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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dianne Reeves

October 23, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Dianne Reeves' birthday today! Recognized as one of jazz\'s pre-eminent vocalists, Grammy winner Dianne Reeves is one of the most significant singers in jazz. While her singing is steeped in tradition, her rhythmic virtuosity and improvisational ease are breathtaking. Reeves has won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for each ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jane Bunnett

October 22, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Jane Bunnett's birthday today! Jane Bunnett has become one of the foremost jazz musicians in Canada, and has gained recognition around the world for her improvising talents, technical proficiency, and writing and band leading abilities. Born and educated in Toronto, she trained as a classical pianist from 1975-78 (attaining Grade 10 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dizzy Gillespie

October 21, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Dizzy Gillespie's birthday today! John Birks “Dizzy" Gillespie was one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of the 20th century and one of the prime architects of the bebop movement in jazz. Nicknamed “Dizzy" because of his zany on-stage antics, Gillespie, a brass virtuoso, set new standards for trumpet players with his ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Near You House Concerts Kicks Off with The Jost Project on October 24

October 20, 2014

An International Launch Takes Place In Philadelphia Area Jazz Near You Home Concerts With The Jōst Project — October 24, 2014, 7:00-9:00pm. Tickets available at Closeup.fm or EventBrite. Philadelphia, PA – According to Michael Ricci, founder and owner of All About Jazz and Jazz Near You, the largest jazz web-based network in the world, jazz musicians ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jelly Roll Morton

October 20, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Jelly Roll Morton's birthday today! The city of New Orleans has the distinction of being the ‘birthplace of jazz’ so its appropriate that in New Orleans in or around 1885 to 1890 would be born the self-proclaimed “inventor of jazz”. Ferdinand Joseph Lemott (Lamothe) and his story is one of mystery, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tim Garland

October 19, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Tim Garland's birthday today! Tim Garland is widely known as one of the UKs most successful musical exports working in jazz. Much of his output reflects interests beyond conventional jazz boundaries and he is increasingly acknowledged for large ensemble writing including many orchestral pieces, works for chamber ensembles, choirs, and of ...

News: Interview

Thaddeus Ford plays from the heart

October 19, 2014

By Jerry Armbrister Thaddeus Ford is lucky to be alive. One year ago, he suffered a heart attack—at the young age of 34. Now one year later, he has assembled his band and will play—at the Tuesday Nite Jazz series at the St. Paul United Methodist Church—a set of original tunes that he himself wrote. He ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Anita O'Day

October 18, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Anita O'Day's birthday today! Born Anita Belle Colton in Chicago, Illinois on October 18, 1919, O’Day got her start as a teen. She eventually changed her name to O’Day and in the late 1930’s began singing in a jazz club called the Off-Beat, a popular hangout for musicians like band leader ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Barney Kessel

October 17, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Barney Kessel's birthday today! Legendary musician, guitarist, influential jazz artist, composer, arranger, session player, record producer, one of the leading figures in West Coast jazz, later delving into hard bop, Barney Kessel is now generally considered by fans, critics and fellow musicians around the world to be arguably one of the ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 20, 2014

October 16, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio We're Back (Whaling City Sounds)258244+1445014212Mark Elf Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)255251+425918343Chick Corea Trilogy (Concord)246225+2124936464Akiko Commencement (At)238219+1934847535Jason Moran All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller (Blue Note)211238-2724234646Sean Jones im.pro.vise (Mack Avenue)209225-16143114777Stanley Clarke Band Up (Mack Avenue)200203-313975888Paul Carr B3 Sessions (DC-NY) (PCJ Music)182194-12043879149Cookers Time And Time Again (Motema)174165+964694101910Christian ...