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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 9, 2015

March 7, 2015

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Eddie Henderson Collective Portrait (Smoke Sessions)328279+4946214232Justin Kauflin Dedication (Jazz Village)266251+1545117343Jamie Cullum Interlude (Blue Note)256237+1925126424Allan Harris Black Bar Jukebox (Love Productions)249255-624927555Charles McPherson The Journey (Capri)226215+1125154686Quincy Davis Songs In The Key Of Q (In The Know)209192+1715017797Sam Most New Jazz Standards (Summit)200184+1614474878Jim Snidero Main Street (Savant)197201-425175969Joe Alterman Georgia Sunset (Joe Alterman Music)196206-1054965101510Dave Bass NYC Sessions (Whaling City Sounds)182151+31442105111011Jeremy Pelt ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Dan Papirany

March 7, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Dan Papirany's birthday today! Dan Papirany is a Jazz pianist and composer. He is based in Bundaberg, Australia. While living in New Zealand Dan studied drums for two years with Roger Sellers and then changed his major to Piano studying with Leigh Jackson. In 1999 Dan graduated from Massey University in ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Wes Montgomery

March 6, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Wes Montgomery's birthday today! Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States (where he also died of a heart attack in 1968), Montgomery came from a musical family, in which his brothers, Monk (string bass and electric bass) and Buddy (vibraphone, and piano), were jazz performers. Although Wes was not skilled at reading ...

News: Event

Paris Named Host City for International Jazz Day 2015

March 6, 2015

Jazz musicians from around the world will gather this April in Paris for International Jazz Day, an event UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock hopes will bring an uplifting “positive message" to a city still reeling from last month's terrorist attacks. Hancock and UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova announced Wednesday that Paris had been selected to be the ...

News: Event

International Jazz Day 2015: Paris Announced & Register Now!

March 5, 2015

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY | APRIL 30, 2015 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Dear Friends, We are just over two months away from the fourth annual International Jazz Day! This Jazz Day is particularly special—not only is Paris the 2015 Global Host City, but this year's celebration also coincides with the ongoing observance of UNESCO's 70th Anniversary ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: David Fiuczynski

March 5, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating David Fiuczynski's birthday today! Iconoclastic and prolific jazz-rock guitarist David ‘Fuze’ Fiuczynski, a jazz player who“doesn’t want to play just jazz”, has been hailed by the world press as an incredibly inventive guitar hero, who continues to deliver with music that is unclassifiable, challenging and invigorating. An innovative musician who has ...

News: Event

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova And UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock Announce Fourth Annual International Jazz Day

March 4, 2015

PERFORMANCES & OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO TAKE PLACE WORLDWIDE ON APRIL 30, RECOGNIZING JAZZ MUSIC AS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF FREEDOM International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert in Global Host City Paris, France will be a highlight of UNESCO’s 70th Anniversary Celebration Paris and Washington, D.C. – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Irina ...

News: Recording

Concord Music Group Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of Legendary Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Sessions With Four-LP Box Set

March 4, 2015

The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings Due Out April 28. 180-gram vinyl package contains alternate takes and bonus tracks. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Forty years ago, renowned entertainer Tony Bennett joined together with legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans for their first of two duet albums. The result was 1975’s The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album, ...

News: Radio

Happy 25th Anniversary Jazz FM!

March 4, 2015

On Wednesday 4th March, Jazz FM celebrates its 25th Anniversary. It all started ten years before launch, in 1980, with a letter to the (then) IBA from Jazz FM co-founder, jazz pianist Dave Lee: “Dear Sir, I hereby apply for a licence to open a jazz radio station in London." Dave had been inspired by listening ...

News: Recording

Yes: Live From Seventy-Two

March 4, 2015

Two Live Collections Debut Newly Discovered Recordings From The Prog-Rock Pioneer's Acclaimed 1972 World Tour Double-Disc, Triple-LP, And 14-Disc Boxed Set Available May 19 From Rhino Yes was firing on all cylinders in the fall of 1972. The prog-rock pioneers' fifth studio album Close To The Edge was a smash success as audiences around the world ...