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Jazz Near You App v2.1.0 is now available on the App Store and Google Play

June 21, 2016

Attention iPhone and iPad users! That Jazz Near You app 2.1.0 is now available for download. About the app Never miss another jazz show again! Jazz Near You is a simple yet powerful way for fans to discover who is playing where and when. View local jazz events by date, by venue or by musician; map ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Eric Reed

June 21, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Eric Reed's birthday today! When you think of hard-driving swing, daring expression, sophistication and elegance in artistry, formidable technique and a thunderous sound, there are only a very small handful of contemporary pianists you think of and one of them is most assuredly ERIC REED. But don’t think of him as ...

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All About Jazz Fund Drive Dollars at Work - More Projects Planned!

June 20, 2016

All About Jazz's fund drive continues—readers receive a Google ad-free experience and help fuel website growth for $20/year Since the fund drive launch, All About Jazz has completed the following projects: Relaunched the Photo Gallery. It no longer requires the Flash plug-in to upload images; Launched the Jazz Story Project. Improved article searching. Readers can order ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Eric Dolphy

June 20, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Eric Dolphy's birthday today! Eric Allan Dolphy was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s. He was also the first important bass clarinet soloist in jazz, and among the earliest significant ...

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$27.6 Million Proposed for 18th and Vine in Kansas City

June 19, 2016

Probably the earliest efforts to build a jazz hall of fame in Kansas City date to 1969. That group envisioned it near 12th and The Paseo. In 1997, following decades of fits and starts, feints and fights, the jazz museum opened, along with the Negro Leagues museum, the Black Archives and a rebuilt Gem Theater, at ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: John Hollenbeck

June 19, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating John Hollenbeck's birthday today! John Hollenbeck\'s versatility as a percussionist and composer is revealed in a body of work that challenges countless boundaries. Performances with Fred Hersh, Kenny Wheeler and Bob Brookmeyer have showcased Hollenbeck\'s melodic and sensitive small-group jazz drumming. His unique approach to big band work is evident as ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sue Raney

June 18, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Sue Raney's birthday today! Sue Raney has one of the most beautiful voices in music. She is always in-tune, displays complete control over her vibrato, and has the rare gift of being able to interpret lyrics with such deep understanding that she makes them sound fresh, even if the words are ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tony Scott

June 17, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Tony Scott's birthday today! Tony Scott, a distinguished jazz clarinetist who in the 1950s helped steer his instrument out of the swing era and into the sax-infested waters of bebop. With Buddy DeFranco, Mr. Scott was considered one of the leading bebop clarinetists. (The two men were often described as the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tom Harrell

June 16, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Tom Harrell's birthday today! Praised by Newsweek for his pure melodic genius, Tom Harrell is widely recognized as one of the most creative and uncompromising jazz instrumentalists and composers of our time. Even with a discography of over 260 recordings and a career that spans more than four decades, Harrell has ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Erroll Garner

June 15, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Erroll Garner's birthday today! Born in Pittsburgh in 1921 (Sy Johnson\'s biographical note in The Erroll Garner Songbook has June 15, 1923 as Garner\'s birthdate), Errol Garner started playing piano at the age of two (three according to Johnson). He never learned to read music, probably because it was never a ...