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News: Performance / Tour

Poncho Sanchez: Heating up Lincoln

January 20, 2015

By Gabriel Medina Arenas Nebraska's coldest month is usually January and in 2015 that didn't seem to be an exception. That is, until Poncho Sanchez's hot salsa and Latin jazz melted the ice, bringing “gozadera" and joy to The Midwest. This is not just a metaphor, since the weather did get warmer on Thursday, ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Horace Parlan

January 18, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Horace Parlan's birthday today! Horace Parlan has overcome physical disability and thrived as a pianist despite it. His right hand was partially crippled by polio in his childhood, but Parlan\'s made frenetic, highly rhythmic right hand phrases part of his characteristic style, contrasting them with striking left-hand chords. He\'s also infused ...

News: Website

News Returns to All About Jazz Home Page

January 18, 2015

All About Jazz has added a news section to its home page to highlight the most recent industry announcements and press releases. Located below the “Articles" box, readers can quickly scan headlines and access recent, popular and website-related news without visiting news.allaboutjazz.com. Publicist? News maker? Submit your press release or news announcement to All About Jazz. ...

News: Education

San Jose Jazz: Making kids smarter through music

January 18, 2015

By Joe Rodriguez “I liked the way the trombone sounded," said Ayoko, who is now 12. His friend Jaime, 11, had hoped for a saxophone but settled for a clarinet. “They said it was free, so why not?" The musical notes that day in Santee Elementary School's echo-prone, combined cafeteria and auditorium penetrated deep enough to ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Broom

January 18, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Broom's birthday today! Most musicians would be happy to experience one artistic breakthrough. Thirty years into his distinguished, wide-ranging career in jazz, guitarist Bobby Broom seems to have an endless supply of them. His 2009 album Bobby Broom Plays for Monk hit an artistic high-water mark with its “daring arrangements” ...

News: Performance / Tour

Music preview: Saxophone and trumpet duo travel beyond the jazz code

January 18, 2015

By Manny Theiner Chicago saxophonist Ken Vandermark is one of the most persuasive, personified arguments for why every state’s liquor laws should be amended to allow minors to attend concerts if accompanied by a parent or guardian. While still in his tweens, Ken was enjoying jazz clubs in his hometown of Boston at the side of ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Cedar Walton

January 17, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Cedar Walton's birthday today! For over 25 years, pianist Cedar Walton has enjoyed an up-tempo career, which never seems to slow down. Maintaining a non-stop itinerary, Walton has accompanied a litany of Jazz greats while also fronting his own successful groups. Born January 17, 1934 in Dallas, Texas, Walton set his ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: January 19, 2015

January 17, 2015

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111David Hazeltine I Remember Cedar (Sharp Nine)240217+2345216242Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderly Legacy Band Live at Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club (Cellar Live)199187+1214327353Jimmy Greene Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue)192175+1733917424Kenny Barron & Dave Holland The Art Of Conversation (Impulse!)190195-5139195115James Farm City Folk (Nonesuch)180143+3723459676Jeff Hamilton Trio Great American Songs (Capri)165160+533866737Houston Person The Melody Lingers On (HighNote)158190-3213329868Peter Zak The Disciple ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Aldo Romano

January 16, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Aldo Romano's birthday today! Aldo Romano was born in France in 1941, the son of Italian immigrants. His first instrument was the guitar, but he decided to switch to drums in 1961. Essentially self-taught, he nonetheless benefited from the advice of Michel Babault and Jacques Thollot. He admired Philly Joe Jones, ...

News: Website

New Advertising Option at All About Jazz Leverages Amazon Store Widget

January 15, 2015

All About Jazz has repurposed its Amazon store widget (see right) as an advertising vehicle to help musicians and record labels sell their music. “The Amazon store widget is nearly twice as tall as the 300x250 medium rectangle banner and includes the added benefit of promoting and selling multiple album titles in an interface designed to ...