Jazz Musician of the Day: Artie Shaw
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 ...
Atlanta Jazz Festival Gearing Up For Major Concerts On Memorial Day Weekend
Atlanta, GA: “Music lovers are in for some incredible performances at the Atlanta Jazz Festival over Memorial Day Weekend, says Camille Russell Love, Director of the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. “We will kick off the weekend with an evening under the stars at Chastain Park Amphitheatre featuring BWB and special guest Chrisette Michele ...
Mitchell and Ruff: Brazilian Trip
I'm not sure why the jazz duo of Dwike Mitchell and Willie Ruff weren't better known in the '50s and '60s, when they did most of their recording—or why they still aren't household names. Part of the reason, I suppose, is that the delicate combination of Mitchell (piano) and Ruff (French horn and bass) wasn't exactly ...
Jazz This Week: Freddy Cole and Harry Allen, Soul Rebels, Bluesweek, Dave Dickey Big Band, and More
There's a wide variety of jazz and creative music performances coming up this Memorial Day weekend in St. Louis, from straight-ahead jazz to New Orleans brass to big band to fusion and more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, singer-pianist Freddy Cole and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen team up for the first of four evenings continuing ...
Music Therapy: Duboc Delivers A Revealing “Smile”
Jazz singer-songwriter teams with Jeff Lorber for a deeply personal album about the demise of her marriage Los Angeles, CA: Thinking that everything had fallen apart, the tears streamed down Carol Duboc’s face as she wrote the lyrics to “Smile,” the title track to the soulful jazz vocalist’s stunning sixth album that was released Tuesday (May ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Sun Ra
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 ...
Pandora Launches Premieres: Full New Album Previews
Pandora today announced the launch of Pandora Premieres, free stations that stream full upcoming album releases up to a week prior to going on sale. Pandora Premieres are updated weekly and will feature previews from both established and emerging artists across multiple genres. As of this morning, only two albums were featured: “Wrote A Song For ...
Jutta Hipp in Germany: 1952-'55
Jutta Hipp is another forgotten '50s jazz pianist with an odd past. She recorded briefly but gave up on jazz in 1956 for reasons that remain mysterious. The German-born Hipp spent her teens under Nazi rule and performed in Germany after the war. She recorded in Germany sporadically from 1952 to '55, and a year later ...
Snarky Puppy Returning to Old Rock House on Friday, August 9
From the Dept of “Well, That Didn't Take Long": Snarky Puppy (pictured), who just played in St. Louis earlier this month at The Demo, already have booked a return trip in the form of a gig at 8:30 p.m. Friday, August 9 at the Old Rock House. This will be the the third St. Louis appearance ...
Marc Hoffman Returns To Childress Vineyard
NC jazz pianist/vocalist/composer on “Music in the Vineyards” series CHARLOTTE, NC: Virillion Music recording artist Marc Hoffman will perform Saturday, June 1st from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m at Childress Vineyards in Lexington, NC as part of the “Music In the Vineyards” series. Hoffman, a NC native will include original instrumental and vocal jazz in his ...
All About Jazz Needs You: Editors Wanted
Good news! We filled the editorial positions! Thanks to all who stepped forward. We are still looking for volunteer writers and musician profile administrators. If you're interested, please complete this form. Thanks! —mr Join the All About Jazz team and play a part in serving jazz. Since 1995, All About Jazz has grown from a grassroots ...
One Hour With Ray Manzarek Of The Doors
Two years ago, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ray Manzarek from The Doors. In this one hour live interview, Ray and I talk about The Doors, play live music, tap into his jazz and blues influences, various keyboards and methods and educate the public about his work as an author. Ray speaks of Dorothy, ...
Composer Steve Lindeman's Modern Big Band Debut, "the Day After Yesterday," Due June 11
Steve Lindeman’s distinctive approach to modern big band composing is on ample display on his impressive debut CD, The Day After Yesterday, to be released by Jazz Hang Records on June 11. The Brigham Young University professor’s originals are performed by BYU’s Synthesis under the direction of Ray Smith, who also produced the album. Nearly all ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Fats Waller
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 ...
