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All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: December 2022

January 1, 2023

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the songs featured in December, 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 Songs Blues For Tony Allan Holdsworth & Alan ...

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Jack Wilkins, famed guitarist, home again after second visit to hospital in a year

December 31, 2022

Four years ago, legendary jazz guitarist Jack Wilkins, 78, found out he had stage four kidney disease and has been quietly dealing with that since. Despite surviving Covid-19 without catching it, in late 2021 he took a pain pill for recent dental work, stood up too suddenly, and found himself on the floor of his kitchen. ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jonah Jones

December 31, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Jonah Jones' birthday today! A talented and flashy trumpeter, Jonah Jones hit upon a formula in 1955 that made him a major attraction for a decade; playing concise versions of melodic swing standards and show tunes muted with a quartet. But although the non-jazz audience discovered Jones during the late '50s, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lewis Nash

December 30, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Lewis Nash's birthday today! Rhythm Is My Business" is the title of his debut recording as a leader, and rhythm is a booming business as far as Lewis Nash is concerned. He is the drummer of choice for an incredible array of artists- from the masters of the music to the ...

News: Recording

Guitarist Dave Stryker to release 'Prime' with Jared Gold and McClenty Hunter on Strikezone Records

December 30, 2022

Fresh off their summer tour opening for Steely Dan, guitarist Dave Stryker releases Prime—the first recording featuring his working trio. Along with Jared Gold on organ and McClenty Hunter on drums, Stryker offers eight new compositions and the beautiful standard “I Should Care.” From the burning title track “Prime” to songs penned for his first boss ...

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New York’s Longest Running Jazz Concert Series 'Highlights In Jazz' Celebrates 50 Years With Gala Concert On February 23, 2023

December 29, 2022

Producer Jack Kleinsinger Presents All-Star Lineup at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan, guitarists Gene Bertoncini and Russell Malone, bassist Jay Leonhart and many more jazz greats to be on hand for historic concert. Highlights in Jazz returns to BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center for a festive 5 th anniversary concert on ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Danilo Pérez

December 29, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Danilo Pérez's birthday today! Grammy award winner Danilo Pérez is among the most influential and dynamic musicians of our time. In just over a decade, his distinctive blend of Pan-American jazz (covering the music of the Americas, folkloric and world music) has attracted critical acclaim and loyal audiences. Danilo’s abundant talents ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Earl Hines

December 28, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Earl Hines' birthday today! A brilliant keyboard virtuoso, Earl “Fatha” Hines was one of the first great piano soloists in jazz, and one of the very few musicians who could hold his own with Louis Armstrong. His so-called 'trumpet' style used doubled octaves in the right hand to produce a clear ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: John Scofield

December 26, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating John Scofield's birthday today! When I first got into jazz — around 1969, I came from playing R&B and Soul in High School. Jazz Rock was in its infancy stage and I was lucky enough to be around to experience the Golden Age of both Rock and Soul and see Jazz ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Don Pullen

December 25, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Don Pullen's birthday today! Don Pullen developed an extended technique for the piano and a strikingly individual style, post-bop and modern, but retaining a strong feeling for the blues. He produced acknowledged masterworks of jazz in a range of formats and styles, crossing and mixing genres long before this became almost ...