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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Mays

February 5, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Mays' birthday today! Pianists, composer and arranger Bill Mays, born February 5, 1944, came from a musical family. In his northern California home, music was always present; his dad was a minister, and his mother, a homemaker. “Gospel music was the first music I heard,” Bill recalls. “Dad played the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jutta Hipp

February 4, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Jutta Hipp's birthday today! EARLY CAREER IN GERMANY She had been active as a professional pianist in her native Germany from 1946 on, was a member of the Hans Koller Quartet in the early 1950s and from 1954-55 led her own combo, The Jutta Hipp Quintet. Members of her Frankfurt/Main based ...

News: Performance / Tour

Keith Jarrett Solo Concert at Carnegie Hall on March 3rd at 8pm

February 4, 2015

Keith Jarrett returns to Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perleman Stage on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 8:00 PM to perform one his rare solo piano concerts. The concert will feature an entire evening of solo piano improvisations and will be his only solo concert appearance worldwide in Winter 2015. A recipient of a NEA (National Endowment of ...

News: Music Industry

Cunard To Host First-Ever Blue Note Records Cruise Aboard Queen Mary 2

February 3, 2015

Cunard to host first-ever Blue Note Records jazz themed cruise On-board 29 October Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing Blue Note Records 75th Anniversary All Star Band, Our Point of View, to perform Cunard and venerable jazz label Blue Note Records are proud to announce an exciting entertainment partnership, which will debut on Cunard’s flagship, Queen Mary ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lil Hardin Armstrong

February 3, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Lil Hardin Armstrong's birthday today! Lil Hardin helped introduce America to jazz music. She was a dedicated jazz pianist, who established a reputation as “Hot Miss Lil," one of the few female band ensemble members of the 1920’s. She played on many of the first jazz recordings ever made and she ...

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Charles Lloyd Signs To Blue Note

February 2, 2015

More than 50 years into an already legendary career, 2015 is shaping up to be a momentous year for Charles Lloyd. As reported today in The New York Times, the esteemed saxophonist and composer has signed with Blue Note Records and will release his first album for the iconic label in 30 years with the April ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Stan Getz

February 2, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Stan Getz's birthday today! Beginnings... Stan Getz was born at St. Vincent\'s Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Feb. 2, 1927. He had one brother, Robert, who was born on October 30, 1932. His parents had come from the Kiev area in the Ukraine in 1903, tired and fearful of the Pogroms. ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 2, 2015

February 1, 2015

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderly Legacy Band Live at Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club (Cellar Live)262220+4224519212David Hazeltine I Remember Cedar (Sharp Nine)242259-1704418333Jeff Hamilton Trio Great American Songs (Capri)212213-113438454Chip White Family Dedications and More (Dark Colors)210192+1844543575Jimmy Greene Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue)195170+2533819565James Farm City Folk (Nonesuch)195183+121345117157Art Hirahara Libations & Meditations (Posi-Tone)190132+5884073848Kenny Barron & Dave Holland The Art ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joshua Redman

February 1, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Joshua Redman's birthday today! Joshua Redman was born February 1, 1969, in Berkeley, California. By the time of his birth, his father, noted saxophonist Dewey Redman, had moved to New York and was playing with Ornette Coleman. Redman\'s only contact with his father was hearing his records around the house, and ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Hackett

January 31, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Hackett's birthday today! Bobby Hackett, one of nine children, was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. At an early age he played the ukulele and by the time he was twelve played guitar and violin, and had bought his first cornet. He left high school after his freshman year ...