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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Smith

December 8, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Smith's birthday today! Born James Oscar Smith in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA. Smith was influenced by both gospel and blues. He first achieved prominence in the 1950s where his recordings became popular on jukeboxes before there were commonly used terms to describe his unique musical flavor. In the sixties and seventies ...

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Concord Music Being Shopped to Private-Equity Firms, Not Strategic Suitors

December 8, 2012

Reports that the Concord Music Group is up for sale are true, knowledgeable sources say. But there is one key factor that appears to have been overlooked thus far: management is controlling the company's sale process so far. Consequently, Concord is being shopped to private-equity firms and not to strategic suitors, according to some strategic sources ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Matthew Shipp

December 7, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Matthew Shipp's birthday today! Matthew Shipp was born December 7, 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware. He started piano at 5 years old with the regular piano lessons most kids have experienced. He fell in love with jazz at 12 years old. After moving to New York in 1984 he quickly became one ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dave Brubeck

December 6, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Dave Brubeck's birthday today! Brubeck\'s mother studied piano in England and intended to become a concert pianist; at home she taught piano for extra money. Brubeck was not particularly interested in learning by any particular method, but preferred to create his own melodies, and therefore avoided learning to read sheet music. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Enrico Pieranunzi

December 5, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Enrico Pieranunzi's birthday today! Born in Rome in 1949, Enrico Pieranunzi has long been one of the best-known and appreciated personalities on the European jazz scene. Pianist, composer, arranger, he has recorded more than seventy CDs under his own name, ranging from solo piano to trio, and from duet to quintet. ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jim Hall

December 4, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Jim Hall's birthday today! Jim Hall, born in Buffalo, and educated at the Cleveland Institute of Music, moved to Los Angeles where he began to attract national, and then international, attention in the late 1950s. By 1960 Jim had arrived in New York to work with Sonny Rollins and Art Farmer, ...

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Jazz Musician Of The Day: Laurie Haines Reese

December 3, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Laurie Haines Reese's birthday today! Laurie is dedicated to creating new music that features the cello. Improvisation is an important part of music, a part that allows each individual a chance to speak the music that is in their heart. An accomplished classical musician, Laurie loves the variety in performing jazz, ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Wynton Kelly

December 2, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Wynton Kelly's birthday today! His family moved from the island of Jamaica to Brooklyn, New York City when Kelly was four, and he started his professional career as a teenager, initially as a member of R&B groups. After working in the big band and small groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, he ...

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Sign up for the Weekly Jazz Near You Concert Calendar Email Announcement

December 1, 2012

If you would like to receive our (free) weekly Jazz Near You concert calendar email announcement, either sign up at the website or change your existing member account settings. Sign up: Simply sign up at Jazz Near You or All About Jazz, enter your location information (U.S. members will need to also include their zip code), ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jaco Pastorius

December 1, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Jaco Pastorius' birthday today! “Jaco" was born John Francis Pastorius III, the first of three sons born to John Francis Pastorius II and Stephanie Katherine Haapala Pastorius. He had Finnish, German, Swedish, and Irish ancestry. Although “Jaco" was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, the family subsequently moved to Fort Lauderdale. Jaco went ...