Nelson

August 1, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Josh Nelson's birthday today! A native of Southern California, Josh Nelson maintains a busy schedule as a live jazz pianist, composer/arranger, educator, and recording artist. At 37 years old, he has made a strong impression on the jazz and songwriting scene on the West Coast. Josh has performed with some of ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Hank Jones

July 31, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Hank Jones' birthday today! The oldest of the three Jones brothers (Hank, Thad and Elvin), Henry “Hank" Jones was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi and grew up in Pontiac, Michigan, where he studied piano at an early age and came under the influence of Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson and Art ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Kevin Mahogany

July 30, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Kevin Mahogany's birthday today! Kevin Mahogany- jazz vocalist When Kevin Mahogany cut his first records in the early and mid-‘90s, he was generally regarded as a welcome anomaly: a young male jazz vocalist in a field where most of his colleagues were either women or men over 60. With a voice ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Christian

July 29, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Christian's birthday today! As the man who popularized the guitar in a jazz setting, his legacy lives on. Charlie Christian was born on July 29, 1916 in Bonham, Texas but was raised in Oklahoma City from the time he was two years old. Charlie\'s immediate family were all musically talented- ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 31, 2017

July 28, 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 Louis Hayes Serenade for Horace (Blue Note) 315 282 +33 1 51 ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Delfeayo Marsalis

July 28, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Delfeayo Marsalis' birthday today! Delfeayo Marsalis is one of the top trombonists, composers and producers in jazz today. Known for his “technical excellence, inventive mind and frequent touches of humor…” (Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times), he is “…one of the best, most imaginative and musical of the trombonists of his generation.” ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Edward Simon

July 27, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Edward Simon's birthday today! The process by which Simon became an internationally regarded jazz musician began in the small coastal town of Cardón, Venezuela, where he grew up surrounded by the sounds of Latin and Caribbean music. Born in 1969, Simon credits his father, Hadsy, for developing his passion for music ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wayne Krantz

July 26, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Wayne Krantz's birthday today! Ex-sideman with Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Billy Cobham and others, has made six albums under his own name since 1991; three on the Enja label ("Signals", “Long to Be Loose" and “2 Drink Minimum"), one on the Alchemy label ("Separate Cages") and, most recently, the self-produced CDs ...