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News: TV / Film

Cincinnati music history fits Miles Davis film

June 14, 2014

Actor Don Cheadle has filmed movies around the world, so he's not totally surprised to be preparing to shoot his Miles Davis feature in Cincinnati. “You have architecture and the look here that can approximate the era that we're shooting in Manhattan, which Manhattan doesn't really have a lot of anymore," said Cheadle in the “Miles ...

News: TV / Film

Don Cheadle pays tribute to jazz hero with "Miles Ahead"

June 14, 2014

Using crowdfunding site Indiegogo, Don Cheadle announces he'll pay homage to hero and jazz legend Miles Davis. Don Cheadle is making a movie about Miles Davis, but he's quick to stress: It's not a biopic. “Standard biopics touch all the standard benchmarks for five seconds, then move on," Cheadle says. “They don't tell you a full ...

News: Website

Jazz Near You Adds Four More Cities: Pensacola, Columbia, Flagstaff and Des Moines

June 13, 2014

Jazz Near You now services 250 cities worldwide with the additions of Pensacola (FL), Columbia (MO), Flagstaff (AZ) and Des Moines (IA). If your city has an active jazz scene and isn't represented at Jazz Near You, please let us know and we'll add it. About Jazz Near You The web's leading jazz event discovery platform, ...

News: Award / Grant

2014 JJA Jazz Awards for Journalism and Media

June 13, 2014

Winners in the following categories were announced at the JJA Jazz Awards Party on June 11, 2014 at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism W. Royal Stokes Website of the Year All About Jazz Print Periodical of the Year Jazz Times Blog ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jim Miller

June 13, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Jim Miller's birthday today! I\'ve been involved in the professional music business since 1970, but incredibly, still enjoy playing the drums anyway. I consider it very fortunate that my Indianapolis grade school had a full band program and indoor plumbing as well... Read more. Place our Musician of the Day widget ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 16, 2014

June 13, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Eric Alexander Chicago Fire (HighNote)288287+115718212Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2: The River Rolls On (Motema)269288-19049110363Louis Hayes Return Of The Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions)250217+3365134444JC Stylles Blakey Grease (American Showplace Music)220222-235145575David Hazeltine For All We Know (Smoke Sessions)209201+8139310636Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra The L.A. Treasures Project (Capri)208240-3214129797Eric Reed The Adventurous Monk (Savant)201197+4148488108Steve Kroon On The #1 (Kroonatune, Llc)198193+5044859119Gordon Goodwin's Big ...

News: Festival

Veronica’s Tales Jazz Festival (Slovenia) Set for June 18 to 21

June 13, 2014

June 18 will see the launch of the first edition of the Veronica's Tales Jazz Festival in Kamnik Slovenia. The four day festival will be held at the historical castle “Zaprice" and run from June 18th, up to and including Saturday June 21st. Performances start every evening at 19.00, with the main stars of the festival ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Chick Corea

June 12, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Chick Corea's birthday today! An NEA Jazz Master, 16-time Grammy winner, prolific composer and undisputed keyboard virtuoso, Chick Corea has attained living legend status after four decades of unparalleled creativity and an artistic output that is simply staggering. In 2010, Chick entered the DownBeat Magazine Hall of Fame and was named ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Shelly Manne

June 11, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Shelly Manne's birthday today! Shelly Manne - drums (1920 - 1984) As a jazz drummer, studio musician, bandleader and businessman, Shelly Manne was one of the most prolific instrumentalists of modern times. “I’ve really had the best of both worlds,” he said in 1983. “I’ve kept busy playing jazz, and between ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joao Gilberto

June 10, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Joao Gilberto's birthday today! Born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira on June 10, 1931, in the town of Juázeiro in the northeastern state of Bahia, Brazil. His father was a wealthy merchant who insisted that all of his seven children receive an education. Gilberto defied his father\'s wishes however, ...