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Jazz Musician of the Day: Clifford Brown

October 30, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Clifford Brown's birthday today! He was the most brilliant trumpet player of his generation, an original and memorable composer, a dynamic stage presence and one of the authentic legends of modern jazz. Clifford Brown was born October 30, 1930 in Wilmington, Delaware. As a young high school student Brown began playing ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Zoot Sims

October 29, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Zoot Sims' birthday today! John Haley “Zoot" Sims was born in Inglewood, California. Growing up in a vaudeville family, Sims learned to play both drums and clarinet at an early age. His father was a vaudeville hoofer, and Sims prided himself on remembering many of the steps his father taught him. ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 31, 2016

October 28, 2016

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 Joey Alexander Countdown (Motema) 277 278 -1 1 53 1 8 2 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Kurt Rosenwinkel

October 28, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Kurt Rosenwinkel's birthday today! Following a string of three acclaimed recordings for Verve Records that firmly established him as one of the most strikingly original new voices in jazz as both guitarist and composer (2000’s The Enemies of Energy, 2001’s The Next Step and 2003’s Heartcore), Kurt Rosenwinkel returns with an ...

News: Music Industry

Blue Note Records, Blue Note Jazz Club & Entertainment Cruise Productions Enter Into A Five Year Partnership Deal For The Contemporary Jazz Cruise

October 28, 2016

Newest Cruise Outing, Which Features Six Blue Note Artists, Will Be Re-branded as Blue Note at Sea As the excitement continues to build around Entertainment Cruise Productions' inaugural sailing of The Contemporary Jazz Cruise, Don Was of Blue Note Records and Steven Bensusan of Blue Note Jazz Club today announced a five year partnership with ECP ...

News: Website

All About Jazz and ArtistShare Partner to Promote Launchpad--A platform to bring fans and creators together and new ideas to life

October 27, 2016

For more than 13 years, ArtistShare has pioneered the industry of fan-funding and today is the most respected brand in artist career development through fan engagement. After 29 Grammy nominations and 10 Grammy winning fan-funded projects, ArtistShare has extended their expertise and innovative spirit to the global creative community with the announcement of Launchpad. Launchpad offers ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: David Hazeltine

October 27, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating David Hazeltine's birthday today! DAVID HAZELTINE is one of a handful of young pianists who has successfully forged his own distinctive style and musical voice out of the accumulated greatness and weight of a modern piano tradition. David\'s influences extend from Art Tatum and Bud Powell to such great living masters ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Vijay Iyer

October 26, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Vijay Iyer's birthday today! “a boundless and deeply important young star" —LA Weekly “By now, there can be no doubt that pianist-composer Iyer stands among the most daringly original jazz artists of the under-40 generation," writes Howard Reich in the Chicago Tribune. The American-born son of Indian immigrants, Vijay Iyer (pronounced ...

News: Music Industry

SFJAZZ Unveils Jim Marshall Photography Installation in San Francisco Unified School District Building Windows Across Street From SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco

October 25, 2016

Photographs will be exhibited from September 8, 2016 to May 2017 SFJAZZ announces the unveiling of a new photography installation from legendary photographer and longtime San Francisco resident Jim Marshall in the windows of the vacant San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) building across the street from the SFJAZZ Center on Franklin Street at Fell Street ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Heath

October 25, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Heath's birthday today! Jimmy Heath has long been recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist and a magnificent composer and arranger. Jimmy is the middle brother of the legendary Heath Brothers (Percy Heath/bass and Tootie Heath/drums), and is the father of Mtume. He has performed with nearly all the jazz greats of ...