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Jazz Musician of the Day: Benny Green

April 4, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Benny Green's birthday today! Born in New York in 1963, Benny Green grew up in Berkeley, California, and began classical piano studies at the age of seven. Influenced by his father, a tenor saxophonist, his attention soon turned into Jazz: “I began trying to improvise on the piano, imitating the records ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Scott LaFaro

April 3, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Scott LaFaro's birthday today! Rocco Scott LaFaro (1936-1961) was a musician of the first order, who found his \'voice\' in jazz in the mid-1950s. His played the double bass violin, better known today as the acoustic bass to differentiate this instrument from the electric (or electronic) bass. His life was cut ...

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First Fridays in Philadelphia: Great Migration Series April 1, 2016 through August 5, 2016

April 2, 2016

First Friday-Rent Parties April 1, 2016 through August 5, 2016 8:00 PM-11:00 PM Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 Celebrating the Great Migration! The Philadelphia Jazz Project and the Arch Street Meeting House present: First Friday Rent Parties! 5 fun-filled Fridays that celebrate the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Larry Coryell

April 2, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Larry Coryell's birthday today! Musician magazine named him to its list of 100 greatest guitarists alive today, and after releasing more than 60 albums as a leader and playing on dozens more as a sideman in the last 40 years, Larry Coryell\'s definitely earned that honor. Exploring the sound of the ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: April 4, 2016

April 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 2 1 Jae Sinnett Zero To 60 (J-Nett Music) 264 228 +36 2 51 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Duke Jordan

April 1, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Duke Jordan's birthday today! Duke Jordan was a pianist whose work with the saxophonist Charlie Parker endures in the jazz pantheon. Jordan was regarded as one of the great early bebop pianists, the sound that he helped to create in the postwar era was something new, and it remains a cornerstone ...

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All About Jazz Top 10 MP3 Downloads: March 2016

April 1, 2016

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the 31 tracks featured in March, 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: Christian Scott

March 31, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Christian Scott's birthday today! On March 30, 2010 star trumpeter Christian Scott will release Yesterday You Said Tomorrow, his highly anticipated, all-new 10-song collection. First single and Thom Yorke (Radiohead) cover \'The Eraser\' available now on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-eraser-single/id354084005 Yesterday You Said Tomorrow was recorded at the renowned Van Gelder Studio in ...

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Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with Your Jazz Story

March 30, 2016

Jazz is important to many of us. For some, it's a part of our DNA. For others, it represents a proud part of our heritage, while, for others still, it's simply great music that's an ever-present part of our daily lives. We're curious to know what jazz means to you, so we've created a forum for ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dave Stryker

March 30, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Dave Stryker's birthday today! Whether you’ve heard guitarist Dave Stryker fronting his own group (with 25 CD’s as a leader to date), or as a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and many others, you know why Gary Giddins in the Village Voice calls him “one of the most distinctive ...