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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Broom

January 18, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Broom's birthday today! Most musicians would be happy to experience one artistic breakthrough. Thirty-two years into his distinguished, wide- ranging career in jazz, guitarist Bobby Broom seems to have an endless supply of them. His 2009 album Bobby Broom Plays for Monk hit an artistic high-water mark with its “daring ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Cedar Walton

January 17, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Cedar Walton's birthday today! For over 25 years, pianist Cedar Walton has enjoyed an up-tempo career, which never seems to slow down. Maintaining a non-stop itinerary, Walton has accompanied a litany of Jazz greats while also fronting his own successful groups. Born January 17, 1934 in Dallas, Texas, Walton set his ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Aldo Romano

January 16, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Aldo Romano's birthday today! Aldo Romano was born in France in 1941, the son of Italian immigrants. His first instrument was the guitar, but he decided to switch to drums in 1961. Essentially self-taught, he nonetheless benefited from the advice of Michel Babault and Jacques Thollot. He admired Philly Joe Jones, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gene Krupa

January 15, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Gene Krupa's birthday today! Gene Krupa was easily one of the most colorful personalities of the big band era. Despite his outrageous stage persona, Krupa was a serious and disciplined musician whose vision changed the role of drummer forever and who helped standardize the jazz drum kit. Eugene Bertram Krupa was ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: January 18, 2016

January 14, 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 3 1 Cory Weeds & The Jeff Hamilton Trio This Happy Madness (Cellar Live) ...

News: Performance / Tour

Mehmet Polat Trio Performs Friday, Jan. 15 at The Shinnyo Center

January 14, 2016

This Friday, Jan. 15, The Shinnyo Center for Meditation and Well-being will welcome the critically-acclaimed global jazz performance group, the Mehmet Polat Trio, to the United States, for a special transatlantic session of its ongoing Jazz Meditation series. The Mehmet Polat Trio will accompany a Shinnyo Center meditation guide to lead the audience in a short, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joe Pass

January 13, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Joe Pass' birthday today! Joe Pass almost didn\'t make it as a musician due to his early battle with drug addiction. But following a successful rehab at Synanon and a recording session with fellow recovered musicians entitled Sounds of Synanon, the guitarist was signed by Dick Bock to the Pacific Jazz ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jay McShann

January 12, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Jay McShann's birthday today! “The Last of the Blue Devils” Jay “Hootie” McShann landed in Kansas City in the 1930s, and along with fellow pianist and bandleader Count Basie, established what came to be known as the Kansas City sound: blues rooted jazz driven by swinging horns laid over a powerful ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Ritenour

January 11, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Ritenour's birthday today! b. Lee Mack Ritenour, 11 January 1952, Los Angeles, CA, USA. The prolific Ritenour has established himself as one of the world\'s leading jazz guitarists with a series of accessible albums over three decades. Starting at the age of 16, Ritenour played his first session with The ...

News: Website

All About Jazz Thanks JAZZed Readers For Best Jazz Website Designation

January 11, 2016

All About Jazz would like to thank the JAZZed readers who rated our fine website #1 in their 2015 readers' poll. Hundreds of jazz scholars and jazz fans took part in their second annual poll which covered 40 categories. Other websites nominated included: jazz.org and jazzboston.com. To view the results from the 2015 reader' poll, scroll ...