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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tim Hagans

August 19, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Tim Hagans' birthday today! Tim Hagans (born August 19, 1954) is a hard bop trumpeter and composer. He grew up in Dayton, Ohio playing in school bands. His early inspirations included Miles Davis, Herb Alpert, Sly Stone, and Blood, Sweat and Tears. In his late teens, Hagans joined the Stan Kenton ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: John Escreet

August 18, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating John Escreet's birthday today! Since moving to New York in 2006, John Escreet has had a powerful impact, and is emerging as one of the most creative and original pianists on the music scene there. He is highly revered amongst his peers for his creativity, openness and for his own original ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Ike Quebec

August 17, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Ike Quebec's birthday today! “This incontestably superior musician has been almost totally ignored in the chronicling of the musical form to which he has contributed so much. Quebec was a tenor man of the Hawkins school with a big tone and firm, vigorous style. I hope this new perspective of the ...

News: Interview

For Gerard And Linda Carelli, A Life In Showbiz And Artistic Reinvention

August 17, 2014

This month's Westchester neighbor profiles a trombonist and dancer from Bedford Hills who’ve seen it all. In 1987, 28-year-old Broadway starlet Linda Sabatelli was enjoying a relaxing dinner out with the cast of 42nd Street when she caught the eye of Gerard Carelli. The talented young trombonist, back from a 10-month stint touring with Ray Charles, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Evans

August 16, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Evans' birthday today! Who Was Bill Evans? Bill Evans, one of the most influential and tragic figures of the post-bop jazz piano, was known for his highly nuanced touch, the clarity of the feeling content of his music and his reform of the chord voicing system pianists used. He recorded ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Oscar Peterson

August 15, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Oscar Peterson's birthday today! One of the most admired pianists in jazz, Oscar Peterson has rightfully claimed the same sort of status as earlier greats such as James P. Johnson, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Fats Waller, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, and Bill Evans. Possibly the most successful artist produced by Canada, ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 18, 2014

August 15, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks141Cyrus Chestnut Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions)288252+3635315212Sean Jones im.pro.vise (Mack Avenue)262302-4055315323Bobby Hutcherson Enjoy The View (Blue Note)242291-49357174114Barbara Morrison I Love You, Yes I Do (Savant)228185+4354744555Theo Croker Afro Physicist (OKeh)222248-2604329666Jimmy Cobb The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions)211226-1514718737Mike LeDonne I Love Music (Savant)208253-45145288108Marcus Roberts and Wynton Marsalis Together Again – Live In Concert (J-Master)207215-824485999Louis Hayes Return Of The Jazz Communicators ...

News: Opinion

Let's Give a Boost to American Jazz, Too

August 15, 2014

Lawrence A. Johnson, a music critic who also runs a group of web-based classical-music sites, has had a corker of an idea: He's launched a nonprofit foundation whose purpose is to boost the number of performances of American classical music. Not only will Mr. Johnson's foundation commission new compositions and ensure that they get performed and ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tony Monaco

August 14, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Tony Monaco's birthday today! One of the greatest honors in a Jazz Musician\'s life is to be voted in the Downbeat Magazine Critics polls and readers polls. In 2005, Tony was blessed to be a voted in both polls and in January 2006, he was also voted by Jazztimes Readers as ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Mulgrew Miller

August 13, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Mulgrew Miller's birthday today! Mulgrew Miller is an American jazz pianist born in 1955 in Greenwood, Mississippi. In a childhood filled with early musical experiences, mostly playing gospel music in his church and R&B and blues at dances. Mulgrew was constantly meddling in jazz piano, and established a trio in high ...