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News: Obituary

Legendary Bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn Passes Away At Age 70

May 13, 2012

Donald “Duck” Dunn, who played on hundreds of rock and soul classics as the bassist for Booker T. and the MGs, and later as a session player, passed away Sunday morning at the age of 70. Steve Cropper, the MGs guitarist, broke the news on his Facebook page at approximately 12:30AM Eastern time. “Today I lost ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Gary Peacock

May 12, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Gary Peacock's birthday today! Bassist Gary Peacock has played a major role in the development of avant garde jazz. He has worked with the likes of Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Barney Kessel, Don Ellis, Terry Gibbs, Shorty Rogers, the Paul Bley Trio, Jimmy Giuffre, Roland Kirk and ...

News: Recording

Naxos of America & Prophone Records Set U.S. Release of Swedish Jazz Singer-Songwriter Rebecka Larsdotter's "Feathers & Concrete"

May 12, 2012

Born and raised in forests of Sweden, Rebecka Larsdotter wrote her first song at the age of 2, recorded by her older sister on a tape-recorder. She has since been writing, singing and playing piano, violin, guitar, and finally made music her full time life in 2002 by beginning a Master's Degree in Music program at ...

News: Recording

The Randy Hoexter Group Releases "Fromage": Jazz Interpretations of Cheesy Pop Hits

May 12, 2012

"Fromage" is Atlanta-based pianist/composer Randy Hoexter's second recording as a leader, following his highly-regarded debut Radiant. Inspired by The River, Herbie Hancock's tribute to Joni Mitchell, Randy chose to do a collection of cover songs, with the intent of re-inventing familiar material. However, instead of selecting deep and poetic material such as Mitchell's, Randy decided to ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Carla Bley

May 11, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Carla Bley's birthday today! Carla Bley was born in Oakland, California in 1936. Her father Emil Borg, a piano teacher and church organist, began giving her music lessons when she was three years old and she was soon playing at church functions. But her musical education ended at the age of ...

News: Website

Ticket Link Option Added to Calendar Service

May 10, 2012

All About Jazz calendar users can now place a link to their ticket affiliate website on their AAJ event detail page by including the location when they submit their event or upload their CSV file. All events submitted to All About Jazz appear in our weekly regional concert calendar email blast, at the website and eventually ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Venissa Santi

May 10, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Venissa Santi's birthday today! Venissa’s artistry stems from the necessity to express the many influences that have nourished her spirit as a Cuban American. She was born in Ithaca, New York and hails from a long line of Cuban artists. But it was her grandfather, Jacobo Ros Capablanca, a Cuban composer ...

News: Music Industry

The Kitano New York Opens Manhattan’s Newest Supper Club

May 10, 2012

JAZZ at KITANO Offers a Fresh Take on New York City Jazz Venues NEW YORK, NY: The Kitano New York, Manhattan’s first and only Japanese-owned hotel, will showcase the city’s best jazz with the opening of a new supper club, JAZZ at KITANO. Located in a historic former Rockefeller Family townhouse adjacent to the hotel, JAZZ ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Anthony Wilson

May 9, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Anthony Wilson's birthday today! Anthony Wilson’s career in jazz began auspiciously, and as a creative artist he continues to expand and impress. Among other honors, Wilson\'s first, self-titled CD received a Grammy nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Recording in 1998; his second CD “Goat Hill Junket" was featured prominently on ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Keith Jarrett

May 8, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Keith Jarrett's birthday today! Over the past 40 years, Keith Jarrett has come to be recognized as one of the most creative musicians of our times - universally acclaimed as an improviser of unsurpassed genius; a master of jazz piano; a classical keyboardist of great depth; and as a composer who ...