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World's First Live Jazz Platform, Oh! Jazz, Launches Globally, Featuring Iconic Guitarist, Stanley Jordan
Now launched globally, Oh! Jazz is a live and on-demand subscription platform, which brings live jazz from iconic clubs around the world direct to the homes of global subscribers, turning their living rooms into instant live jazz venues. Founded by Jesus Perezagua (Former President of Fox Networks Europe & Africa) and Dan Bessant (Former Head of ...
All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: November 2022
All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the songs featured in November, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! Top Tracks Heart Of Brazil Antonio Adolfo ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Jack Sheldon
All About Jazz is celebrating Jack Sheldon's birthday today! Along with Lester Young in the '30s, Dizzy Gillespie in the '40s, and Zoot Sims in the '50s, Jack Sheldon is one of the Original Lions of the West Coast Sound. Jack's a premier improviser, is one of only a handful of trumpet players throughout jazz history ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Chuck Mangione
All About Jazz is celebrating Chuck Mangione's birthday today! For more than five decades, Chuck Mangione's love affair with music has been characterized by his boundless energy, unabashed enthusiasm, and pure joy that radiates from the stage. Mangione first attracted attention with his brother, Gap, in a mainstream jazz band, The Jazz Brothers, in which he ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Gigi Gryce
All About Jazz is celebrating Gigi Gryce's birthday today! Gigi Gryce was born George General Grice(sic) on 28th November, 1925 (not 1927) in Pensacola, Florida- although he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut. He spent a short period in the Navy where he met musicians such as Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham and Willie Smith, who were ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Maria Schneider
All About Jazz is celebrating Maria Schneider's birthday today! Maria Schneider’s music has been hailed by critics as “evocative, majestic, magical, heart-stoppingly gorgeous, and beyond categorization.” She and her orchestra became widely known starting in 1994 when they released their first recording, Evanescence. There, Schneider began to develop her personal way of writing for what would ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: November 28, 2022
All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek Radio Chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations in the United States. Enjoy! TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Samara Joy Linger Awhile (Verve) 307 297 +10 1 46 1 9 ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Paul Desmond
All About Jazz is celebrating Paul Desmond's birthday today! Paul Desmond was revered for the pure, gentle tone of his alto saxophone, and the elegant lyricism of his improvisations. For seventeen years he was the lead soloist in the most commercially successful jazz combo ever, the Dave Brubeck Quartet. In an era that worshipped the frenetic, ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Teddy Wilson
All About Jazz is celebrating Teddy Wilson's birthday today! His airy, effortless style, with its emphasis on lightly accompanied right-hand melody, was a key element in the transition from swing to bebop, and many modern jazz pianists took Wilson's approach as their starting point. His early recordings were percussive and forceful, but as he matured his ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Ray Drummond
All About Jazz is celebrating Ray Drummond's birthday today! Composer, arranger, bandleader, educator and producer are hats that bassist RAY DRUMMOND has worn well over the past 30 years. But it all comes down to one thing: musician Ray Drummond likes to make great music. Born the son of an Army colonel on November 23, 1946 ...
