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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 ...

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92Y Jazz In July Festival 2016 Season: July 19-28

July 10, 2016

Bill Charlap, Artistic Director. Featuring: Harry Allen, Gene Bertoncini, Anat Cohen, Freddy Cole, Jimmy Greene, Jon Gordon, Dick Hyman, Jon-Erik Kellso, Jeremy Pelt, Ken Peplowski, Houston Person, Renee Rosnes, Carol Sloane, Rossano Sportiello, Warren Vaché, Steve Wilson and More Single Tickets from $52 / Age 35 and Under- $25 212.415.5500 92Y’s 32nd annual Jazz ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

July 10, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Morgan's birthday today! Morgan was a jazz prodigy, joining the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, remaining a member for two years. Beginning in 1956, he began recording as a leader, mainly for the Blue Note label, eventually he recorded twenty-five albums for the company. Morgan\'s principal influence as a ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Colin Bailey

July 9, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Colin Bailey's birthday today! Born in Swindon, England on July 9th 1934, Colin Bailey began playing drums at age four. He also studied piano and theory at an early age, and worked with English name bands from age eighteen. Colin lived in Australia in the late fifties and was staff drummer ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Kendrick Scott

July 8, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Kendrick Scott's birthday today! Kendrick ‘KADS’ Scott was born and raised in Houston, Texas. His initial inspiration and appreciation for music came from growing up in a household of musicians. The first encounters Kendrick had with the drums were in church, where his parents and older brother were involved in the ...

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Jazz Near You Collaborates with JAZZ.brussels to Distribute Brussels Jazz Events Worldwide

July 7, 2016

Jazz Near You has partnered with JAZZ.brussels to distribute Brussels jazz events through the Jazz Near You platform to its subscribers worldwide. “JAZZ.brussels is one of the most active and influential jazz organization in Belgium and is an ideal partner for Jazz Near You's event aggregation and redistribution program," stated Jazz Near You Founder, Michael Ricci. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joe Zawinul

July 7, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Joe Zawinul's birthday today! It may be a word overused but there isn\'t truly a more appropriate way to describe keyboardist/composer Joe Zawinul. Austrian born, Joe Zawinul emigrated to the US in 1959 where he played with Maynard Ferguson and the great Dinah Washington before joining alto saxophonist great Cannonball Adderley ...

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Jazz Near You Collaborates with Paris Jazz Club and Jazz at Lincoln Center

July 6, 2016

Jazz Near You, the world's leading jazz event aggregator, has collaborated with Paris Jazz Club and Jazz at Lincoln Center to collect and distribute all jazz events taking place, respectively, in the city of Paris and at Rose Theater, The Appel Room, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, the performance spaces in Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Louie Bellson

July 6, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Louie Bellson's birthday today! One of the world’s greatest drummers, Louie Bellson has been an exciting crowd pleaser for over 60 years. A well-respected educator and one of the nicest people in the music business, the still-active Louie Bellson is a class act. Born Luigi Paolino Balassoni, Bellson won a nationwide ...

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All About Jazz is Looking for New Writers and New Columns

July 5, 2016

All About Jazz recently introduced the following columns: Anatomy Of A Standard by Tish Oney, Philosophisticated Lady by Marithe Van der Aa, Out and About: The Super Fans curated by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper, Hi-Res Jazz by Mark Werlin, and Getting Into Jazz by Mark Barnett. We also launched the Jazz Story project where we ...