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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gary Peacock

May 12, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Gary Peacock's birthday today! Bassist Gary Peacock has played a major role in the development of avant-garde jazz. He has worked with the likes of Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Barney Kessel, Don Ellis, Terry Gibbs, Shorty Rogers, the Paul Bley Trio, Jimmy Giuffre, Roland Kirk and George ...

News: Recording

Grammy Nominated Vocalist René Marie's First All-Original LP "Sound of Red" Out Via Motema Music May 13

May 11, 2016

René Marie, the “outrageous” (Wall Street Journal) vocalist has taken the recording process one giant step further with the release of her most personal album on May 13. As the follow-up to 2013’s Grammy award-nominated album I Wanna Be Evil (With Love to Eartha Kitt), Sound of Red is her first album of all-original songs written ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Carla Bley

May 11, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Carla Bley's birthday today! Carla Bley was born in Oakland, California in 1936. Her father Emil Borg, a piano teacher and church organist, began giving her music lessons when she was three years old and she was soon playing at church functions. But her musical education ended at the age of ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Ponder

May 10, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Ponder's birthday today! An excellent guitarist, and sometimes vocalist, with a soulful sound and the ability to uplift any funky jazz date, Pittsburgh native Jimmy Ponder has appeared on many recordings during his long career, over 80 as a sideman and 15 as a leader. Ponder, a self taught musician, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Anthony Wilson

May 9, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Anthony Wilson's birthday today! Anthony Wilson’s career in jazz began auspiciously, and as a creative artist he continues to expand and impress. Among other honors, Wilson\'s first, self-titled CD received a Grammy nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Recording in 1998; his second CD “Goat Hill Junket" was featured prominently on ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Keith Jarrett

May 8, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Keith Jarrett's birthday today! Over the past 40 years, Keith Jarrett has come to be recognized as one of the most creative musicians of our times- universally acclaimed as an improviser of unsurpassed genius; a master of jazz piano; a classical keyboardist of great depth; and as a composer who has ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Arthur Blythe

May 7, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Arthur Blythe's birthday today! A singularly distinctive and uniquely distinguishable stylist, Arthur Blythe is considered one of the greatest alto saxophonist\'s of his generation. Blythe\'s beautiful, passionate and expressive sound validates his reputation as one of the most significant jazz musicians of our times. Blythe\'s work is notable for its exploration ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 9, 2016

May 6, 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 Russell Malone All About Melody (HighNote) 312 316 -4 2 61 1 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Paul Dunmall

May 6, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Paul Dunmall's birthday today! After turning professional at seventeen and touring Europe for one year with progressive rock group Marsupilami he moved to America and lived there for three years playing with many musicians including Alice Coltrane and toured with Johnny Guitar Watson for one year. On his return to the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Stanley Cowell

May 5, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Stanley Cowell's birthday today! Stanley Cowell can best be described as an intellectual pianist. From his early classical roots to collaborations with premier jazz artists to his creative solo career, Cowell’s music has been defined by integrity and taste. With an agile left hand and a relentlessly imaginative approach to standards ...