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Jazz Musician of the Day: Kurt Rosenwinkel

October 28, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Kurt Rosenwinkel's birthday today! Following a string of three acclaimed recordings for Verve Records that firmly established him as one of the most strikingly original new voices in jazz as both guitarist and composer (2000’s The Enemies of Energy, 2001’s The Next Step and 2003’s Heartcore), Kurt Rosenwinkel returns with an ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Babs Gonzales

October 27, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Babs Gonzales' birthday today! Jazz singers used the scat technique, that means using the voice to create notes that are not words so the voice works like a musical instrument - and they also used slang in their music. Vocalists such as Slim Gaillard, and Babs Gonzalez were larger than life ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Milton Nascimento

October 26, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Milton Nascimento's birthday today! Multitalented Milton Nascimento is frequently acclaimed as Brazil\'s greatest musician. As a singer/songwriter, he weaves a startling blend of musical influences, including Brazilian and African folk strains, European classical music, and the Brazilian bossa nova. His Portuguese lyrics range from themes of universal love and the spiritual ...

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Five Promotional Opportunities for Jazz Professionals

October 25, 2013

All About Jazz offers both free and paid promotional opportunities to help musicians reach the largest jazz audience on the internet. 1. Promote Yourself The first step to promoting yourself at All About Jazz is to create a musician profile. If your musician profile already exists in our database, claim it, then maintain it. The most ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Heath

October 25, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Heath's birthday today! Jimmy Heath has long been recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist and a magnificent composer and arranger. Jimmy is the middle brother of the legendary Heath Brothers (Percy Heath/bass and Tootie Heath/drums), and is the father of Mtume. He has performed with nearly all the jazz greats of ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 28, 2013

October 24, 2013

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Gregory Porter Liquid Spirit (Blue Note) 286 318 -32 0 55 1 6 2 2 2 Steve Turre The Bones Of Art (HighNote) 263 301 -38 3 59 2 5 3 3 3 Ahmad Jamal Saturday Morning (Jazzbook) 251 269 -18 4 50 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Odean Pope

October 24, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Odean Pope's birthday today! Odean Pope was born in Ninety-Six, South Carolina to musical parents who rooted him in the sounds of the Southern Baptist Church. After moving to Philadelphia at the age of ten, his lifelong study of music began in earnest and was buttressed by The Graniff School of ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dianne Reeves

October 23, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Dianne Reeves' birthday today! Recognized as one of jazz\'s pre-eminent vocalists, Grammy winner Dianne Reeves is one of the most significant singers in jazz. While her singing is steeped in tradition, her rhythmic virtuosity and improvisational ease are breathtaking. Reeves has won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for each ...

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Jazz Near You Calendar Expands Event Options Beyond Concert Performances

October 22, 2013

The Jazz Near You calendar now supports events beyond concert performances to include the following types: Art exhibition Award show Book signing Concert performance Conference (e.g. Jazz Education Network, SF Music Tech, etc.) Jam session Lecture Master class Social gathering (e.g. a listening party) Just select the appropriate event type on the submission form. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Clare Fischer

October 22, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Clare Fischer's birthday today! Born on October 22, 1928 in Durand, Michigan, Clare Fischer is an uncommonly versatile musician, a master with many muses. Trained in the classics, inspired by jazz artists, healed by the rhythms of Latin and Brazilian music, his eclectic sound finds expression in every chart and instrument ...