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Jazz Musician of the Day: David "Fathead" Newman

February 24, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating David “Fathead" Newman's birthday today! David “Fathead" Newman was born in Corsicana, Texas on February 24, 1933. His family soon moved to Dallas, where they settled and David stayed through graduating Lincoln High School. After school, David found gigs in local bands. He received a scholarship to Jarvis Christian College where ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Wayne Escoffery

February 23, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Wayne Escoffery's birthday today! Since moving to New York City in 2000, tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery has become one of the Jazz world’s most talented rising stars and in-demand sidemen. He began his professional NY career touring and recording with The Eric Reed Septet. In 2001 he became a steady member ...

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July 24, 2022

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joe La Barbera

February 22, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Joe La Barbera's birthday today! Joe La Barbera has performed all over the world with some of the finest names in jazz since his arrival on the scene. From his first professional appearance at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas with Frankie Randall and the Buddy Rich band in 1968 to ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tadd Dameron

February 21, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Tadd Dameron's birthday today! Tadd Dameron as a composer and arranger was the man who in the 1940s and ‘50s was among the first to use the sometimes raw and undisciplined devices of the then- new style of jazz called bebop in well-developed arrangements for big bands and small groups. Perhaps ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Nancy Wilson

February 20, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Nancy Wilson's birthday today! Nancy Wilson’s musical style is so diverse that it is hard to classify. Over the years her repertoire has included pop style ballads, jazz and blues, show tunes and well known standards. Critics have described her as “a jazz singer,” “a blues singer,” “a pop singer,” and ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: David Murray

February 19, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating David Murray's birthday today! Few musicians in jazz history have proven more vigorously productive and resourceful than David Murray. During the past 35 years, from the moment he first visited New York as a 20 year-old student, playing in a walkup loft, in 1975, David has careened forward in a cool, ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 21, 2022

February 18, 2022

All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek Radio Chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations in the United States. Enjoy! TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Jazzmeia Horn Dear Love (Empress Legacy) 305 247 +58 5 49 1 ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Kamasi Washington

February 18, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Kamasi Washington's birthday today! At the age of 13 Kamasi Washington decided to begin a life long quest of the many wonders to be found in music. He made this decision one night when after a rehearsal at his home his father left his soprano saxophone lying on the piano and ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy DeFranco

February 17, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy DeFranco's birthday today! Buddy DeFranco has the unprecedented distinction of winning twenty Downbeat Magazine Awards, nine Metronome Magazine Awards, and sixteen Playboy All-Stars Awards as the number one jazz clarinetist in the world. Buddy is generally credited with leading the way for jazz clarinetists from the exciting era of swing ...