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Jazz Musician of the Day: Benny Green

April 4, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Benny Green's birthday today! Born in New York in 1963, Benny Green grew up in Berkeley, California, and began classical piano studies at the age of seven. Influenced by his father, a tenor saxophonist, his attention soon turned into Jazz: “I began trying to improvise on the piano, imitating the records ...

News: Music Industry

World-First On Demand Live Jazz Platform, Oh! Jazz, Partners With All About Jazz / Jazz Near You, The Largest Jazz Content Global Websites

April 4, 2023

Oh! Jazz is a subscription platform of live and on-demand jazz that brings content from iconic clubs around the world direct to the homes of global subscribers, turning their living rooms into instant live jazz lounges. Founded by Jesus Perezagua (Former President of Fox Networks Europe & Africa) and Dan Bessant (Former Head of Programming, Entertainment ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Scott LaFaro

April 3, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Scott LaFaro's birthday today! Rocco Scott LaFaro (1936-1961) was a musician of the first order, who found his 'voice' in jazz in the mid-1950s. His played the double bass violin, better known today as the acoustic bass to differentiate this instrument from the electric (or electronic) bass. His life was cut ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Larry Coryell

April 2, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Larry Coryell's birthday today! Musician magazine named him to its list of 100 greatest guitarists alive today, and after releasing more than 60 albums as a leader and playing on dozens more as a sideman in the last 40 years, Larry Coryell's definitely earned that honor. Exploring the sound of the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Duke Jordan

April 1, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Duke Jordan's birthday today! Duke Jordan was a pianist whose work with the saxophonist Charlie Parker endures in the jazz pantheon. Jordan was regarded as one of the great early bebop pianists, the sound that he helped to create in the postwar era was something new, and it remains a cornerstone ...

Article: Just For Fun

Getting to the Jazz Point: An Exposé

by AAJ Staff
April 1, 2023

Jazz... famous for complex harmonies, syncopated rhythms and an emphasis on improvisation. The music at its best is a form of personal expression, valuing non-conformity and freedom. It has birthed and is to an extent, defined by musicianly quirks, idiosyncrasies and singularities. There are also a great many non-musical threads that bind the tradition together and ...

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All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: March 2023

April 3, 2023

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the tracks featured in March, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! Top Songs Sound Landscapes Jazz'on Parma Orchestra ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: April 3, 2023

March 31, 2023

All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek Radio Chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations in the United States. Enjoy! TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Ed Cherry Are We There Yet? (Cellar Music Group) 245 224 +21 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

March 31, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah's birthday today! Christian Scott, also known as Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah (born March 31, 1983, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a two-time Edison Award winning and Grammy Award nominated trumpeter, composer and producer. He is the nephew of jazz innovator and legendary sax man, Donald Harrison, Jr. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dave Stryker

March 30, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Dave Stryker's birthday today! Whether you’ve heard guitarist Dave Stryker fronting his own group (with 25 CD’s as a leader to date), or as a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and many others, you know why Gary Giddins in the Village Voice calls him “one of the most distinctive ...