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Jazz Musician of the Day: George Cables
All About Jazz is celebrating George Cables' birthday today! When George Cables was going to school in New York City he used to walk the streets at night, taking in the cosmopolitan sights and sounds, mentally recording his encounters with “so many different kinds of people." In his musical career as well, Cables has prowled sidestreets ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Hampton Hawes
All About Jazz is celebrating Hampton Hawes' birthday today! Who Was Hampton Hawes? Although one rarely hears of Hampton Hawes today he was a significant presence on the jazz scene in the mid- 50s then again from the mid-60s on until his death in 1977. A direct descendant of bebop who had been variously classified as ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 16, 2015
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! TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio Live In Studio (Whaling City Sound)262279-1704919212Orrin Evans The Evolution Of Oneself (Smoke Sessions)247280-3304519343John Scofield Past Present (Impulse! / Universal)208214-604937373Scott ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Mariano
All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Mariano's birthday today! Charlie Mariano is an American jazz alto saxophonist. He played with one of the Stan Kenton big bands, Toshiko Akiyoshi (his then wife), Charles Mingus, Eberhard Weber, the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble and numerous other notable musicians. His career can easliy be divided into two. Early ...
All About Jazz Launches Jazz Near You Data Entry Service
Save time with the All About Jazz data entry service. Jazz Near You has become an essential part of a musician's and a presenter's promotional strategy and All About Jazz's data entry service can provide professional assistance for those in need. “We pair our customers with an AAJ specialist and will work hand-in-hand to ensure accurate ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Mario Pavone
All About Jazz is celebrating Mario Pavone's birthday today! Bassist/composer Mario Pavone has collaborated with both legendary innovators and today\'s most respected young musicians to consistently define the cutting edge of jazz for the past 40 years. He has anchored the trios of Paul Bley (1968-72), Bill Dixon (1980\'s), and the late Thomas Chapin (1990-97), and ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Houston Person
All About Jazz is celebrating Houston Person's birthday today! Houston Person wears the Boss Tenor crown, worn so long by Gene Ammons. Mr. Person is busy working his own gigs; booking his tours, finding new clubs, having phone numbers for every major concert promoter on every continent. He even produces his own albums. His first big ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Mezz Mezzrow
All About Jazz is celebrating Mezz Mezzrow's birthday today! Mezz Mezzrow was born in Chicago in 1899 and was one of that city\'s most popular clarinetists during the golden jazz age of the twenties. Many of Mezzrow\'s records reveal his deep feeling for the blues and his playing is characterized by well-thought lines, frequent agility and ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Russell Malone
All About Jazz is celebrating Russell Malone's birthday today! Russell Malone\'s first guitar was a plastic green toy his mother bought him. Only four years old, Malone strummed the little guitar all day long for days on end trying to emulate the sounds he had heard from guitarists at church in Albany, Georgia. As a child, ...
Down—But Not Out—In Los Angeles: How A Jazz Band Is Helping Solve The Homeless Crisis In Hollywood
By George Kahn There is a housing crisis in Los Angeles. Some people call it a homeless crisis—I think of it as a housing crisis. You see it in Downtown: As the gentrification picks up speed, the old “flop house” hotels get converted to hip apartments and the condos start selling at $550,000. You see it ...
