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Jazz Musician of the Day: Derrick Hodge

July 5, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Derrick Hodge's birthday today! Derrick Hodge began studying electric guitar at the age of 7, inspired by the playing of West Philadelphia’s Beulah Baptist Church choir’s bassist, Joel Ruffiin. A year later, Hodge switched to electric bass guitar and began playing in the elementary school concert band and orchestra. In junior ...

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July 4, 2016

Up-to-the-minute and 100% free! All About Jazz offers several RSS feeds and content widgets for use on websites and blogs. If you're looking to share up-to-the-minute jazz content on your website or blog, then consider the All About Jazz / Jazz Near You collection of widgets and feeds. “We offer 15 dynamic content widgets ranging from ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Mike Mainieri

July 4, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Mike Mainieri's birthday today! Primarily recognized as an award-winning, jazz vibraphonist, Mike Mainieri’s equally remarkable talents as producer, arranger, and composer have contributed to shaping the cutting-edge in music. Throughout his fruitful career—now spanning almost five decades—Mike has collaborated with the world’s most formidable jazz player’s produced numerous albums, and discovered ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Johnny Hartman

July 3, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Johnny Hartman's birthday today! John Maurice Hartman was a critically acclaimed baritone jazz singer who specialized in ballads. Born in Louisiana but raised in Chicago, he began singing and playing the piano by age eight. In 1940, Hartman graduated from DuSable High School where he studied music under Walter Dyett before ...

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All About Jazz Top 10 MP3 Downloads: June 2016

July 2, 2016

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the 30 tracks featured in June, these ten represent our personal favorites. We also included the top ten reader favorites as indicated by total downloads. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! EDITOR'S PICKS ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Ahmad Jamal

July 2, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Ahmad Jamal's birthday today! In 1951, Mr. Jamal first recorded \'Ahmad\'s Blues\' on Okeh Records. His arrangement of the folk tune \'Billy Boy\', and \'Poinciana\' (not his original composition), also stem from this period. In 1955, he recorded his first Argo (Chess) Records album that included \'New Rhumba\', \'Excerpts From The ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 4, 2016

July 1, 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) 306 332 -26 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Erik Friedlander

July 1, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Erik Friedlander's birthday today! Cellist Erik Friedlander is a composer and an improviser, a first-call studio player and a jazzbo. A veteran of NYC\'s downtown scene, his 12 CDs as a leader recently include, Block Ice & Propane, his solo cello reinterpretation of American roots music; The Broken Arm Trio, a ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Andrew Hill

June 30, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Andrew Hill's birthday today! Over nearly half a century, composer-pianist-ensemble leader Andrew Hill gained international jazz renown for his uniquely original music and recorded ouevre, which is by turns dark, fragile, funny, stark, unforgettably tuneful, percussive, insightful, oblique, transparent and mysterious. With the release of Dusk (Palmetto Records), his first album ...

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Guitarist Kevin Golden Releases Debut CD "Pelham Parkway"

June 29, 2016

Jazz guitarist, Kevin Golden releases his debut CD Pelham Parkway. This marks Golden's first recording as a leader, and features seven original tunes penned by him paying homage to the legendary organ trio sounds of Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, and Wes Montgomery. Kevin Golden is on guitar, along with Akiko Tsuruga on organ, and Peter Grant ...