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News: Website

Jazz Near You App Feedback Wanted. Love it? Improve It? Tell us!

September 15, 2015

We recently released version 2 of the Jazz Near You app for Android and iOS. Downloads have been brisk at the Apple App Store—slow, but steady at the Google Play Store. If you haven't downloaded the Jazz Near You app, please give it a try by clicking one of the buttons below, then let us know ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Oliver Lake

September 14, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Oliver Lake's birthday today! Born in Marianna, Arkansas in 1942, Oliver moved to St. Louis at the age of two. He began drawing at the age of thirteen (and paints daily, using oil, acrylics, wood, canvas, and mixed media), and soon after began playing cymbals and bass drum in various drum ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Mel Torme

September 13, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Mel Torme's birthday today! Mel Torme was among the most enduring singers from the big-band era, maligned by some as the epitome of lounge singer, acclaimed by many more as one of a talented and serious vocalist. Legend has it that Torme began singing for his supper a Chicago restaurant when ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Brian Lynch

September 12, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Brian Lynch's birthday today! A respected insider within both the hardcore straight ahead and Latin Jazz communities, 2007 Grammy Award Winner Brian Lynch is as comfortable negotiating the complexities of clave with Afro-Caribbean pioneer Eddie Palmieri as he is swinging through advanced harmony with bebop maestro Phil Woods. A honored graduate ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Harry Connick, Jr.

September 11, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Harry Connick, Jr.'s birthday today! Harry Connick, Jr.\'s career has been studded with awards and recognition, including several multi-platinum and gold albums, Grammy and Emmy awards, a starring role in a Tony-winning Broadway musical and much more. A true American icon, there are few artists of Harry\'s stature, and fewer still ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 14, 2015

September 11, 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! TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111George Cables In Good Company (HighNote)313298+1506518232Heads Of State Search For Peace (Smoke Sessions)310289+2105918353Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield and The New Orleans Jazz Orch Dee Dee's Feathers ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lorraine Feather

September 10, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Lorraine Feather's birthday today! Lyricist/singer Lorraine Feather’s work has been heard on numerous records, in films and on television. Her songs have been covered extensively by adult contemporary and jazz artists, including Phyllis Hyman, Kenny Rankin, Patti Austin, Diane Schuur and Cleo Laine. As a jazz singer, Lorraine has recorded eleven ...

News: Recording

Piloo Records To Release "RandyPOP!" By Randy Brecker

September 10, 2015

A LIVE RECORDING RE-IMAGINING RANDY BRECKERʼS SEMINAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD OF POP Available In Stores And Online September 18, 2015 Randy Brecker: Trumpet witheffects, Voice Kenny Werner: Piano, Keys, Arrangements David Sanchez: Tenor Saxophone Amanda Brecker: Vocals Adam Rogers: Guitar John Patitucci: Bass ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: David Sanchez

September 9, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating David Sanchez's birthday today! Latin Grammy Award winner David Sánchez is being hailed as “the most profound young tenor saxophonist working today. In a review, world- renown jazz critic Howard Reich saluted the young bandleader saying, “Technically, tonally and creatively, he seems to have it all. His sound is never less ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Butch Warren

September 8, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Butch Warren's birthday today! Butch Warren (born in 1939) was an American jazz double bassist who plays in the hard bop genre. He was especially active in the late-50s and the 1960s. Contents Warren began playing professionally at age 14 in a local Washington, D. C. band led by his father, ...