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Jazz Musician of the Day: Miles Davis

May 26, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Miles Davis' birthday today! Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate. But if his approach to his instrument was constant, his approach to jazz was ...

Article: Profile

Celebrating Miles Davis with Quotes

by Michael Ricci
May 26, 2012

We're celebrating Miles Davis's birthday (May 26, 1926) with quotes about him and by him. All About Jazz senior writer R.J. DeLuke also compiled several from his past interviews with various ex-band members--and we included a salty one by Miles for good measure. If you know of a quote about Miles or ...

News: Award / Grant

Todd Clouser and Erik Deutsch Crack New Music Seminar's 2012 "Artist On The Verge" Top 100 Chart

May 25, 2012

Guitarist/Composer Todd Clouser and Pianist/Composer Erik Deutsch were selected for the New Music Seminar “Artist On The Verge" Top 100 Chart. All About Jazz participated in the nominating process and both Todd and Erik were included on AAJ's recommendation list. About the NMS “Artist On The Verge" Program NMS “Artist On The Verge" (AOV) project offers ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wallace Roney

May 25, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Wallace Roney's birthday today! At a time when much of the Jazz world seems content to simply attempt to recreate the past, trumpeter/composer Wallace Roney follows the true Jazz tradition of utilizing the past to move forward. This has resulted in acknowledgment by the public and his peers with his receipt ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Archie Shepp

May 24, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Archie Shepp's birthday today! Archie Shepp is a New York City native and alumnus of Goddard College. Archie started playing jazz in the early 60\'s and continues to dazzle audiences around the world playing tenor saxophone and piano, accompanied by his soulful voice. Currently residing in Massachusetts, he teaches music history ...

Article: AAJ PRO

Indaba Music Women's Music Summit

by Teri Harllee King
May 24, 2012

In Texas you'll often hear someone who's being asked why they've been out of touch for a long time respond with an old saying. The conversation is this: “Where've you been?" “Oh, to Hell and back." Well, since my last column, my husband (guitarist Jackie King) and I have suffered the ...

News: Music Industry

New Music Seminar Announces The First Ever NMS New York Music Festival On June 17-20

May 24, 2012

Over 100 Of The Top Emerging Artists Confirmed To Perform New York, NY: New Music Seminar (NMS) announces the first ever NMS New York Music Festival scheduled to take place in 17 venues throughout New York City and Brooklyn from June 17-20. NMS, along with their Partners: BMI, eMusic, Filter Magazine, Folk Alliance, OurStage, ReverbNation and ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Artie Shaw

May 23, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Artie Shaw's birthday today! Artie Shaw, a brilliant jazz clarinetist, was one of the most enigmatic, daring and adventurous bandleaders of the swing-era. An intellectual, he hated public life and the music industry. Over the course of his short career he formed ten orchestras and disbanding most of them after only ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sun Ra

May 22, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Sun Ra's birthday today! Eclectic, outrageous, sometimes mystifying but always imbued with a powerful jazz consciousness, the music of Sun Ra has withstood its skeptics and detractors for nearly three generations. And well it should, since Sun Ra has been both apart of and ahead of the jazz tradition during that ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Fats Waller

May 21, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Fats Waller's birthday today! Jazz music\'s first organist and one of the giants of piano jazz Thomas Wright “Fats" Waller was born on May 21, 1904 in Harlem into a musical family. His grandfather was an accomplished violinist and his mother was the church organist. His family had moved to New ...