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Jazz Musician of the Day: Zoot Sims

October 29, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Zoot Sims' birthday today! John Haley “Zoot" Sims was born in Inglewood, California. Growing up in a vaudeville family, Sims learned to play both drums and clarinet at an early age. His father was a vaudeville hoofer, and Sims prided himself on remembering many of the steps his father taught him. ...

Article: Live Review

Jost Project Performs at Jazz Near You House Concert

by Victor L. Schermer
October 28, 2014

The Jost Project Jazz Near You Inaugural House Concert Lansdale, PA October 24, 2014 All About Jazz Founder and Publisher Michael Ricci recently innovated a world-wide program to facilitate and co-create musical events in the intimate setting of people's homes where the householders serve as hosts, hiring ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Kurt Rosenwinkel

October 28, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Kurt Rosenwinkel's birthday today! Following a string of three acclaimed recordings for Verve Records that firmly established him as one of the most strikingly original new voices in jazz as both guitarist and composer (2000’s The Enemies of Energy, 2001’s The Next Step and 2003’s Heartcore), Kurt Rosenwinkel returns with an ...

News: Book / Magazine

"Playboy On Stage" A History Of The World's Sexiest Nightclubs By Patty Farmer

October 28, 2014

The first-ever oral history of the influential entertainment empire launched by Playboy “For anyone interested in the good old days of jazz, rye old-fashioneds and life after dark, this book brings back the music, rough glamour and excitement of the Playboy clubs in all their exhilarating, ground-breaking glory. It's well-researched, breezily written, incredibly informative, and a ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: David Hazeltine

October 27, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating David Hazeltine's birthday today! DAVID HAZELTINE is one of a handful of young pianists who has successfully forged his own distinctive style and musical voice out of the accumulated greatness and weight of a modern piano tradition. David\'s influences extend from Art Tatum and Bud Powell to such great living masters ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Heath

October 25, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Heath's birthday today! Jimmy Heath has long been recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist and a magnificent composer and arranger. Jimmy is the middle brother of the legendary Heath Brothers (Percy Heath/bass and Tootie Heath/drums), and is the father of Mtume. He has performed with nearly all the jazz greats of ...

News: Event

Jost Project to Perform at First Jazz Near You House Concert

October 24, 2014

Philadelphia, PA: The Jost Project with Paul Jost, Tony Miceli and Kevin MacConnell will appear at the home of All About Jazz and Jazz Near You founder, Michael Ricci on Friday, October 24th. The house concert program represents a new direction for Jazz Near You which plans to develop additional performance opportunities for musicians while creating ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 27, 2014

October 24, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio We're Back (Whaling City Sounds)317258+5955815222Mark Elf Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)250255-505419373Stanley Clarke Band Up (Mack Avenue)223200+2334336444Akiko Commencement (At)221238-17255485125Orrin Evans Liberation Blues (Smoke Sessions)191167+2414059636Chick Corea Trilogy (Concord)188246-5814737797Cookers Time And Time Again (Motema)184174+1024475888Paul Carr B3 Sessions (DC-NY) (PCJ Music)179182-3046889199Bobby Broom My Shining Hour (Origin)178146+3203731110510Jason Moran All Rise: A Joyful ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Odean Pope

October 24, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Odean Pope's birthday today! Odean Pope was born in Ninety-Six, South Carolina to musical parents who rooted him in the sounds of the Southern Baptist Church. After moving to Philadelphia at the age of ten, his lifelong study of music began in earnest and was buttressed by The Graniff School of ...

News: Website

Presenter? Identify Your Events at Jazz Near You

October 23, 2014

If you represent a presenting organization and submit your events to Jazz Near You, then identify your organization as the presenter on your event's detail page. To do this, first add your organization's information here. Once added, select your organization's name from the “Presenter" auto-completion box on the event submission form. When you do this, Jazz ...