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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Giuffre

April 26, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Giuffre's birthday today! Reedman and composer Jimmy Giuffre was born in Dallas, TX. He started his musical education at age 9 learning the clarinet and within few years he was proficient enough to give solo clarinet recitals at local functions. After high school he attended North Texas State University receiving ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: April 27, 2015

April 25, 2015

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks141Steve Turre Spiritman (Smoke Sessions)343277+6626117212Dave Stryker Messin' With Mr. T (Strikezone)308346-3865815323Russell Malone Love Looks Good On You (HighNote)297328-3125617454Jose James Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music Of Billie Holiday (Blue Note)251263-12852445145Harold Mabern Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions)250180+70165252636Wolff & Clark Expedition 2 (Random Act)244285-4135337767Jacky Terrasson Take This! (impulse!)232260-28042188108Marcus Miller Afrodeezia (Blue Note)218225-724385999Eliane Elias Made In Brazil (Concord)212228-1614694101310Steve Gadd ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Ella Fitzgerald

April 25, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Ella Fitzgerald's birthday today! Dubbed “The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Her voice was flexible, wide-ranging, accurate and ageless. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joe Henderson

April 24, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Joe Henderson's birthday today! The tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson was born on April 24, 1937 in a small city called Lima Ohio midway between Dayton and Toledo. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Lima in a family of 15 children where he was exposed to a variety of musical styles. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Alan Broadbent

April 23, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Alan Broadbent's birthday today! Alan Broadbent was born in Auckland, New Zealand and in 1966, at the age of 19, received a Downbeat Magazine scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1969 he was asked to join Woody Herman\'s band as his pianist and arranger for 3 years. ...

News: Education

Moers Residency a Good Fit for Hayden Chisholm

April 22, 2015

By Phillip Woolever With theatrical drama, dynamic performing colleagues and a flair for winding wind and wordplay, Hayden Chisholm, this year's Improviser in Residency, adds a unique dimension to his twelve-month tenure at Moers 2015. The Moers residency was initiated as part of the festival's cultural, community commitment. Despite some recent cutbacks, Moers ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Mingus

April 22, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Mingus' birthday today! One of the most important figures in twentieth century American music, Charles Mingus was a virtuoso bassist, accomplished pianist, bandleader and composer. Born on a military base in Nogales, Arizona in 1922 and raised in Watts, California, his earliest musical influences came from the church— choir and ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Slide Hampton

April 21, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Slide Hampton's birthday today! Slide Hampton\'s distinguished career spans decades in the evolution of jazz. At the age of 12 he was already touring the Midwest with the Indianapolis-based Hampton Band, led by his father and comprising other members of his musical family. By 1952, at the age of 20, he ...

News: Festival

2015 Art of Cool Jazz Festival

April 20, 2015

By K. Shackelford The 2015 Art of Cool Jazz Festival is a journey into the immense vastness of jazz music with a roster of world class musicians. Operating in only its second year, the three day jazz dreamland, offers a superb mix of old and new artists that illuminate the ways that jazz penetrates many forms ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Avishai Cohen

April 20, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Avishai Cohen's birthday today! Bassist/Composer Avishai Cohen, born April 20, 1970 in Israel, a musician who has been called a “jazz visionary of global proportions” by DownBeat, and was declared one of the 100 Most Influential Bass Players of the 20th Century by Bass Player Magazine, is renowned around the world ...