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News: Performance / Tour

Miami's Jazz Roots Concert Series with New Artistic Advisor Shelly Berg

July 16, 2016

November 4, 2016 through April 7, 2017 The JAZZ ROOTS annual six-part concert series held at the Adrienne Arsht Center for The Performing Arts, has become a musical institution in the jazz world often credited with helping to revitalize, nurture and spur the expansion of Jazz music in the south Florida area and beyond. ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Cal Tjader

July 16, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Cal Tjader's birthday today! Cal Tjader crafted one the sleekest and most distinctive sounds in Latin jazz. His cool, shimmering, jazz vibes, gliding fluidly atop fiery, hot Afro-Cuban rhythms, made for a sonic signature that helped introduce the genre into a mainstream audience. Cal Tjader’s mother was a concert pianist, his ...

News: Recording

Ricardo Bacelar’s new CD, "Concerto para Moviola," captures an exciting live performance by the dynamic Brazilian Pianist/Composer/Arranger

July 15, 2016

Concerto para Moviola, the new CD from Brazilian pianist, composer, and arranger Ricardo Bacelar, puts jazz fusion of the 1970s and 1980s in the spotlight with tunes by Weather Report, Pat Metheny, Yellowjackets, Antonio Carlos Jobim and other greats. The new recording documents a performance specially produced for the traditional Guaramiranga Jazz and Blues Festival, held ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 18, 2016

July 15, 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 Gregory Porter Take Me To The Alley (Blue Note) 299 306 -7 ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Philly Joe Jones

July 15, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Philly Joe Jones' birthday today! Philly Joe Jones was born with the name Joseph Rudolph Jones in the city of Philadelphia on July 15, 1923. His mother, a piano teacher taught him the basics in music. In his formative years he also studied the drums with drummers the likes of Cozy ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Alan Dawson

July 14, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Alan Dawson's birthday today! Alan Dawson was a respected jazz drummer and widely influential percussion teacher based in Boston. He was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania and raised in Roxbury, MA. Serving in the Army for Korean War duty, Dawson played with the Army Dance Band while stationed at Fort Dix from ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Albert Ayler

July 13, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Albert Ayler's birthday today! Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler was born on July 13th 1936 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He learned to play the alto sax at a young age. His father, Edward, encouraged his musical interests and was his first teacher. Albert Ayler continued his musical education at John Adams High ...

News: Event

The Jazz Cruise 2017 Celebrating Its 16th Sailing Welcomes Al Jarreau

July 12, 2016

VOCAL LEGEND TO JOINS SUPERSTARS OF JAZZ, INCLUDING JIMMY COBB, FREDDY COLE, EDDIE DANIELS, LEWIS NASH, HOUSTON PERSON, PAQUITO D’RIVERA, ELIANE, ELIAS, TAKE 6, CYRILLE AIMEE, RANDY BRECKER, MIKE STERN, BILL EVANS, RENE MARIE Music Director SHELLY BERG Special Hosts JOHN PIZZARELLI and MARCUS MILLER AND DOZENS MORE The Jazz Cruise will set sail next February ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Paul Gonsalves

July 12, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Paul Gonsalves' birthday today! Although his reputation is often hung upon the mighty gallery-rousing performance he gave at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival with Duke Ellington, tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves was at heart an introspective balladeer. His true legacy is his recorded collection of love songs. Paul Gonsalves was born on ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Tomasz Stanko

July 11, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Tomasz Stanko's birthday today! Tomasz Stanko was 20 and a graduate of the Cracow Music Academy when he formed his first band, the Jazz Darings, with pianist Adam Makowicz in 1962. Inspired by early Ornette Coleman and the innovations of Coltrane, Miles Davis and George Russell, the group is often cited ...