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George "Pepe" Grant: 1937-2016
By Patricia Myers George “Pepe" Grant, 78, a memorable entertainment personality and renowned doo-wop and pop music vocalist, died January 13 following emergency heart surgery. He had resided and performed in the metro-Phoenix area since 1984, but his entertainment career began as a teenager in Philadelphia, eventually expanding to world tours. His satiny tenor ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman
All About Jazz is celebrating Joshua Redman's birthday today! Joshua Redman was born February 1, 1969, in Berkeley, California. By the time of his birth, his father, noted saxophonist Dewey Redman, had moved to New York and was playing with Ornette Coleman. Redman\'s only contact with his father was hearing his records around the house, and ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Hackett
All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Hackett's birthday today! Bobby Hackett, one of nine children, was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. At an early age he played the ukulele and by the time he was twelve played guitar and violin, and had bought his first cornet. He left high school after his freshman year ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Roy Eldridge
All About Jazz is celebrating Roy Eldridge's birthday today! Roy David Eldridge was a jazz trumpet player in the Swing era. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, resulted in him sometimes being seen as the link between Louis Armstrong-era swing music and Dizzy Gillespie-era bebop. Roy\'s rhythmic power to swing a ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Derek Bailey
All About Jazz is celebrating Derek Bailey's birthday today! Bailey was born in Sheffield, England. A third generation musician, he began playing the guitar at the age of ten, going on to study with John Duarte among others. As an adult he found work as a guitarist and session musician in clubs, radio, dance hall bands, ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 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 Cory Weeds & The Jeff Hamilton Trio This Happy Madness (Cellar Live) ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Hutcherson
All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Hutcherson's birthday today! Early Years Bobby Hutcherson was born in Los Angeles, California on 27 January 1941. He grew up in Pasdena. Hutcherson was exposed to jazz from an early age, and his family had some connections to the local jazz scene. (His brother was a high-school friend of Dexter ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Stephane Grappelli
All About Jazz is celebrating Stephane Grappelli's birthday today! Stephane Grappelli (originally surname was spelled with a \'Y\') would have earned himself a place in Jazz History books if only for his important role in the Quintette of the Hot Club of France, featuring the dazzling virtuosity of Django Reindhart. Grappelli\'s violin was the perfect foil ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Benny Golson
All About Jazz is celebrating Benny Golson's birthday today! Multitalented and internationally famous jazz legend,- a composer, arranger, lyricist, producer- and tenor saxophonist of world note, Benny Golson was born in Philadelphia, PA on January 25, 1929. Raised with an impeccable musical pedigree, Golson has played in the bands of world famous Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Duane Eubanks
All About Jazz is celebrating Duane Eubanks' birthday today! Philadelphia native and trumpeter Duane Eubanks has performed everywhere from the Hollywood Bowl to Birdland to the Kennedy Center, in addition to touring throughout Europe and Japan. He is a member of Dave Holland’s two time Grammy Award winning big band and the late Mulgrew Miller\'s band, ...
