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Jazz Musician of the Day: Mel Torme

September 13, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Mel Torme's birthday today! Mel Torme was among the most enduring singers from the big-band era, maligned by some as the epitome of lounge singer, acclaimed by many more as one of a talented and serious vocalist. Legend has it that Torme began singing for his supper a Chicago restaurant when ...

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Blue Note Records Launches Innovative New Spotify App

September 12, 2012

EMI Music’s legendary Blue Note Records has announced the launch today of an innovative new app within the popular online music streaming service Spotify. The Blue Note app provides a rich user experience by creating a space to explore and discover music spanning the entire history of the label from 1939 to present. The app traces ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Brian Lynch

September 12, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Brian Lynch's birthday today! A respected insider within both the hardcore straight ahead and Latin Jazz communities, 2007 Grammy Award Winner Brian Lynch is as comfortable negotiating the complexities of clave with Afro-Caribbean pioneer Eddie Palmieri as he is swinging through advanced harmony with bebop maestro Phil Woods. A honored graduate ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Harry Connick, Jr.

September 11, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Harry Connick, Jr.'s birthday today! Harry Connick, Jr.\'s career has been studded with awards and recognition, including several multi-platinum and gold albums, Grammy and Emmy awards, a starring role in a Tony-winning Broadway musical and much more. A true American icon, there are few artists of Harry\'s stature, and fewer still ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jim Pearce

September 10, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Jim Pearce's birthday today! Pianist / Composer/ Singer Jim Pearce has released 6 Jazz CD’s. The latest being I\'m in the Twilight of a Mediocre Career which hit #1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart. Jim was featured in an interview on NPR\'S Morning Edition with Susan Stamberg and Jim’s compositions have ...

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Latin Jazz icons Michel Camilo and Luciana Souza put new twists on the mellow genre

September 10, 2012

Camilo's new CD Mano A Mano mixes American jazz with Latin grooves and European classical; Souza does American standards in The Book of Chet Pianist and composer Michel Camilo says we’re in a second golden age in Latin Jazz. The first great era occurred from the 1930s through the 1950s, with “Chano Pozo, Mario Bauza, Juan ...

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All About Jazz Top 5 MP3 Downloads: August 2012

September 9, 2012

All About Jazz features and syndicates an exceptional song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the 31 tracks featured in August, these five represent our personal favorites. We also included the top five reader favorites as indicated by total downloads. If you are a musician or record label, you can submit your full ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Elvin Jones

September 9, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Elvin Jones' birthday today! Elvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan, the youngest child in a family of ten. His father worked for General Motors. Two of Jones\' brothers were also jazz musicians: Hank (piano), and Thad (trumpet/flugelhorn). Elvin began playing professionally in the 1940s, ...

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Tiny Dramas In Subtle Rhyme - The Genius Of Hal David

September 9, 2012

The master lyricist wrote in the people's language, but with complexity to match Bacharach's tunes. Hal David's life was the spectacle of a hard thing done well, with grace. David completed his song in Los Angeles on Sept. 1, at 91. As a musician and lyric-writer, I grew up with his words, especially his celebrated work ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Butch Warren

September 8, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Butch Warren's birthday today! Butch Warren (born in 1939) is an American jazz double bassist who plays in the hard bop genre. He was especially active in the late-50s and the 1960s. Contents Warren began playing professionally at age 14 in a local Washington, D. C. band led by his father, ...