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News: Book / Magazine

"Jim Marshall: Jazz Festival" Now Available from Reel Art Press

September 11, 2016

Published by Reel Art Press Edited by Amelia Davis, Tony Nourmand. Introduction by Nat Hentoff. Foreword by President Bill Clinton. Designed by Graham Marsh. From Thelonius Monk to John Coltrane, Miles Davis to Nina Simone, Jim Marshall's defining photographs of the 1960s jazz scene Jim Marshall is known ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Harry Connick, Jr.

September 11, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Harry Connick, Jr.'s birthday today! Harry Connick, Jr.\'s career has been studded with awards and recognition, including several multi-platinum and gold albums, Grammy and Emmy awards, a starring role in a Tony-winning Broadway musical and much more. A true American icon, there are few artists of Harry\'s stature, and fewer still ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lorraine Feather

September 10, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Lorraine Feather's birthday today! Lyricist/singer Lorraine Feather’s work has been heard on numerous records, in films and on television. Her songs have been covered extensively by adult contemporary and jazz artists, including Phyllis Hyman, Kenny Rankin, Patti Austin, Diane Schuur and Cleo Laine. As a jazz singer, Lorraine has recorded eleven ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 12, 2016

September 9, 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 3 1 Steve Turre Colors For The Masters (Smoke Sessions) 251 240 +11 2 ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Elvin Jones

September 9, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Elvin Jones' birthday today! Elvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan, the youngest child in a family of ten. His father worked for General Motors. Two of Jones\' brothers were also jazz musicians: Hank (piano), and Thad (trumpet/flugelhorn). Elvin began playing professionally in the 1940s, ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Butch Warren

September 8, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Butch Warren's birthday today! Butch Warren (born in 1939) was an American jazz double bassist who plays in the hard bop genre. He was especially active in the late-50s and the 1960s. Contents Warren began playing professionally at age 14 in a local Washington, D. C. band led by his father, ...

News: Website

All About Jazz Fund Drive Dollars at Work, Part 2

September 8, 2016

All About Jazz's fund drive continues—readers receive a Google ad-free experience and help fuel website growth for a contribution starting at $20/year Our first round of completed projects can be viewed here. Since then, we've actively built every aspect of All About Jazz, with a focus on producing top-quality content, aggregating events for Jazz Near You, ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Sonny Rollins

September 7, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Sonny Rollins' birthday today! It’s no state secret that Sonny Rollins has never been fond of the recording studio. Never mind that he’s recorded his full share of gems there—not only early, celebrated albums such as Saxophone Colossus and Way Out West, but also digital-era efforts such as Old Flames and ...

News: Music Industry

ECM Releases Four New Titles in September: Tigran Hamasyan, Giovanni Guidi, Andrew Cyrille and Jakob Bro

September 6, 2016

RELEASE DATE: September 9 Tigran Hamasyan/Arve Henriksen/Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang: Atmosphères Tigran Hamasyan: piano; Arve Henriksen: trumpet; Eivind Aarset: guitar; Jan Bang: electronics and live sampling. This far-reaching double album, recorded and mixed in three days in Lugano, introduces a new quartet with Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang. The Norwegians had played in ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy Bolden

September 6, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy Bolden's birthday today! Cornetist Buddy Bolden is one of the premier legendary figures of jazz. Credited as the founder of “jass," later to be called jazz, he was the first player to pursue an improvisational style. Much is unknown about Bolden\'s life, however, and it has been difficult for jazz ...