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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jackie McLean

May 17, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Jackie McLean's birthday today! John Lenwood (Jackie) McLean was an alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. His father, John Sr., who died in 1939, played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw\'s orchestra. After his father\'s death, his musical education was continued by his godfather, by his stepfather, who ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Woody Herman

May 16, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Woody Herman's birthday today! After early experience in Chicago with the bands led by Tom Gerun and Harry Sosnik, Woody Herman toured with Gus Arnheim. In 1934, he joined Isham Jones, and when Jones\'s group disbanded in 1936 Herman used its leading sidemen as the nucleus for his own orchestra. This ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Oscar Castro-Neves

May 15, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Oscar Castro-Neves' birthday today! Few musicians in the world today can boast a career that reflects a lifetime of accomplishments as diverse, rich and acclaimed as those Oscar Castro-Neves has achieved. Renowned as a composer and arranger for his sophisticated harmonic concepts and the exquisite texture and color of his orchestrations... ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sidney Bechet

May 14, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Sidney Bechet's birthday today! Along with his fellow New Orleanian, Louis Armstrong, Bechet was one of the first great soloists in jazz. His throaty, powerful clarinet and his throbbing soprano are among the most thrilling sounds in early jazz. He went from being a pioneer of jazz in the 1920s to ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Red Garland

May 13, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Red Garland's birthday today! Largely self-taught, Red Garland established a reputation as a solid post-bop mainstream player in the 50s, playing with many of the most famous jazz musicians of the time. He achieved international fame in the late 50s as part of the Miles Davis quintet. He went on to ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 15, 2017

May 12, 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 Christian Sands Reach (Mack Avenue) 281 253 +28 1 56 1 6 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gary Peacock

May 12, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Gary Peacock's birthday today! Bassist Gary Peacock has played a major role in the development of avant-garde jazz. He has worked with the likes of Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Barney Kessel, Don Ellis, Terry Gibbs, Shorty Rogers, the Paul Bley Trio, Jimmy Giuffre, Roland Kirk and George ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Shirley Horn

May 1, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

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 ...