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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dan Papirany

March 7, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Dan Papirany's birthday today! Dan Papirany is a Jazz pianist and composer. He is based in Bundaberg, Australia. While living in New Zealand Dan studied drums for two years with Roger Sellers and then changed his major to Piano studying with Leigh Jackson. In 1999 Dan graduated from Massey University in ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Wes Montgomery

March 6, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Wes Montgomery's birthday today! Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States (where he also died of a heart attack in 1968), Montgomery came from a musical family, in which his brothers, Monk (string bass and electric bass) and Buddy (vibraphone, and piano), were jazz performers. Although Wes was not skilled at reading ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: David Fiuczynski

March 5, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating David Fiuczynski's birthday today! Iconoclastic and prolific jazz-rock guitarist David ‘Fuze’ Fiuczynski, a jazz player who“doesn’t want to play just jazz”, has been hailed by the world press as an incredibly inventive guitar hero, who continues to deliver with music that is unclassifiable, challenging and invigorating. An innovative musician who has ...

News: Recording

Danish pianist Søren Gemmer releases "The Lark" on WhyPlayJazz

March 4, 2016

With a series of portraits fleshed out in melodic lines The Lark unites personal experience and collective modern jazz exploration. The second release from pianist and composer, Søren Gemmer, presents an elaboration on the trademark melodicism displayed on the internationally acclaimed debut album. The album is the follow-up release to the highly successful At First that ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Shew

March 4, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Shew's birthday today! Born In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bobby Shew began playing the guitar at the age of eight and switched to the trumpet at ten. By the time he was thirteen he was playing at local dances with a number of bands and by fifteen had put together his ...

News: Website

Jazz Near You Upgrade Includes International Jazz Festival Calendar, improved Jazz Teacher Finder, improved Spotlight service and more

March 4, 2016

Your friends at Jazz Near You continually improve our website, our weekly eblast and our mobile app to better serve jazz communities worldwide. Check out the latest round of upgrades: A festival-only calendar page. It's accessible from the main calendar page and includes every upcoming festival event that has been added to Jazz Near You. Check ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 7, 2016

March 3, 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 Dr. Lonnie Smith Evolution (Blue Note) 243 219 +24 0 57 1 5 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Garrison

March 3, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Garrison's birthday today! Bassist Jimmy Garrison was the anchor in the classic John Coltrane Quartet, from 1961-\'66, which recorded all of its well-known albums on Impulse. Garrison\'s big, blunt sound, steady time and inventive counter lines were an elemental ingredient in the sound of that famous group. He actually fitted ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

March 2, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis' birthday today! Eddie Lockjaw Davis was one musician who provided a link from the big band era through to the soul jazz phenomenon of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Davis developed one of the most unmistakable tenor sax sounds in post war jazz. With a full bodied ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Glenn Miller

March 1, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Glenn Miller's birthday today! Shortly after the beginning of the 20th century, in a small rural Southwestern Iowa town, a boy was born to Elmer and Mattie Lou Miller. The date was March 1, 1904 and the town was Clarinda. The boy that was born that night was named Alton Glen ...