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Jazz Musician Clark Terry Dies at 94
Longtime jazz musician and educator Clark Terry has died. He was 94. Al Hicks, director of the documentary about Clark's life, Keep on Keepin' On, told The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday. He had been in failing health for several years due to advanced diabetes and entered hospice earlier this month, Billboard reported. On Feb. 11, Terry's ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Joe Wilder
All About Jazz is celebrating Joe Wilder's birthday today! Joe Wilder turned eighty on February 22, 2002, an occasion marked by celebrations at the Arbors Records “March of Jazz" party in Clearwater, Florida, at the “Jazz in July" series at New York\'s 92nd Street Y, and at two tribute concerts: at the Smithsonian in March and ...
Trumpet maestro Clark Terry dies at 94
Dynamic jazz big band leader, composer and arranger's career spanned more than 75 years Clark Terry, a Grammy award-winning trumpet player and composer who recorded with greats such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Quincy Jones, has died aged 94, his wife said on Sunday. Terry, who had gone into hospice care after suffering from diabetes, ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 23, 2015
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks141Justin Kauflin Dedication (Jazz Village)245233+1244715222Jamie Cullum Interlude (Blue Note)241242-154024383Eddie Henderson Collective Portrait (Smoke Sessions)215198+17105332414Quincy Davis Songs In The Key Of Q (In The Know)209249-4054415575Allan Harris Black Bar Jukebox (Love Productions)207213-644455656Chip White Family Dedications and More (Dark Colors)193223-3034946787Jim Snidero Main Street (Savant)185198-13448738118Jeremy Pelt Tales, Musings And Other Reveries (HighNote)178180-244383939David Hazeltine I Remember Cedar (Sharp Nine)171238-6703511110610Louis Hayes and ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Nina Simone
All About Jazz is celebrating Nina Simone's birthday today! The High Priestess - Eunice Waymon was born in Tryon, North Carolina as the sixth of seven children in a poor family. The child prodigy played piano at the age of four. With the help of her music teacher, who set up the “Eunice Waymon Fund", she ...
2015 Is Year Of John Coltrane: 50th Anniversary Of" A Love Supreme," A New Documentary, And Grammy Win For Offering
MUSIC HISTORIAN ASHLEY KAHN WINS BEST ALBUM NOTES GRAMMY FOR HIS ESSAY ON OFFERING: LIVE AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY (RESONANCE/IMPULSE!) Exactly fifty years after John Coltrane’s most successful year of his career—when in 1965 he achieved a best-selling album with A Love Supreme, earned two Grammy nominations and was inducted into Down Beat magazine’s prestigious Hall of ...
Jazz Near You Partners with The Finnish Jazz Federation to Distribute Finnish Jazz Events Worldwide
Jazz Near You has partnered with the Finnish Jazz Federation to distribute Finnish jazz events through the Jazz Near You platform to its subscribers worldwide. “The Finnish Jazz Federation is the most active and influential jazz organization in Finland and is an ideal partner for Jazz Near You's event aggregation and redistribution program," stated Jazz Near ...
Grateful Dead Drummer Bill Kreutzmann to Release Groundbreaking Memoir
DEAL: MY THREE DECADES OF DRUMMING, DREAMS AND DRUGS WITH THE GRATEFUL DEAD SET TO COME OUT MAY 5 BILLY & THE KIDS TO PERFORM “EUROPE SEVENTY 2.0" FEATURING ROBERT RANDOLPH AT THE CAPITOL IN PORT CHESTER, NY, MARCH 28 TICKETS GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 20 ONE NIGHT ONLY “SPRING '90 REVISITED SHOW" FEATURING ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Nancy Wilson
All About Jazz is celebrating Nancy Wilson's birthday today! Nancy Wilson’s musical style is so diverse that it is hard to classify. Over the years her repertoire has included pop style ballads, jazz and blues, show tunes and well known standards. Critics have described her as “a jazz singer,” “a blues singer,” “a pop singer,” and ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: David Murray
All About Jazz is celebrating David Murray's birthday today! David Murray (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet) is a Jazz artist who has recorded over 130 albums, including 2 recorded in 2006 (Gwotet and Pushkin) and a forthcoming album to be released in Summer 2007. He was born in Oakland, California in 1955 and grew up in ...
