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Jazz Musician of the Day: Marvin "Smitty" Smith

June 24, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Marvin “Smitty" Smith's birthday today! Marvin “Smitty" Smith, Born June 24, 1961 in Waukegan (Illinois). “It was a very natural inclination for me to play drums," says Marvin “Smitty" Smith. A glance at his early life validates that truth. Born the son of a drummer, Marvin, Sr., was always surrounded by ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 26, 2023

June 23, 2023

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 in the United States. Enjoy! TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Louis Hayes Exactly Right (Savant) 296 309 -13 2 44 1 7 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Donald Harrison

June 23, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Donald Harrison's birthday today! New Orleans born saxophonist Donald Harrison is a musician/composer who master musicians consider a master of every era of jazz, soul, funk, and a composer of orchestral classical music. He is also a genius, according to geniuses like Eddie Palmieri and Mike Clark. In the HBO drama ...

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Midsummer MusicFest: New Annual Festival Debuts With Jazz In July And An Additional Week Of Jazz-Fueled, Genre-Blurring Events

June 23, 2023

The 92nd Street Y, New York announces Midsummer MusicFest, a new summer festival debuting this year in celebration of 92NY’s 150th anniversary. Envisioned as an annual summer event inspired by a musical genre that has made a significant impact on 92NY’s programming, the festival launches this year with three weeks focusing on jazz. Midsummer MusicFest 2023 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Hermeto Pascoal

June 22, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Hermeto Pascoal's birthday today! Hermeto Pascoal is a prolific musician and composer who transcends category. Hermeto often uses unconventional instruments such as teapots, children's toys, found objects, and—sometimes, without harming them—live animals. He uses nature as a basis for his compositions, as in his Música da Lagoa, where the musicians burble ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Eric Reed

June 21, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Eric Reed's birthday today! When you think of hard-driving swing, daring expression, sophistication and elegance in artistry, formidable technique and a thunderous sound, there are only a very small handful of contemporary pianists you think of and one of them is most assuredly ERIC REED. But don’t think of him as ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Eric Dolphy

June 20, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Eric Dolphy's birthday today! Eric Allan Dolphy was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s. He was also the first important bass clarinet soloist in jazz, and among the earliest significant ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: John Hollenbeck

June 19, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating John Hollenbeck's birthday today! John Hollenbeck's versatility as a percussionist and composer is revealed in a body of work that challenges countless boundaries. Performances with Fred Hersh, Kenny Wheeler and Bob Brookmeyer have showcased Hollenbeck's melodic and sensitive small-group jazz drumming. His unique approach to big band work is evident as ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tony Scott

June 17, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Tony Scott's birthday today! Tony Scott, a distinguished jazz clarinetist who in the 1950s helped steer his instrument out of the swing era and into the sax-infested waters of bebop. With Buddy DeFranco, Mr. Scott was considered one of the leading bebop clarinetists. (The two men were often described as the ...