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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 3, 2015

July 31, 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! TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Steve Davis Say When (Smoke Sessions)314305+915617212Terell Stafford Brotherlee Love (Capri)305352-4725415333Robert Glasper Trio Covered (Blue Note)238258-2035136454Bob Mintzer Big Band Get Up! (MCG Jazz)231228+334345565Joey Alexander My Favorite Things ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Hank Jones

July 31, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Hank Jones' birthday today! The oldest of the three Jones brothers (Hank, Thad and Elvin), Henry “Hank" Jones was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi and grew up in Pontiac, Michigan, where he studied piano at an early age and came under the influence of Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson and Art ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Kevin Mahogany

July 30, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Kevin Mahogany's birthday today! Kevin Mahogany - jazz vocalist When Kevin Mahogany cut his first records in the early and mid-‘90s, he was generally regarded as a welcome anomaly: a young male jazz vocalist in a field where most of his colleagues were either women or men over 60. With a ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Christian

July 29, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Christian's birthday today! As the man who popularized the guitar in a jazz setting, his legacy lives on. Charlie Christian was born on July 29, 1916 in Bonham, Texas but was raised in Oklahoma City from the time he was two years old. Charlie\'s immediate family were all musically talented ...

Article: The Big Question

If you could make one suggestion on how to improve Jazz Near You, what would it be?

by Michael Ricci
July 28, 2015

Jazz Near You is a free event discovery platform for concert goers and a free event distribution platform for musicians, venue owners, and presenters. Like most software, Jazz Near You continually improves: from how we aggregate event information to how we make those events available to our website readers and our mailing list and ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Delfeayo Marsalis

July 28, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Delfeayo Marsalis' birthday today! Delfeayo Marsalis is one of the top trombonists, composers and producers in jazz today. Known for his “technical excellence, inventive mind and frequent touches of humor…” (Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times), he is “…one of the best, most imaginative and musical of the trombonists of his generation.” ...

Article: Genius Guide to Jazz

AAJ @ 20

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
July 27, 2015

If you think back over the past twenty years (not right now. You have this article to read yet), you'd realize that we are living in one of the most remarkable times in human history. The Internet has brought the entire world to our fingertips, and has given every cat on the face of the earth ...

News: Website

Jazz Near You Across Massachusetts: Pittsfield Added!

July 27, 2015

Jazz Near You has added Pittsfield as its third website in Massachusetts. If you live in Berkshire County and use Jazz Near You, please spread the word to the musician and presenter community about our free event listing and distribution service. Thanks much! pittsfield.jazznearyou.com With the addition of Pittsfield, Jazz Near You now provides jazz event ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Edward Simon

July 27, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Edward Simon's birthday today! The process by which Simon became an internationally regarded jazz musician began in the small coastal town of Cardón, Venezuela, where he grew up surrounded by the sounds of Latin and Caribbean music. Born in 1969, Simon credits his father, Hadsy, for developing his passion for music ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wayne Krantz

July 25, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Wayne Krantz's birthday today! Ex-sideman with Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Billy Cobham and others, has made six albums under his own name since 1991; three on the Enja label ("Signals", “Long to Be Loose" and “2 Drink Minimum"), one on the Alchemy label ("Separate Cages") and, most recently, the self-produced CDs ...