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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tierney Sutton

June 28, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Tierney Sutton's birthday today! In a world of overnight sensations, jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton’s success has come from the road less traveled. A decision in the mid ’90s to move to Southern California from her New England home resulted in a decade-long collaboration with her current band mates. A Wisconsin- born ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Elmo Hope

June 27, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Elmo Hope's birthday today! This profile was inspired by an exceptional article here on All About Jazz by Derek Taylor called “St. Elmo’s Fire” where he focuses and expands on Elmo Hope’s music and recordings. St. Elmo Sylvester Hope was born in New York on June 27, 1923, began piano studies ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 30, 2014

June 27, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks131Louis Hayes Return Of The Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions)328256+7235016212Eric Alexander Chicago Fire (HighNote)262280-18148110343Theo Croker Afro Physicist (OKeh)258226+32653334164Jimmy Cobb The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions)206154+521447425255Mike LeDonne I Love Music (Savant)192140+5294752676Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra The L.A. Treasures Project (Capri)191206-15135211797Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Life In The Bubble (Telarc)185186-133576828Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2: The River Rolls On (Motema)183260-77040112989Eric Reed The ...

News: Interview

Sandra Nkaké: Music's New Buffalo Soldier

June 27, 2014

By Shannon J. Effinger There are few female artists today who balance grace and femininity with strength and conviction, while baring their souls during live performances. Miriam Makeba was one. Nina Simone was another. Susana Baca, most definitely. Very soon, Sandra Nkaké will join the illustrious company of these dynamic performers. This artist has ...

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The Souls Rebels Brings NOLA Around the World

June 27, 2014

By Shannon J. Effinger It is impossible not to fall in love with the Soul Rebels: Derrick Moss (Bass Drum), Lumar LeBlanc (Snare Drum), Julian Gosin (Trumpet), Corey Peyton (Trombone), Erion Williams (Saxophone), Paul Robertson (Trombone), Edward Lee, Jr. (Sousaphone) and Marcus Hubbard (Trumpet). This talented eight-member ensemble takes the pride they have for ...

News: Festival

Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince 2014

June 27, 2014

By Shannon J. Effinger Experiencing the rhythms of Haitian music for the first time in college was overwhelming to the senses. It was perhaps my first visceral connection to both jazz and my own Trinidadian heritage. My upbringing deprived me of the latter being culturally assimilated into the American culture. Visiting Haiti for the first time ...

News: Website

All About Jazz Relaunches RSS feed and Content Widget Service

June 26, 2014

Up-to-the-minute and free! All About Jazz has added new RSS feeds and new content widgets while improving their existing collection for use on websites, blogs, and social media pages. If you're looking to share up-to-the-minute jazz content on your website, blog, Facebook page or Twitter page, then consider the All About Jazz / Jazz Near You ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Cunliffe

June 26, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Cunliffe's birthday today! Grammy nominated composer, arranger and jazz pianist Bill Cunliffe is gathering nationwide attention with his innovative and swinging recordings and compositions He first fell under the influence of jazz by studying at Duke University with the great pianist Mary Lou Williams. He received his masters from the ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Johnny Smith

June 25, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Johnny Smith's birthday today! Guitarist Johnny Smith\'s career spans the decades of the 1940\'s through the 1990\'s. From the very beginning of his musical career he influenced the playing of other guitarists. In fact, many mention Smith as a major influence on their playing. The major guitar builders as Guild, Gibson, ...

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Attn: Musicians - ArtistData sourced events removed from Jazz Near You Newsletter

June 24, 2014

Due to the high level of user complaints, we will no longer include ArtistData-sourced events in the weekly Jazz Near You newsletter. Jazz Near You joined the ArtistData network as a courtesy to musicians, but the data that originates from AD is unreliable (lacking validation and naming standards) making venue name matches difficult for Jazz Near ...