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Jazz Musician of the Day: Harry Connick, Jr.

September 11, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Harry Connick, Jr.'s birthday today! Harry Connick, Jr.\'s career has been studded with awards and recognition, including several multi-platinum and gold albums, Grammy and Emmy awards, a starring role in a Tony-winning Broadway musical and much more. A true American icon, there are few artists of Harry\'s stature, and fewer still ...

News: Website

Bandzoogle Announces Partnership with All About Jazz

September 10, 2014

Bandzoogle, the leading website platform for bands and musicians, and All About Jazz, the web’s premiere jazz music destination have announced a strategic partnership. All About Jazz, home to over 65,000 musician profiles, will promote Bandzoogle to their community as the preferred website building platform and integrated hub for a musician’s online DIY strategy. All About ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lorraine Feather

September 10, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Lorraine Feather's birthday today! Lyricist/singer Lorraine Feather’s work has been heard on numerous records, in films and on television. Her songs have been covered extensively by adult contemporary and jazz artists, including Phyllis Hyman, Kenny Rankin, Patti Austin, Diane Schuur and Cleo Laine. As a jazz singer, Lorraine has recorded eleven ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Elvin Jones

September 9, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Elvin Jones' birthday today! Elvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan, the youngest child in a family of ten. His father worked for General Motors. Two of Jones\' brothers were also jazz musicians: Hank (piano), and Thad (trumpet/flugelhorn). Elvin began playing professionally in the 1940s, ...

News: Obituary

Gerald Wilson dies at 96; multifaceted jazz musician

September 9, 2014

Gerald Wilson, a bandleader, trumpeter, composer, arranger and educator whose multifaceted career reached from the swing era of the 1930s to the diverse jazz sounds of the 21st century, has died. He was 96. Wilson, who had been in declining health, died Monday at his home in Los Angeles, two weeks after contracting pneumonia, said his ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Butch Warren

September 8, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Butch Warren's birthday today! Butch Warren (born in 1939) is an American jazz double bassist who plays in the hard bop genre. He was especially active in the late-50s and the 1960s. Contents Warren began playing professionally at age 14 in a local Washington, D. C. band led by his father, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sonny Rollins

September 7, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Sonny Rollins' birthday today! It’s no state secret that Sonny Rollins has never been fond of the recording studio. Never mind that he’s recorded his full share of gems there—not only early, celebrated albums such as Saxophone Colossus and Way Out West, but also digital-era efforts such as Old Flames and ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy Bolden

September 6, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy Bolden's birthday today! Cornetist Buddy Bolden is one of the premier legendary figures of jazz. Credited as the founder of “jass," later to be called jazz, he was the first player to pursue an improvisational style. Much is unknown about Bolden\'s life, however, and it has been difficult for jazz ...

News: Event

Fred Ho Tribute in New Haven on September 17

September 6, 2014

Fred Ho Tribute to be Presented in New Haven By Jacob Epstein New Haven, CT: The Hartigan Epstein Brown Quartet, an ensemble that creates and performs works inspired by World Cultures and Jazz, will present a tribute to their colleague and collaborator, Fred Ho. Also joining the performance will be Librettist Ann T. Greene and Baritone ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jeff Lofton

September 5, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Jeff Lofton's birthday today! Jazz trumpet player Jeff Lofton debuted his first jazz CD, Jazz Therapy, in 2005. The self-produced CD mixes old style be-bop with modern forms of jazz in the tradition of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and John Coltrane. In addition to Lofton on trumpet, the CD also includes ...