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Jazz Musician of the Day: Kai Winding

May 18, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Kai Winding's birthday today! Kai Winding - trombone (1922 - 1983) Trombonist Kai Christen Winding (pronounced ki-win-ding) was one of the founding fathers of be-bop music and truly one of the finest-ever jazz trombonists. As a sideman to bop’s reigning kings “ Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jackie McLean

May 17, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Jackie McLean's birthday today! John Lenwood (Jackie) McLean was an alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. His father, John Sr., who died in 1939, played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw\'s orchestra. After his father\'s death, his musical education was continued by his godfather, by his stepfather, who ...

Article: The Big Question

In search of good jazz radio. What's your favorite station?

by Michael Ricci
February 16, 2015

Thanks to emerging technologies, music discovery options have grown over the last decade: From streaming services like Spotify, Pandora and YouTube, to music mapping options found at Amazon, to apps, to websites like All About Jazz--they all assist us in our mission to find new music. Despite all of the music discovery possibilities, however, ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 18, 2015

May 16, 2015

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Harold Mabern Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions)364333+3146315242Dave Stryker Messin' With Mr. T (Strikezone)276299-2325618333Steve Turre Spiritman (Smoke Sessions)267306-39155110424Russell Malone Love Looks Good On You (HighNote)257313-56049110555Steve Gadd Band 70 Strong (BFM Jazz)254283-2934856666Jose James Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music Of Billie Holiday (Blue Note)248260-12257477137David Sanborn Time And The River (OKeh)247196+5124375888Mary Stallings Feelin' Good (HighNote)242225+1725485979Eliane Elias Made In Brazil ...

News: Award / Grant

2015 JJA Jazz Awards Honor Musical Excellence Randy Weston Praised For Lifetime Achievement

May 16, 2015

NEW YORK – The Jazz Journalists Association has announced winners of its 2015 JJA Jazz Awards for musical excellence in calendar year 2014 (see winners below), and released details about its annual public Jazz Awards party, at the Blue Note Jazz Club, 131 W. 3rd St., NYC, on June 16, from 3 pm to 5:30 pm. ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Woody Herman

May 16, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Woody Herman's birthday today! After early experience in Chicago with the bands led by Tom Gerun and Harry Sosnik, Woody Herman toured with Gus Arnheim. In 1934, he joined Isham Jones, and when Jones\'s group disbanded in 1936 Herman used its leading sidemen as the nucleus for his own orchestra. This ...

News: Website

Jazz Near You Across Portugal: Faro Added!

May 15, 2015

Jazz Near You has added Faro as its third website in Portugal. If you live in the Algarve region 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! Faro faro.jazznearyou.com Lisbon lisbon.jazznearyou.com Porto porto.jazznearyou.com ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Oscar Castro-Neves

May 15, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Oscar Castro-Neves' birthday today! Few musicians in the world today can boast a career that reflects a lifetime of accomplishments as diverse, rich and acclaimed as those Oscar Castro-Neves has achieved. Renowned as a composer and arranger for his sophisticated harmonic concepts and the exquisite texture and color of his orchestrations... ...

News: Website

Still having trouble accessing All About Jazz or Jazz Near You?

May 14, 2015

We apologize for the protracted outage yesterday that ran from 1:30am ET to 2:30pm ET. Both websites were fully restored by 2:30pm, but if you are still seeing the InMotion Hosting splash page, we suggest deleting your browser's cache or history and try again. For me, all pages loaded except philadelphia.jazznearyou.com in Firefox. I could access ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sidney Bechet

May 14, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Sidney Bechet's birthday today! Along with his fellow New Orleanian, Louis Armstrong, Bechet was one of the first great soloists in jazz. His throaty, powerful clarinet and his throbbing soprano are among the most thrilling sounds in early jazz. He went from being a pioneer of jazz in the 1920s to ...