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Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month includes Month-Long Celebration and Honors Benny Golson

March 20, 2014

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Mayor Michael A. Nutter will officially proclaim April 2014 Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month and launch the month-long celebration during an April 3 press conference at City Hall. The event will honor Philadelphia-born jazz legend Benny Golson and include a live performance by the Francois Zayas Trio. Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month (Philly JAM) shines ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Marian McPartland

March 20, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Marian McPartland's birthday today! Marian McPartland has made jazz piano duets into something of an art form. Sure, it\'s been done before, but not very often. There are the Pete Johnson/Albert Ammons duet sessions that made both boogie pianists stars, but save for the occasional live performance where a couple of ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Eliane Elias

March 19, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Eliane Elias' birthday today! Multi GRAMMY® Award Nominee, pianist/singer/composer/arranger Eliane Elias is known for her distinctive and immediately recognizable musical style which blends her Brazilian roots, her sensuous, alluring voice with her impressive instrumental jazz, classical and compositional skills. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Eliane’s performing career began in Brazil at ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Frisell

March 18, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Frisell's birthday today! Born in Baltimore, Bill Frisell played clarinet throughout his childhood in Denver, Colorado. His interest in guitar began with his exposure to pop music on the radio. Soon, the Chicago Blues became a passion through the work of Otis Rush, B.B. King, Paul Butterfield and Buddy Guy. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Nat "King" Cole

March 17, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Nat “King" Cole's birthday today! Nat King Cole was one of the most popular singers ever to hit the American charts. A brilliant recording and concert artist during the 40\'s, 50\'s and 60\'s, he attracted millions of fans around the world with a sensitive and caressing singing voice that was unmistakable. ...

News: Obituary

Med Flory dies at 87

March 17, 2014

Med Flory, an alto saxophonist and founder of the Grammy-winning jazz group Supersax in addition to being an actor who appeared on numerous TV series, has died. He was 87. His son, Rex, who cared for his father during several years of heart maladies, reported that Flory died Wednesday at his home in North Hollywood. Flory ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Tommy Flanagan

March 16, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Tommy Flanagan's birthday today! Rarely has such unanimously unstinting praise been bestowed on a less self-congratulatory recipient. As genial and matter-of-fact off the stand as he is fiercely individual at the keys, Tommy Flanagan handles his world class ranking with an equanimity, a modesty, an easy friendliness not always associated with ...

News: Website

Map of Today's Jazz Events Added to Jazz Near You home page

March 15, 2014

Jazz Near You now represents today's events on a map with pin drops highlighting their locations. “Though there's still plenty of development work ahead, we're starting to move beyond foundational programming for the website, which is freeing us up to experiment with new features like mapping your way to jazz events," enthuses Michael Ricci, Jazz Near ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Lloyd

March 15, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Lloyd's birthday today! Sangam is the first release from Charles Lloyd’s exciting new trio with Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain and Eric Harland, the gifted drummer from his ‘regular’ quartet. The album--Lloyd’s first live disc for ECM--was recorded in California in 2004. Taped at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: March 17, 2014

March 14, 2014

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 George Cables Icons and Influences (HighNote) 348 318 +30 7 61 1 6 2 6 2 Craig Handy Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith (Okeh) 278 243 +35 3 56 2 7 3 2 3 Helen Sung Anthem For A New Day ...