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News: Music Industry

London pianist, Theo Jackson signs with US based label

July 16, 2014

New York based jazz label, Dot Time records, announced today the signing of London based jazz vocalist & pianist Theo Jackson. Jackson has been quietly making a name for himself in the UK Jazz scene having already played many of London’s iconic venues including Ronnie Scotts, Pizza Express, the London Jazz Festival, the Cheltenham Jazz Festival ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Philly Joe Jones

July 15, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Philly Joe Jones' birthday today! Philly Joe Jones was born with the name Joseph Rudolph Jones in the city of Philadelphia on July 15, 1923. His mother, a piano teacher taught him the basics in music. In his formative years he also studied the drums with drummers the likes of Cozy ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Alan Dawson

July 14, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Alan Dawson's birthday today! Alan Dawson was a respected jazz drummer and widely influential percussion teacher based in Boston. He was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania and raised in Roxbury, MA. Serving in the Army for Korean War duty, Dawson played with the Army Dance Band while stationed at Fort Dix from ...

News: Music Industry

The Jazz Principle: Why Good Leaders Celebrate Uncertainty

July 14, 2014

A good manager is in some ways like the conductor of a symphony orchestra. But a truly good manager may well be more like the leader of a jazz combo. Granted, the parallels between managing an organization and conducting a symphony can be striking: The symphony orchestra is a large enterprise consisting of people with a ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Albert Ayler

July 13, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Albert Ayler's birthday today! Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler was born on July 13th 1936 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He learned to play the alto sax at a young age. His father, Edward, encouraged his musical interests and was his first teacher. Albert Ayler continued his musical education at John Adams High ...

Article: Profile

Remembering Charlie Haden

by Michael Ricci
July 12, 2014

We're celebrating the spirited life and music of bassist Charlie Haden (1937-2014) who passed away on July 11th. We've included links to four archived interviews as well as our coverage of Mr. Haden's music from years past. Charlie Haden: An Analog Guy in a Digital World (2004) Born August 6, 1937 in ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Paul Gonsalves

July 12, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Paul Gonsalves' birthday today! Although his reputation is often hung upon the mighty gallery-rousing performance he gave at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival with Duke Ellington, tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves was at heart an introspective balladeer. His true legacy is his recorded collection of love songs. Paul Gonsalves was born on ...

News: Obituary

Jazz bassist Charlie Haden, part of groundbreaking Ornette Coleman Quartet, dies at 76

July 12, 2014

NEW YORK — Bassist Charlie Haden, who helped change the shape of jazz more than a half-century ago as a member of Ornette Coleman's groundbreaking quartet and liberated the bass from its traditional rhythm section role, died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 76. Haden's wife of 30 years, singer Ruth Cameron, and his four children ...

News: Obituary

Charlie Haden, Legendary Jazz Bassist, Dies at 76

July 12, 2014

Charlie Haden, the pioneering jazz bassist who played with the likes of Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett before enjoying a decades-long solo career, died Friday at age 76 of a prolonged illness, according to his label, ECM. Praised by critic Martin Williams for his “almost lyric directness,” Haden achieved fame in the late ’50s as a ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 14, 2014

July 11, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Louis Hayes Return Of The Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions)322328-645917242Jimmy Cobb The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions)290206+841458233363Bobby Hutcherson Enjoy The View (Blue Note)281125+156205732434Theo Croker Afro Physicist (OKeh)246258-1235334525Eric Alexander Chicago Fire (HighNote)242262-20049111656Mike LeDonne I Love Music (Savant)239192+471254537147Ted Rosenthal Trio Rhapsody In Gershwin (Playscape Recordings)209167+42341778178Dena DeRose We Won't Forget You ... An Homage To Shirley Horn (HighNote)203163+4094883979Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat ...