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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Konitz

October 13, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Konitz's birthday today! Konitz is sometimes regarded as the preeminent cool jazz saxophonist, because he performed and recorded with Claude Thornhill, Lennie Tristano (both often cited as important cool jazz proponents of the mid 1940s), and with Miles Davis on his epochal Birth of the Cool, which gave the form ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Chris Botti

October 12, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Chris Botti's birthday today! Trumpeter Chris Botti is a gifted instrumentalist, a talented composer, and a charismatic performer who-- since the release of his first solo album in 1995--has created a series of recordings which have made him a virtual genre-of-one in the realm of contemporary jazz while at the same ...

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Series Of Workshops, Panels And Events On January 10-11, 2013 Will Address Important Issues And Trends In The Jazz Community

October 12, 2012

The Jazz Connect Conference at APAP|NYC 2013, organized by JazzTimes in conjunction with the Jazz Forward Coalition, announced the tentative schedule of events for this gathering of the jazz community. The conference will be held January 10-11, 2013 in New York City and will feed into the annual APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) Conference as ...

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Download Five Free Ozella Music Tracks

October 11, 2012

Enjoy five free tracks from Ozella Music, then read our label profile, Ozella Music: Nordic Beauty and Beyond by Jakob Baekgaard. Gammal Rørsle (Old Movement) (06:28) Karl Seglem From: Ossicles (Ozella Music) Featured: 2012-10-05 Pfaueninsel Park (05:45) Fattigfolket From: Park (Ozella Music) Featured: 2012-10-04 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Art Blakey

October 11, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Art Blakey's birthday today! Born in 1919, Art Blakey began his musical career, as did many jazz musicians, in the church. The foster son of a devout Seventh Day Adventist Family, Art learned the piano as he learned the Bible, mastering both at an early age. But as Art himself told ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Thelonious Monk

October 10, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Thelonious Monk's birthday today! With the arrival Thelonious Sphere Monk, modern music-- let alone modern culture--simply hasn’t been the same. Recognized as one of the most inventive pianists of any musical genre, Monk achieved a startlingly original sound that even his most devoted followers have been unable to successfully imitate. His ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Kenny Garrett

October 9, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Kenny Garrett's birthday today! Kenny Garrett is a jazz saxophonist. He was born in Detroit, MI in 1960. His father was a tenor saxophonist. Kenny\'s career took off when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1978, then led by Duke\'s son, Mercer Ellington. Three years later he played in the ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Pepper Adams

October 8, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Pepper Adams' birthday today! Pepper Adams was one of hard bop\'s most significant baritone saxophonists. His dark, hearty tone on the horn and driving rhythmic sense provided the antithesis to the lighter, floating (and consequently more popular) styles of Gerry Mulligan. His family moved to Rochester, New York when he was ...

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Peter Gabriel’s Iconic "So" Album Remastered And Expanded For 25th Anniversary Edition To Be Released In Multiple Configurations

October 8, 2012

Peter Gabriel to Tour Across North America, Performing So in its Entirety Hollywood, CA: One of the most successful and iconic music releases of the Eighties, Peter Gabriel’s 1986 album, So, has been digitally remastered for a special 25th Anniversary Edition to be released October 23rd (October 22nd internationally) by Real World Records/EMI in multiple physical ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Aaron Parks

October 7, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Aaron Parks' birthday today! “Somebody once asked me to find two words that describe the music I make, and the words I picked were ‘spontaneous’ and ‘cinematic,’” says Aaron Parks. Having clarified the essence of his art, the pianist kept those two words closely in mind while conceiving and recording Invisible ...