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Jazz Musician of the Day: Andrew Hill

June 30, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Andrew Hill's birthday today! Over nearly half a century, composer-pianist-ensemble leader Andrew Hill gained international jazz renown for his uniquely original music and recorded ouevre, which is by turns dark, fragile, funny, stark, unforgettably tuneful, percussive, insightful, oblique, transparent and mysterious. With the release of Dusk (Palmetto Records), his first album ...

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Go Slow: The Life Of Julie London

by Michael Owen
June 30, 2017

The following is an excerpt is from “Chapter 12: For the Night People" of Go Slow: The Life of Julie London by Michael Owen (Chicago Review Press, 2017). All Rights Reserved. In 1965, after three years of largely recording pop tunes under Liberty Records' hit-making producer Snuff Garrett, Julie London was eager to ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gilberto Gil

June 29, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Gilberto Gil's birthday today! Gilberto Gil carries out a fundamental role in the constant modernization process of Brazilian popular music. Partaking of this scene for 41 years, he has developed one of the most relevant and renown careers as a singer, composer and guitar-player in this field. Gil has had his ...

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Jazz Near You adds Jazz Gallery and Town Hall (NYC) events to calendar

June 28, 2017

Jazz Near You, the Internet's largest aggregator and distributor of jazz event and venue information has collaborated with Etix to provide event and ticketing information for The Jazz Gallery (NYC), The Blue Note Grill (Durham, NC), and Berklee Performance Center (Boston). “Our goal is to present the most comprehensive jazz events calendar and importing Etix events ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tierney Sutton

June 28, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Tierney Sutton's birthday today! In a world of overnight sensations, jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton’s success has come from the road less traveled. A decision in the mid ’90s to move to Southern California from her New England home resulted in a decade-long collaboration with her current band mates. A Wisconsin- born ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Elmo Hope

June 27, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Elmo Hope's birthday today! This profile was inspired by an exceptional article here on All About Jazz by Derek Taylor called “St. Elmo’s Fire” where he focuses and expands on Elmo Hope’s music and recordings. St. Elmo Sylvester Hope was born in New York on June 27, 1923, began piano studies ...

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June News: Tags, Professional Toolkit, Teacher Finder, Content Wanted, And New Event Types For Jazz Near You

June 26, 2017

Dear AAJ Member, We've made several improvements to both All About Jazz and Jazz Near You over the last two months. Some notables include: Tags It's been a long time coming, so we're thrilled to announce the addition of tags. You can find them on our article and news pages. Learn more about tags here. Toolkit ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Cunliffe

June 26, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Cunliffe's birthday today! Jazz pianist, composer and Grammy Award-winning arranger Bill Cunliffe is known for his innovative and swinging recordings and compositions. Bill began his career as pianist and arranger with the Buddy Rich Big Band and worked with Frank Sinatra, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson and James Moody. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Johnny Smith

June 25, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Johnny Smith's birthday today! Guitarist Johnny Smith\'s career spans the decades of the 1940\'s through the 1990\'s. From the very beginning of his musical career he influenced the playing of other guitarists. In fact, many mention Smith as a major influence on their playing. The major guitar builders as Guild, Gibson, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jeff Beck

June 24, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Jeff Beck's birthday today! Jeff Beck isn\'t your typical guitar legend. His goal, in fact, is to make you forget that he plays guitar. “I don\'t understand why some people will only accept a guitar if it has an instantly recognizable guitar sound," says Beck."Finding ways to use the same guitar ...