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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bing Crosby

May 3, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Bing Crosby's birthday today! Bing Crosby was the fourth of seven children of Tacoma, Washington, brewery bookkeeper Harry Lowe Crosby and Kate Harrigan Crosby. He studied law at Gonzaga University in Spokane but was more interested in playing the drums and singing with a local band. Bing and the band\'s pianist, ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 5, 2014

May 2, 2014

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks111Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2: The River Rolls On (Motema)306263+4355514212Bruce Barth Daybreak (Savant)262263-1153173123Eric Alexander Chicago Fire (HighNote)260199+6194932434David Fathead Newman & The Tilden Webb Trio Cellar Groove (Cellar Live)245249-424738585David Hazeltine For All We Know (Smoke Sessions)239221+1834854646Mike Longo Trio Step On It (CAP)237243-604646757Javon Jackson Expression (Smoke Sessions)216241-2514458878Craig Handy Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith (Okeh)207222-15041114969George Cables Icons ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Richard "Groove" Holmes

May 2, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Richard “Groove" Holmes' birthday today! Richard Arnold “Groove" Holmes, Born Richard Arnold Jackson (Camden, New Jersey) was a jazz organist who performed in the hard bop and soul jazz genre. He is best known for his 1965 recording of “Misty," and is considered a precursor of acid jazz. Holmes burst onto ...

News: Website

Download the new All About Jazz / Jazz Near You Media Kit

May 1, 2014

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Kevin Hays

May 1, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Kevin Hays' birthday today! Pianist/Composer Kevin Hays has recorded 10 CDs as a leader and is featured on dozens of recordings with a variety of leading Jazz artists. Included in his leader discography are 3 critically acclaimed recordings for Blue Note Records. His \'Seventh Sense\' was praised by The New York ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Percy Heath

April 30, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Percy Heath's birthday today! The American jazz musician and bassist with the Modern Jazz Quartet, Percy Heath, began his musical apprenticeship in 1946, after Air Force service. It was just the right time. Though the double bass had always been used sporadically in jazz, performers capable of advancing both its rhythmic ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Duke Ellington

April 29, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Duke Ellington's birthday today! By the time of his passing, he was considered amongst the world’s greatest composers and musicians. The French government honored him with their highest award, the Legion of Honor, while the government of the United States bestowed upon him the highest civil honor, the Presidential Medal of ...

News: Performance / Tour

Bill Frisell's Roots Of Americana Series Electric Guitar In America

April 29, 2014

Featuring Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen Jazz at Lincoln Center’s The Appel Room on June 6-7 New York, NY – Guitar icon Bill Frisell presents the final concerts of his Roots of Americana Series for the 2013-14 season on June 6-7 at 7pm & 9:30pm in The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Blossom Dearie

April 28, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Blossom Dearie's birthday today! Born 28 April 1928, East Durham, New York, USA. A singer, pianist and songwriter, with a “wispy, little-girlish" voice, Dearie is regarded as one of the great supper club singers. Her father was of Scottish and Irish descent; her mother emigrated from Oslo, Norway. Dearie is said ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Tommy Smith

April 27, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Tommy Smith's birthday today! Award-winning Scottish saxophonist-composer-educator Tommy Smith is a creative force in improvised music performing in settings from solo to symphonic concerts and is one of Europe’s leading musicians. He has recorded 24 solo albums as a leader for Blue Note, Linn and his own label Spartacus Records and ...