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Article: Contributor News

Platform Expansion and the AAJ Road Show

by Michael Ricci
July 31, 2012

Dear fellow contributor, I have some news to share about the various improvements to the All About Jazz platform and the status of the Jazz Near You project. Please read on...Index 1. It's All About the Platform2. Breaking Up All About Jazz3. AAJ Road ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Kevin Mahogany

July 30, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Kevin Mahogany's birthday today! Kevin Mahogany - jazz vocalist When Kevin Mahogany cut his first records in the early and mid-‘90s, he was generally regarded as a welcome anomaly: a young male jazz vocalist in a field where most of his colleagues were either women or men over 60. With a ...

News: Performance / Tour

Farah Siraj Presents World Premier Of The Arabian Jazz Project In New York on August 4th

July 30, 2012

Dubbed “the Norah Jones of the Middle East,” Jordanian virtuoso Farah Siraj launches her latest project in New York, The Arabian Jazz Project, in collaboration with award-winning pianist and arranger, Victor Gutierrez. Siraj leads an ethnically diverse quintet based in New York. With Farah Siraj from Jordan, Victor Gutierrez from Spain, Matt Geraghty from the United ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Christian

July 29, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Christian's birthday today! As the man who popularized the guitar in a jazz setting, his legacy lives on. Charlie Christian was born on July 29, 1916 in Bonham, Texas but was raised in Oklahoma City from the time he was two years old. Charlie\'s immediate family were all musically talented ...

News: Performance / Tour

Dave Koz Set To Perform On August 10th As Part Of The Paramount Jazz Series

July 29, 2012

"BeBe and I have been friends for 20 years, but this is the first time we've toured together and I'm so excited," says Koz. “We've unofficially dubbed it 'The Brothers From Another Mother' tour because superficially we couldn't be more different, but we actually have so much in common." “I've said no for years to touring, ...

News: Event

First Name Dutch Jazz & World Meeting Announced

July 28, 2012

Today Music Center the Netherlands announced the first names of the showcase program of the second Dutch Jazz & World Meeting, which takes place in Amsterdam October 5 & 6, 2012. 26 Contemporary jazz and world music acts from the Netherlands will present themselves to both national and international music professionals. First names Jazz: a.o. Royal ...

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Complete Dutch Jazz & World Meeting Lineup Announced

July 28, 2012

During the second Dutch Jazz & World Meeting, which takes place October 5 & 6 2012, in Amsterdam, 26 prominent jazz and world music acts from the Netherlands will present themselves to both national as well as international music professionals. Music Center the Netherlands today announces the complete line-up of the showcases. The following acts will ...

News: Event

Ben Ratliff and Lucy Durán Keynote Speakers at Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2012

July 28, 2012

The Dutch Jazz & World Meeting team is proud to announce the following keynotes speakers: Ben Ratliff, jazz and pop critic for the New York Times and Dr Lucy Durán, radio producer at BBC3, Lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and music producer. Ben Ratliff will give a preview of ...

News: Event

MCN Presents Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2012

July 28, 2012

Music Center the Netherlands announces the 2nd edition of the Dutch Jazz & World Meeting (DJWM), the showcase event for internationally promising acts from the Netherlands in the field of jazz and world music, aiming actively at the foreign market. The conference takes place on October 5 and 6, 2012 in the Bimhuis, The Amsterdam Conservatory ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Delfeayo Marsalis

July 28, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Delfeayo Marsalis' birthday today! Delfeayo Marsalis is one of the top trombonists, composers and producers in jazz today. Known for his “technical excellence, inventive mind and frequent touches of humor…” (Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times), he is “…one of the best, most imaginative and musical of the trombonists of his generation.” ...