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Jazz study shows link between music and language

February 20, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) - Jazz musicians are famous for their musical conversations - one improvises a few bars and another plays an answer. Now research shows some of the brain's language regions enable that musical back-and-forth much like a spoken conversation. It gives new meaning to the idea of music as a universal language. The finding, published ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jackie Allen

February 19, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Jackie Allen's birthday today! Starry Night (Avant Bass, 2009) With Starry Night, Jackie Allen celebrates her ninth release; a live recording with orchestra featuring star-themed songs arranged expressly for her by seven gifted professionals who have written for such luminaries as Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Doc Severinsen, Bobby McFerrin and Diana ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lajos Dudas

February 18, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Lajos Dudas' birthday today! Lajos Dudas was born in Budapest/Hungary and studied there at the Bela Bartok Conservatory and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (1958-1963), laying the foundations for his successful career not only as jazz and pop/rock musician but also on the classical side (Strawinsky: Three Solopieces, Weber: Clarinet ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy DeFranco

February 17, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy DeFranco's birthday today! Buddy DeFranco has the unprecedented distinction of winning twenty Downbeat Magazine Awards, nine Metronome Magazine Awards, and sixteen Playboy All-Stars Awards as the number one jazz clarinetist in the world. Buddy is generally credited with leading the way for jazz clarinetists from the exciting era of swing ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Christlieb

February 16, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Christlieb's birthday today! From the 1970s through the 1990s, the sound of Pete’s tenor could be heard on television and motion picture sound tracks and recordings. The son of a famous bassoon player, Don Christlieb, Pete began his musical journey on the violin at age 7. At 12, he was ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Henry Threadgill

February 15, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Henry Threadgill's birthday today! Threadgill first performed as a percussionist in his high school marching band before taking up the baritone saxophone and later a large portion of the woodwind instrument family. He soon settled primarily upon the alto saxophone and the flute... Read more. Place our Musician of the Day ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Rob McConnell

February 14, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Rob McConnell's birthday today! Robert Murray Gordon (Rob) McConnell is a Canadian jazz valve trombonist, composer, arranger, music educator and recording artist. Rob McConnell took up the valve trombone in high school, and began his performing career in the early 1950s, performing and studying with Don Thompson, Bobby Gimby, and later, ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 17, 2014

February 13, 2014

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Harold Mabern Right On Time (Smoke Sessions) 274 229 +45 4 54 1 5 2 13 2 George Cables Icons and Influences (HighNote) 245 147 +98 9 52 2 2 3 6 3 Cory Weeds Let's Go (Cellar Live) 232 176 +56 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Wardell Gray

February 13, 2014

All About Jazz is celebrating Wardell Gray's birthday today! Wardell Gray was one of the truly great, yet by now almost obscure, bebop tenor saxophonists. With a smooth mellow and consistent tone, he created a tenor style that veered from swing to bebop, a style that was elegant, sure-footed, mature and distinctive. His premature death under ...

News: Interview

Chicago Loves Bobby Broom

February 13, 2014

By Don Howze When it comes to jazz, Bobby Broom is the quintessential jazz guitarist and composer. Like Wynton Marsalis, Broom stands true to the history and culture of the founding pioneers of the jazz genre. Broom's style of performing with the same delicate strumming and interpretation made popular by legendary jazz guitarists Wes Montgomery and ...