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Jazz Musician of the Day: Houston Person

November 10, 2015

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 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Mezz Mezzrow

November 9, 2015

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 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Russell Malone

November 8, 2015

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, ...

News: Event

Down—But Not Out—In Los Angeles: How A Jazz Band Is Helping Solve The Homeless Crisis In Hollywood

November 8, 2015

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 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: David S. Ware

November 7, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating David S. Ware's birthday today! David S. Ware has been playing the saxophone for over 40 years. First in New Jersey public school bands, and in informal practice sessions with Sonny Rollins as a youth in the \'60s; then as part of the fertile NYC Loft Jazz era of the \'70s. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Arturo Sandoval

November 6, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Arturo Sandoval's birthday today! Arturo Sandoval - Trumpet, composer, recording artist Arturo Sandoval is a virtuoso trumpet master who has expressed his versatility in the realms of jazz, Latin Jazz, popular and classical music. He has won six Grammy’s , one Emmy, is a multiple Billboard award winner for his top ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 9, 2015

November 6, 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! TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Orrin Evans The Evolution Of Oneself (Smoke Sessions)280309-2905718222Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio Live In Studio (Whaling City Sound)279266+1315428333Eric Alexander The Real Thing (HighNote)239235+4052110474John Scofield ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Neil Cowley

November 5, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Neil Cowley's birthday today! As a young boy, London-born Neil Cowley studied classical music at the prestigious Royal Academy, and by the age of 10 had performed a Shostakovich piano concerto to a full house at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. By his mid-teens, Cowley had joined a friend in a Blues ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jeremy Pelt

November 4, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Jeremy Pelt's birthday today! Jeremy Pelt arrived in New York in 1998 after graduating from Berklee College of Music. Once he got there, it wasn\'t long before he started being noticed by a lot of top musicians in the city. His first professional Jazz gig was playing with the Mingus Big ...

News: Recording

Blue Engine Records Celebrates the Holidays with BIG BAND HOLIDAYS: New release from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis features guest vocalists René Marie, Cécile McLorin Salvant and Gregory Porter

November 4, 2015

CD streets October 30, 2015; limited edition 180g vinyl coming soon Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine Records celebrates the most wonderful time of the year with the release of Big Band Holidays, a compilation of holiday classics performed live by the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Special guests on Big Band ...