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News: Recording

Blue Note Records Continues 75th Anniversary Celebrations

February 26, 2014

100 ESSENTIAL BLUE NOTE ALBUMS TO BE REISSUED ON VINYL BEGINNING MARCH 25 WITH ICONIC LPS BY ART BLAKEY, JOHN COLTRANE, ERIC DOLPHY, WAYNE SHORTER, AND LARRY YOUNG GRAMMY MUSEUM EXHIBITION “BLUE NOTE RECORDS: THE FINEST IN JAZZ” SET TO OPEN MARCH 25 IN LOS ANGELES WITH Q&A EVENT FEATURING LABEL PRESIDENT DON WAS The 75th ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Trevor Watts

February 26, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Trevor Watts' birthday today! Born in York, England; composer/arranger/alto & sop saxes/piano/percussion. Trevor Watts\' family moved to Halifax in Yorkshire when he was 6 months old, and that is where he was brought up. Trevor is a completely self taught musician, and his early inspirations came from his fathers love of ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joanna Pascale

February 25, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Joanna Pascale's birthday today! Since emerging onto Philadelphia\'s jazz scene, vocalist Joanna Pascale has established herself as a compelling and skilled vocalist. At just 24 years old Joanna already has a working repertoire of over 400 songs. She brings a strong emotional element as well as a solid sense of swing ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Gwilym Simcock

February 24, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Gwilym Simcock's birthday today! ”I feel confident that Simcock already deserves to occupy the inner circle of the great contemporary pianists along with Mehldau, Jarrett, and Rubalcaba” David Kane, Cadence U.S.A. 28 year old, Gwilym Simcock is one of the most gifted pianists and imaginative composers on the British scene. Able ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wayne Escoffery

February 23, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Wayne Escoffery's birthday today! Since moving to New York City in 2000, tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery has become one of the Jazz world’s most talented rising stars and in-demand sidemen. He began his professional NY career touring and recording with The Eric Reed Septet. In 2001 he became a steady member ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joe Wilder

February 22, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Joe Wilder's birthday today! Joe Wilder turned eighty on February 22, 2002, an occasion marked by celebrations at the Arbors Records “March of Jazz" party in Clearwater, Florida, at the “Jazz in July" series at New York\'s 92nd Street Y, and at two tribute concerts: at the Smithsonian in March and ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Nina Simone

February 21, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Nina Simone's birthday today! The High Priestess - Eunice Waymon was born in Tryon, North Carolina as the sixth of seven children in a poor family. The child prodigy played piano at the age of four. With the help of her music teacher, who set up the “Eunice Waymon Fund", she ...

News: Website

All About Jazz Improves Article Navigation

February 20, 2014

The cats and kittens down in All About Jazz R&D have been hard at work improving how we navigate between articles. The latest round of upgrades includes quicker access to previous and next articles along with a slide out teaser box on every article page. View this example The previous and next buttons cycle through articles ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 24, 2014

February 20, 2014

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Harold Mabern Right On Time (Smoke Sessions) 289 274 +15 4 53 1 6 2 2 2 George Cables Icons and Influences (HighNote) 275 245 +30 5 51 2 3 3 5 3 Craig Handy Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith (Okeh) ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Nancy Wilson

February 20, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Nancy Wilson's birthday today! Nancy Wilson’s musical style is so diverse that it is hard to classify. Over the years her repertoire has included pop style ballads, jazz and blues, show tunes and well known standards. Critics have described her as “a jazz singer,” “a blues singer,” “a pop singer,” and ...