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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Giuffre

April 26, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Giuffre's birthday today! Reedman and composer Jimmy Giuffre was born in Dallas, TX. He started his musical education at age 9 learning the clarinet and within few years he was proficient enough to give solo clarinet recitals at local functions. After high school he attended North Texas State University receiving ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Ella Fitzgerald

April 25, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Ella Fitzgerald's birthday today! Dubbed “The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Her voice was flexible, wide-ranging, accurate and ageless. ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: April 28, 2014

April 25, 2014

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Bruce Barth Daybreak (Savant) 263 258 +5 2 53 1 6 1 3 1 Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2: The River Rolls On (Motema) 263 254 +9 6 49 1 3 3 6 3 David Fathead Newman & The Tilden Webb ...

News: Education

Creative Music Studio's Spring Workshop June 9-13

April 25, 2014

The Creative Music Studio continues its resurgence, offering two four- day workshops in 2014 at the well-appointed Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY. Master musicians/educators Joe Lovano, Henry Threadgill, Tyshawn Sorey, Marilyn Crispell, Peter Apfelbaum, Judi Silvano, and Warren Smith will join CMS Artistic Directors Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso as Guiding Artists for the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joe Henderson

April 24, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Joe Henderson's birthday today! The tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson was born on April 24, 1937 in a small city called Lima Ohio midway between Dayton and Toledo. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Lima in a family of 15 children where he was exposed to a variety of musical styles. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Alan Broadbent

April 23, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Alan Broadbent's birthday today! Alan Broadbent was born in Auckland, New Zealand and in 1966, at the age of 19, received a Downbeat Magazine scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1969 he was asked to join Woody Herman\'s band as his pianist and arranger for 3 years. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Mingus

April 22, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Mingus' birthday today! One of the most important figures in twentieth century American music, Charles Mingus was a virtuoso bass player, accomplished pianist, bandleader and composer. Born on a military base in Nogales, Arizona in 1922 and raised in Watts, California, his earliest musical influences came from the church— choir ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Slide Hampton

April 21, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Slide Hampton's birthday today! Slide Hampton\'s distinguished career spans decades in the evolution of jazz. At the age of 12 he was already touring the Midwest with the Indianapolis-based Hampton Band, led by his father and comprising other members of his musical family. By 1952, at the age of 20, he ...

News: Recording

Out Now... A Big Feast Of Little Feat

April 21, 2014

Rhino Presents Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990, Featuring Studio Albums, Live Recordings, And Outtakes By The Legendary Group 13-CD Boxed Set Now Available Little Feat blended a wide range of musical styles to create a sound that’s as indescribable as it is unforgettable. During the band’s celebrated tenure with Warner Bros. Records it ...

News: Obituary

Bay Area jazz lover, expert Herb Wong dies

April 21, 2014

MENLO PARK — Well-known jazz expert Herb Wong died at home early Sunday morning, leaving behind a legacy filled with writings and interviews covering the world of jazz over much of the 20th century. He was 88. “He had so many roles in the community," said Paul Fingerote, a friend and colleague for 35 years who ...