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Jazz FM Awards 2013 Nominees Announced

January 19, 2013

And the Nominees are... Jamie Cullum, Sonny Rollins and Roller Trio up for the Inaugural Jazz FM Awards 2013 With three months to go until the first Jazz FM Awards Powered by Klipsch, the nominations have been announced today, revealing that 2013 see’s Jamie Cullum up for UK Jazz Artist of the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Horace Parlan

January 19, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Horace Parlan's birthday today! Horace Parlan has overcome physical disability and thrived as a pianist despite it. His right hand was partially crippled by polio in his childhood, but Parlan\'s made frenetic, highly rhythmic right hand phrases part of his characteristic style, contrasting them with striking left-hand chords. He\'s also infused ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby Broom

January 18, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Broom's birthday today! Most musicians would be happy to experience one artistic breakthrough. Thirty years into his distinguished, wide-ranging career in jazz, guitarist Bobby Broom seems to have an endless supply of them. His 2009 album Bobby Broom Plays for Monk hit an artistic high-water mark with its “daring arrangements” ...

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All About Jazz Upgrades to DISQUS Comments

January 17, 2013

AAJ has replaced its custom comments functionality with DISQUS comments. DISQUS is one the world's premiere discussion platforms and it brings tremendous value to All About Jazz and Jazz Near You. We're talking a massive leap forward in reader engagement and a much improved end user experience resulting in what we hope are more natural conversations ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Cedar Walton

January 17, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Cedar Walton's birthday today! For over 25 years, pianist Cedar Walton has enjoyed an uptempo career, which never seems to slow down. Maintaining a non-stop itinerary, Walton has accompanied a litany of Jazz greats while also fronting his own successful groups. Born January 17, 1934 in Dallas, Texas, Walton set his ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Aldo Romano

January 16, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Aldo Romano's birthday today! Aldo Romano was born in France in 1941, the son of Italian immigrants. His first instrument was the guitar, but he decided to switch to drums in 1961. Essentially self-taught, he nonetheless benefited from the advice of Michel Babault and Jacques Thollot. He admired Philly Joe Jones, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Gene Krupa

January 15, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Gene Krupa's birthday today! Gene Krupa was easily one of the most colorful personalities of the big band era. Despite his outrageous stage persona, Krupa was a serious and disciplined musician whose vision changed the role of drummer forever and who helped standardize the jazz drum kit. Eugene Bertram Krupa was ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Kenny Wheeler

January 14, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Kenny Wheeler's birthday today! Although resident in England since 1952 and often thought to be an English musician, Kenny Wheeler was born in Canada in 1930. He began playing in his hometown of St. Catherines, encouraged by his father, a trombonist. His formal studies include composition with Rodney Bennett and William ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joe Pass

January 13, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Joe Pass' birthday today! Joe Pass almost didn\'t make it as a musician due to his early battle with drug addiction. But following a successful rehab at Synanon and a recording session with fellow recovered musicians entitled Sounds of Synanon, the guitarist was signed by Dick Bock to the Pacific Jazz ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jay McShann

January 12, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Jay McShann's birthday today! “The Last of the Blue Devils” Jay “Hootie” McShann landed in Kansas City in the 1930s, and along with fellow pianist and bandleader Count Basie, established what came to be known as the Kansas City sound: blues rooted jazz driven by swinging horns laid over a powerful ...