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Kip Hanrahan And American Clave Launch Crowdsourcing Campaign To Record Album Due In October 2015
An Icon for the Iconoclasts, legendary producer KIP HANRAHAN is planning a new release for October 2015 on his label, american clavé, which released its first album in 1980. Like the rest of his label american clavé’s catalogue, this record will be, as The Independent (London), has said “...rich beyond compare.” Hanrahan’s music has been described ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Carla Bley
All About Jazz is celebrating Carla Bley's birthday today! Carla Bley was born in Oakland, California in 1936. Her father Emil Borg, a piano teacher and church organist, began giving her music lessons when she was three years old and she was soon playing at church functions. But her musical education ended at the age of ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Ponder
All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Ponder's birthday today! An excellent guitarist, and sometimes vocalist, with a soulful sound and the ability to uplift any funky jazz date, Pittsburgh native Jimmy Ponder has appeared on many recordings during his long career, over 80 as a sideman and 15 as a leader. Ponder, a self taught musician, ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 11, 2015
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks141Harold Mabern Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions)333281+5256214212Russell Malone Love Looks Good On You (HighNote)313304+915919323Steve Turre Spiritman (Smoke Sessions)306299+706319434Dave Stryker Messin' With Mr. T (Strikezone)299285+1405817555Steve Gadd Band 70 Strong (BFM Jazz)283256+2735055666Jose James Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music Of Billie Holiday (Blue Note)260251+915046777Eliane Elias Made In Brazil (Concord)230228+2044768128Mary Stallings Feelin' Good (HighNote)225191+3465384999Wolff & Clark Expedition 2 (Random ...
Dianne Reeves honored with prestigious Bonfils-Stanton Award for Arts and Humanities
DENVER, CO: The Bonfils-Stanton Foundation celebrated the 30th anniversary of its Annual Award Program by announcing the 2015 recipients of the prestigious Bonfils-Stanton Awards. The awards recognize Coloradans advancing excellence in Arts and Humanities, Community Service and Science and Medicine. The Foundation also unveiled its 11th class of the esteemed Livingston Fellowship Program, which helps move ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Anthony Wilson
All About Jazz is celebrating Anthony Wilson's birthday today! Anthony Wilson’s career in jazz began auspiciously, and as a creative artist he continues to expand and impress. Among other honors, Wilson\'s first, self-titled CD received a Grammy nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Recording in 1998; his second CD “Goat Hill Junket" was featured prominently on ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Keith Jarrett
All About Jazz is celebrating Keith Jarrett's birthday today! Over the past 40 years, Keith Jarrett has come to be recognized as one of the most creative musicians of our times - universally acclaimed as an improviser of unsurpassed genius; a master of jazz piano; a classical keyboardist of great depth; and as a composer who ...
Jazz Near You Adds Three New U.S. Cities: Huntsville, Rockford, and Grand Rapids
Jazz Near You added the following three user-requested websites: Huntsville, Alabama huntsville.jazznearyou.com Rockford, Illinois rockford.jazznearyou.com Grand Rapids, Michigan grandrapids.jazznearyou.com With the addition of Huntsville, Rockford, and Grand Rapids, Jazz Near You now provides jazz event and jazz venue listings for 257 cities worldwide. If you have ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Arthur Blythe
All About Jazz is celebrating Arthur Blythe's birthday today! A singularly distinctive and uniquely distinguishable stylist, Arthur Blythe is considered one of the greatest alto saxophonist\'s of his generation. Blythe\'s beautiful, passionate and expressive sound validates his reputation as one of the most significant jazz musicians of our times. Blythe\'s work is notable for its exploration ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Paul Dunmall
All About Jazz is celebrating Paul Dunmall's birthday today! After turning professional at seventeen and touring Europe for one year with progressive rock group Marsupilami he moved to America and lived there for three years playing with many musicians including Alice Coltrane and toured with Johnny Guitar Watson for one year. On his return to the ...
