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JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 12, 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! TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Christian McBride Trio Live At The Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue)279255+2415916222Eric Alexander The Real Thing (HighNote)261248+1365916343Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield and The New Orleans Jazz Orch Dee ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Pepper Adams
All About Jazz is celebrating Pepper Adams' birthday today! Pepper Adams was one of hard bop\'s most significant baritone saxophonists. His dark, hearty tone on the horn and driving rhythmic sense provided the antithesis to the lighter, floating (and consequently more popular) styles of Gerry Mulligan. His family moved to Rochester, New York when he was ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Larry Young
All About Jazz is celebrating Larry Young's birthday today! A true innovator on the Hammond B3, Young took a different musical path than any of the other organ masters of his time: Although he started out drawing his major influences from the work of Jimmy Smith and the gospel and blues elements that other players employed, ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Mark Whitfield
All About Jazz is celebrating Mark Whitfield's birthday today! Mark Whitfield graduated from Boston\'s prestigious Berklee College of Music in 1987 where he studied composition, arranging, film scoring and conducting as well as all styles of guitar performance. Later on that year, he returned to his native New York, and immediately began his professional career. Within ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Blanton
All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Blanton's birthday today! In his short tenure with Duke Ellington, Jimmy Blanton became the first great double bass virtuoso in jazz. Blanton had both the technique and the fine tone to take this style of playing to higher levels. Blanton took the bass, which had previously been used only to ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Eddie Gomez
All About Jazz is celebrating Eddie Gomez's birthday today! Eddie“ Gomez (born October 4, 1944) is a jazz bassist. He was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico; he emigrated with his family at a young age to the United States and grew up in New York. He started on double bass in the New York City school ...
5-Time Global Music Award Winning Vocalist & Trumpeter Johnny Summers Releases Piano Sessions: Volume 2 With Legendary Canadian Pianist Tommy Banks
Most musicians say they are lovers of great songs, but very few are able to show it in the way that Johnny Summers does! With the new album, Johnny Summers: Piano Sessions – Volume 2, 2015 winner of three Global Music Awards including Best Male Vocalist and Album, Johnny Summers shows why he has become Canada’s ...
All About Jazz Launches SoundCloud and Bandcamp Builder Services for Musicians
Your friends at All About Jazz have years of experience building both SoundCloud and Bandcamp pages and we'd like to help our musician community establish a presence on each while enjoying the benefits that these platforms have to offer: audio distribution and a music store. About our Bandcamp Service All About Jazz will build your Bandcamp ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Von Freeman
All About Jazz is celebrating Von Freeman's birthday today! Earl Lavon Freeman jazz tenor saxophonist, originally became known for his work with the Horace Henderson Group during the Late 1940s, and Sun Ra\'s band in the early \'50s. During that period, he also played with his musical brothers, drummer Bruz (Eldrige) Freeman and guitarist George Freeman, ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Howard Roberts
All About Jazz is celebrating Howard Roberts' birthday today! Howard Roberts was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1929. He began playing guitar at age 8 and by age 15 was playing gigs in and around the Phoenix area. In 1950 (at age 20) Howard decided to move to Los Angeles, and through hard work and the ...
