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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 11, 2014

August 7, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks151Sean Jones im.pro.vise (Mack Avenue)302246+5665714212Bobby Hutcherson Enjoy The View (Blue Note)291289+225816353Mike LeDonne I Love Music (Savant)253246+725227444Cyrus Chestnut Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions)252250+245044525Theo Croker Afro Physicist (OKeh)248268-2014128636Jimmy Cobb The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions)226261-35148177117Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein and The Hot 9 Viper's Drag (Impulse!/Universal)220197+2334774787Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden Last Dance (ECM)220228-824415979Louis Hayes Return Of The Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions)218235-17139111101610Marcus Roberts ...

News: Book / Magazine

For the Artists: Critical Writing, Volume 2, a new book by Greg Masters

August 7, 2014

NEW YORK, NY – Crony Books is pleased to announce the publication of a new book, For the Artists: Critical Writing, Volume 2, by Greg Masters. While For the Artists: Critical Writing, Volume 1, issued earlier this year, focused on Masters' collected writings on the visual arts, this new volume gathers reviews of music and books, ...

News: Recording

The impulse! Renaissance Presents: Charlie Haden-Jim Hall

August 7, 2014

Stunning Previously-Unreleased 1990 Recording Captures Two Masters In Performance At Montreal Jazz Festival On September 30, the newly reactivated impulse! label will release Charlie Haden-Jim Hall, a previously-unreleased recording of a stunning duo performance by these two recently departed masters at the 1990 Montreal International Jazz Festival. impulse! is a division of Universal Music France which ...

News: Festival

City Parks Foundation Presents The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, August 23-24, 2014

August 7, 2014

New York, NY: City Parks Foundation is proud to announce the 22nd edition of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. Founded in memoriam of beloved jazz musician Charlie Parker, this festival annually attracts thousands of fans to two historic parks in Manhattan. The festival will kick off in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, blocks from the famous ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Haden

August 6, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Haden's birthday today! “No other instrument in jazz is more essential than the bass, both backbone and heartbeat, and Haden is its master.” (Francis Davis /August, 2000 issue of The Atlantic Monthly) Time Magazine has hailed jazz legend Charlie Haden was “one of the most restless, gifted, and intrepid players ...

News: Obituary

Idris Muhammad, legendary New Orleans drummer, is dead at 74

August 6, 2014

Idris Muhammad, whose drumming crossed over several musical styles including funk, jazz, and rhythm and blues, died Tuesday (July 29). He was 74. Muhammad's death was confirmed by close friend Dan Williams, who got to know Muhammad through Williams' Jazz Journey concert series sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. Williams learned of Muhammad's ...

News: Website

All About Jazz Launches SoundCloud Player of the Week Promotional Service

August 5, 2014

All About Jazz's adds Soundcloud Player of the Week to its increasing list of advertising options Home page exposure. Tremendous value! Presented just below the featured stories box on the All About Jazz home page and running for a full week, a sponsors SoundCloud player will appear on both the All About Jazz Facebook page (50,000 ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Airto Moreira

August 5, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Airto Moreira's birthday today! Airto Moreira made an immediate impact on the American jazz scene by being the first Brazilian percussionist to be playing a lot of different instruments at the same time. He brought them all together with an avant-garde, progressive sensibility, and revolutionized the role of percussion, both in ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Louis Armstrong

August 4, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Louis Armstrong's birthday today! By virtue of the role he played in its evolution during the first quarter of the 20th century, Louis Armstrong is regarded as the most influential jazz musician in history. This distinction is coupled with his stewardship of jazz around the world over the next five decades ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Tony Bennett

August 3, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Tony Bennett's birthday today! Tony Bennett turns 80 this year and amidst the tributes, honors and accolades, the world\'s most down- to-earth living legend is celebrating this milestone the same way he essentially lives his life: enjoying each moment to the fullest, weathering the storms with good cheer and optimism, and ...