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Jazz Musician of the Day: Steve Coleman
All About Jazz is celebrating Steve Coleman's birthday today! Steve began playing music just days before his 14th birthday as a freshman at South Shore High School on the south side of Chicago. His first instrument was violin but later that year he switched to the alto saxophone. For three years Steve studied the basics of ...
Blue Note Records Welcomes Jamie Cullum to the Family
Blue Note Records Welcomes Jamie Cullum to the Family Special NYC shows September 29 to preview his upcoming album INTERLUDE Also opening for Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden Blue Note Records is proud to announce that they’ll be the new US home of British jazz star Jamie Cullum and all will have a chance to ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 22, 2014
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Sean Jones im.pro.vise (Mack Avenue)263288-25153110232Cyrus Chestnut Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions)242256-14247110343Mark Elf Mark Elf Returns 2014 (Jen Bay, Inc.)232238-6105934424Fred Hersch Floating (Fred Hersch Music)223265-42142295105Orrin Evans Liberation Blues (Smoke Sessions)221198+2344454666Bobby Broom My Shining Hour (Origin)220226-625256686Cyrille Aimée It's A Good Day (Mack Avenue)220208+12147378128Mack Avenue Superband Live At DJF 2013 (Mack Avenue)219194+2544784979Dr. John Ske-dat-de-dat: The Spirit Of Satch (Concord)211215-424475101510Joe Magnarelli ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Muhal Richard Abrams
All About Jazz is celebrating Muhal Richard Abrams' birthday today! Muhal Richard Abrams World renowned pianist and composer has been in the forefront of the contemporary music scene for well over forty years. Muhal is a co-founder of The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), founder of The AACM School of Music and President ...
Kenny Wheeler, contemporary jazz musician, dies aged 84
Trumpeter and composer became part of the free-improvisation movement after joining the London jazz scene Kenny Wheeler, one of the giants of British jazz, has died aged 84. Born in Canada in 1930, the trumpeter and composer joined the London jazz scene after moving to Britain in 1952. He played in groups alongside the likes of ...
All About Jazz Launches "Big Question" Column
All About Jazz has debuted a provocative new column called “The Big Question," a regular feature that's designed to engage jazz aficionados and encourage discussion on the important issues facing jazz today. We kicked off the column with arguably the most important topic currently facing jazz: “Can jazz become culturally relevant again? If so, how?" Please ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Nils Petter Molvaer
All About Jazz is celebrating Nils Petter Molvaer's birthday today! Nils Petter Molvær (NPM), Norwegian trumpet player, composer and producer, connects multiple music styles—jazz, ambient, house, electronic and break beats, as well as elements from hip hop, rock and pop music—and effortlessly melts them into convincing soundscapes of deep intensity. Born in 1960 on the little ...
DivaNation Showcases "A Sisterhood of Singers"
By Nathea Lee The Philadelphia Jazz Project set out to see what would happen if they brought together a diverse array of vocalists, created a nurturing environment where seasoned performers could mentor younger singers, and gave them all the opportunity to perform on one of the City's premier stages. The result is DivaNation, “a sisterhood of ...
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Sundance Hit "Whiplash"
New York, NY - Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all North American, Australian, New Zealand and German rights to Damien Chazelle’s feature Whiplash. The film, which played as the 2014 Sundance Film Festival’s opening night film, received rave reviews. Written by Chazelle, Whiplash stars Miles Teller (THE SPECTACULAR NOW) and J.K. Simmons ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Jack McDuff
All About Jazz is celebrating Jack McDuff's birthday today! Brother Jack McDuff, was one of the handful of leading exponents of the soul jazz style created on Hammond organ by Jimmy Smith in the late 1950s. The instrument at the heart of the soul jazz style was the Hammond B-3 organ, usually in the company of ...
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