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Jazz Musician of the Day: McCoy Tyner
All About Jazz is celebrating McCoy Tyner's birthday today! It is not an overstatement to say that modern jazz has been shaped by the music of McCoy Tyner. His blues- based piano style, replete with sophisticated chords and an explosively percussive left hand has transcended conventional styles to become one of the most identifiable sounds in ...
Paul Simon, James Taylor, Bobby McFerrin, Dianne Reeves and more to Play Michael Brecker Cancer Benefit
Once-In-A-Lifetime Concert to Also Feature: Randy Brecker, Mike Mainieri, Joey Calderazzo, Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane, Bill Evans, Branford Marsalis, Steve Wilson, John Patitucci and Antonio Sanchez New York, NY — On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Bobby McFerrin and Dianne Reeves along with other prominent musicians will honor the memory of their friend ...
Thomas Chapin Film Project Ends Europe Filming At The Famous Bimhuis In Amsterdam
This week, EMMY-winning U.S. filmmaker Stephanie J. Castillo ends her filming for her documentary Thomas Chapin, Night Bird Song at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam's and Europe's jewel for jazz and improvisational music performances. Castillo concludes her four-country tour, which started in Paris, in Holland where her effort to gather the stories of Thomas Chapin in Europe have ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Diane Schuur
All About Jazz is celebrating Diane Schuur's birthday today! Diane Schuur, who has often been on the periphery of jazz, has the potential to be an important jazz singer although she still includes a large dose of pop tunes in her repertoire. Early in her career she had the tendency to screech in her upper register, ...
All About Jazz Helps Musicians Promote their Crowdfunding Campaigns
Have an active crowdfunding campaign at Kickstarter or Indiegogo? If so, All About Jazz can help you promote it. View the step-by-step here Simply add your crowdfunding campaign title, video embed code, widget embed code and end date to your musician profile admin page and we'll promote your crowdfunding campaign on your musician/band profile page and ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Donald Byrd
All About Jazz is celebrating Donald Byrd's birthday today! Trumpeter Donald Byrd was born in Detroit in 1932, his studies at Wayne State University (1954) were interrupted by military service, during which he played in an Air Force band. He then attended the Manhattan School of Music (MA in music education). At the same time he ...
Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Vocal Jazz Competition
The Jazz Academy of Music, producer of the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival (MAJF), herein after referred to as “Sponsor", will hold a live vocal competition on February 14, 2015 at the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Ronnie Wells Main Stage. Vocalist will compete for the title of “Mid-Atlantic Jazz Voice" and a $2,000 grand prize. The competition works this ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Smith
All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Smith's birthday today! Born James Oscar Smith in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA. Smith was influenced by both gospel and blues. He first achieved prominence in the 1950s where his recordings became popular on jukeboxes before there were commonly used terms to describe his unique musical flavor. In the sixties and seventies ...
Vijay Iyer Trio - Break Stuff (ECM Records)
Break Stufff features Vijay Iyer's long-running and widely-acclaimed trio with bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore, a band in existence for eleven years now. “We keep learning from each other and from experiences and try to set challenges for ourselves so that growth is part of the equation." It's a group whose musical language is ...
