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Marian McPartland, Jazz Pianist and NPR Radio Staple, Dies at 95

August 21, 2013

Marian McPartland, the genteel Englishwoman who became a fixture of the American jazz scene as a pianist and, later in life, hosted the internationally syndicated and immensely popular radio show “Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz,” died on Tuesday at her home in Port Washington, N.Y. She was 95. Ms. McPartland was a gifted musician but an unlikely ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Enrico Rava

August 20, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Enrico Rava's birthday today! Enrico Rava, born in Trieste in 1939, is undoubtedly the most internationally acknowledged Italian jazzman. In forty years of his career as trumpet player, and composer, he has produced more than ninety recordings, tweny-five of which as a leader. Being a great admirer of Miles Davis and ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Tim Hagans

August 19, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Tim Hagans' birthday today! Tim Hagans (born August 19, 1954) is a hard bop trumpeter and composer. He grew up in Dayton, Ohio playing in school bands. His early inspirations included Miles Davis, Herb Alpert, Sly Stone, and Blood, Sweat and Tears. In his late teens, Hagans joined the Stan Kenton ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: John Escreet

August 18, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating John Escreet's birthday today! Since moving to New York in 2006, John Escreet has had a powerful impact, and is emerging as one of the most creative and original pianists on the music scene there. He is highly revered amongst his peers for his creativity, openness and for his own original ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Rabih Abou-Khalil

August 17, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Rabih Abou-Khalil's birthday today! The oud virtuoso Rabih Abou Khalil was born in Beirut Lebanon in 1957 and grew up during the two decades when Beirut was on of the most cosmopolitan of all cities. He studied traditional Arabic music on the oud, western classical music on the flute and was ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Evans

August 16, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Evans' birthday today! Who Was Bill Evans? Bill Evans, one of the most influential and tragic figures of the post-bop jazz piano, was known for his highly nuanced touch, the clarity of the feeling content of his music and his reform of the chord voicing system pianists used. He recorded ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Oscar Peterson

August 15, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Oscar Peterson's birthday today! One of the most admired pianists in jazz, Oscar Peterson has rightfully claimed the same sort of status as earlier greats such as James P. Johnson, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Fats Waller, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, and Bill Evans. Possibly the most successful artist produced by Canada, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tony Monaco

August 14, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Tony Monaco's birthday today! One of the greatest honors in a Jazz Musician\'s life is to be voted in the Downbeat Magazine Critics polls and readers polls. In 2005, Tony was blessed to be a voted in both polls and in January 2006, he was also voted by Jazztimes Readers as ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Mulgrew Miller

August 13, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Mulgrew Miller's birthday today! Mulgrew Miller is an American jazz pianist born in 1955 in Greenwood, Mississippi. In a childhood filled with early musical experiences, mostly playing gospel music in his church and R&B and blues at dances. Mulgrew was constantly meddling in jazz piano, and established a trio in high ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Pat Metheny

August 12, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Pat Metheny's birthday today! Pat Metheny was born in Kansas City on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, ...