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Jazz Musician of the Day: Artie Shaw

May 23, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Artie Shaw's birthday today! Artie Shaw, a brilliant jazz clarinetist, was one of the most enigmatic, daring and adventurous bandleaders of the swing-era. An intellectual, he hated public life and the music industry. Over the course of his short career he formed ten orchestras and disbanding most of them after only ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 26, 2014

May 23, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2: The River Rolls On (Motema)309283+2624917212Eric Alexander Chicago Fire (HighNote)289320-3155815343David Hazeltine For All We Know (Smoke Sessions)208220-1234237434 Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra The L.A. Treasures Project (Capri)192223-3144236555Mike Longo Trio Step On It (CAP)190213-23037396126Eric Reed The Adventurous Monk (Savant)176158+1834565767Bruce Barth Daybreak (Savant)175196-210411108118Alan Broadbent and NDR Bigband America The Beautiful (Jan Matthies)173161+12241849109Regina Carter Southern Comfort ...

News: Advocacy

Pathways To Jazz Awarding Recording Grants To Jazz Musicians in Colorado

May 23, 2014

Boulder, CO: Newly formed Pathways To Jazz is awarding grants to jazz musicians to support costs associated with producing recorded works. Pathways to Jazz knows the value that recorded work plays in furthering artistry and wants to support artists who are unable to make provisions for themselves to take this essential step. The program’s objectives are ...

News: Website

All About Jazz Relaunches Image Gallery

May 22, 2014

The All About Jazz gallery, home to nearly 120,000 jazz images, has been redesigned for improved navigation and ease of use. “In addition to a much improved appearance, the goal of the upgrade was to raise the awareness of professional photographers, painters, graphic artists and illustrators, build a greater awareness of the gallery on more AAJ ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Sun Ra

May 22, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Sun Ra's birthday today! Eclectic, outrageous, sometimes mystifying but always imbued with a powerful jazz consciousness, the music of Sun Ra has withstood its skeptics and detractors for nearly three generations. And well it should, since Sun Ra has been both apart of and ahead of the jazz tradition during that ...

Article: Website News

Join Us! Volunteer Opportunities at All About Jazz

by Michael Ricci
May 22, 2014

Dear friends, If you have a strong interest in jazz with some free time, consider joining the All About Jazz team. It's an opportunity to establish your voice as part of our shared mission while taking advantage of some great networking opportunities to meet knowledgeable writers, editors, techies, musicians, industry pros, visual artists ...

News: Website

Jazz Music News Twitter Page Launches

May 21, 2014

All press releases and news announcements submitted to All About Jazz's Jazz News Central will now appear on the new Jazz Music News Twitter page. If you're jazz news junky, follow us. If you're a publicist and looking to give your announcements a boost in circulation, submit them to here. Though the AAJ news service is ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Fats Waller

May 21, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Fats Waller's birthday today! Jazz music\'s first organist and one of the giants of piano jazz Thomas Wright “Fats" Waller was born on May 21, 1904 in Harlem into a musical family. His grandfather was an accomplished violinist and his mother was the church organist. His family had moved to New ...

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All About Jazz Tip: Tagging Your Photos

May 20, 2014

Tags are an essential part of the All About Jazz gallery and are the primary means by which your images are found. Follow these useful tips when tagging your images It's best to tag all images with any combination of the following information: musician name, venue name, event name, photographer name, city name. Photos tagged with ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bob Florence

May 20, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Bob Florence's birthday today! For close to 50 years now the release of a new Bob Florence recording has been a major cause for celebration in the jazz world and with each album, going all the way back to 1958\'s “Name Band 59", it seems that he has reached an absolute ...