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Versatile and exciting lineup Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival 2013 with  Marc Anthony, Toto, Paul Anka, and more!

April 25, 2013

The lineup of the fourth Curaçao North Sea Jazz edition looks festive and very promising. We have just received confirmations of none other than Marc Anthony, Toto, Paul Anka, Pernell Saturnino and Friends featuring Miguel Zenón and for Brionplein Israel & New Breed. Marc Anthony has been on the Curaçao North Sea Jazz wish-list for quite ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Ella Fitzgerald

April 25, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Ella Fitzgerald's birthday today! Dubbed “The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Her voice was flexible, wide-ranging, accurate and ageless. ...

News: Website

Santarosa.jazznearyou.com Added!

April 24, 2013

All About Jazz has improved the appearance of the Jazz Near You calendar widget with new graphics and a “buy" button to facilitate ticket sales. If you currently do not use our widget, but would like to promote local jazz events on your website or blog, go here. Existing widget users can grab the new code ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joe Henderson

April 24, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Joe Henderson's birthday today! The tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson was born on April 24, 1937 in a small city called Lima Ohio midway between Dayton and Toledo. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Lima in a family of 15 children where he was exposed to a variety of musical styles. ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Alan Broadbent

April 23, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Alan Broadbent's birthday today! Alan Broadbent was born in Auckland, New Zealand and in 1966, at the age of 19, received a Downbeat Magazine scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1969 he was asked to join Woody Herman\'s band as his pianist and arranger for 3 years. ...

News: Website

Jazz Near You Improvements: April 2013

April 22, 2013

We wanted to announce some recent Jazz Near You website improvements as we forge ahead with iOS app development. In addition to fixing a few minor bugs, we also improved the appearance of the calendar so it looks less like a spreadsheet. Larger text, a new way to present dates, and most importantly, a “Buy" (ticket) ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Mingus

April 22, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Mingus' birthday today! One of the most important figures in twentieth century American music, Charles Mingus was a virtuoso bass player, accomplished pianist, bandleader and composer. Born on a military base in Nogales, Arizona in 1922 and raised in Watts, California, his earliest musical influences came from the church— choir ...

News: Obituary

Richie Havens: January 21, 1941 - April 22, 2013

April 22, 2013

Beloved folk icon Richie Havens died this morning in his home from a sudden heart attack. He was 72. Havens first became part of musical history during his impromptu opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Best known for his distinctive intense, rhythmic guitar style and soulful covers of pop and folk songs, Havens toured and ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Slide Hampton

April 21, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Slide Hampton's birthday today! Slide Hampton\'s distinguished career spans decades in the evolution of jazz. At the age of 12 he was already touring the Midwest with the Indianapolis-based Hampton Band, led by his father and comprising other members of his musical family. By 1952, at the age of 20, he ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Avishai Cohen

April 20, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Avishai Cohen's birthday today! Bassist/Composer Avishai Cohen, born April 20, 1970 in Israel, a musician who has been called a “jazz visionary of global proportions” by DownBeat, and was declared one of the 100 Most Influential Bass Players of the 20th Century by Bass Player Magazine, is renowned around the world ...