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Jazz Musician of the Day: Vijay Iyer

October 26, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Vijay Iyer's birthday today! “a boundless and deeply important young star" —LA Weekly “By now, there can be no doubt that pianist-composer Iyer stands among the most daringly original jazz artists of the under-40 generation," writes Howard Reich in the Chicago Tribune. The American-born son of Indian immigrants, Vijay Iyer (pronounced ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Heath

October 25, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Heath's birthday today! Jimmy Heath has long been recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist and a magnificent composer and arranger. Jimmy is the middle brother of the legendary Heath Brothers (Percy Heath/bass and Tootie Heath/drums), and is the father of Mtume. He has performed with nearly all the jazz greats of ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Odean Pope

October 24, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Odean Pope's birthday today! Odean Pope was born in Ninety-Six, South Carolina to musical parents who rooted him in the sounds of the Southern Baptist Church. After moving to Philadelphia at the age of ten, his lifelong study of music began in earnest and was buttressed by The Graniff School of ...

News: Performance / Tour

Guitarist/Composer Pete McCann On Tour In Support Of "Range"

October 24, 2015

GUITARIST/COMPOSER/BANDLEADER PETE MCCANN ON TOUR IN SUPPORT OF HIS FIFTH RECORDING, RANGE Range is available now on Whirlwind Recordings. CD RELEASE CELEBRATION TOUR Nov 3 - 8PM - Marshall University, Huntington, WV Nov 4 - 9PM - Denison University, Granville, OH Nov 5 - 3:30PM - Clinic at Kent State Univ. Recital Hall, Kent, OH Nov ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gary McFarland

October 23, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Gary McFarland's birthday today! Gary McFarland was one of the more significant contributors to orchestral jazz during the 1960s. He had an unfortunately short career. But he was surprisingly productive in the brief decade he was captured on record (1960-70). An “adult prodigy," as Gene Lees once noted, McFarland was an ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jane Bunnett

October 22, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Jane Bunnett's birthday today! Jane Bunnett has become one of the foremost jazz musicians in Canada, and has gained recognition around the world for her improvising talents, technical proficiency, and writing and band leading abilities. Born and educated in Toronto, she trained as a classical pianist from 1975-78 (attaining Grade 10 ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 26, 2015

October 22, 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! TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Eric Alexander The Real Thing (HighNote)266287-2105718252Orrin Evans The Evolution Of Oneself (Smoke Sessions)239248-936126333Christian McBride Trio Live At The Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue)232281-4905818424Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dizzy Gillespie

October 21, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Dizzy Gillespie's birthday today! John Birks “Dizzy" Gillespie was one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of the 20th century and one of the prime architects of the bebop movement in jazz. Nicknamed “Dizzy" because of his zany on-stage antics, Gillespie, a brass virtuoso, set new standards for trumpet players with his ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jelly Roll Morton

October 20, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Jelly Roll Morton's birthday today! The city of New Orleans has the distinction of being the ‘birthplace of jazz’ so its appropriate that in New Orleans in or around 1885 to 1890 would be born the self-proclaimed “inventor of jazz”. Ferdinand Joseph Lemott (Lamothe) and his story is one of mystery, ...

News: Recording

Blue Engine Records Releases Carlos Henriquez's Debut Album "The Bronx Pyramid"

October 20, 2015

Critically acclaimed bassist and Latin music master Carlos Henriquez announced the release of The Bronx Pyramid, his debut recording as a leader, on Blue Engine Records. The Bronx Pyramid, the second release from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine Records, features Henriquez expertly blending modern jazz with Latin rhythms on original compositions and new arrangements of ...