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AWARD: Joe Wilder to be Honored by Manhattan School of Music

5527 days ago

All About Jazz — Four Manhattan School of Music alumni are being honored at a special alumni homecoming reception on October 16, 2009. Joe Wilder, Capt. Kenneth Force, Elliot Goldenthal, and Laquita Mitchell will be recognized for their significant career accomplishm... more info

When jazz album covers were as fiery as the music inside

5530 days ago

Guardian Music — After the 1960s, jazz got loud and angry. And so did its record sleevesIt was a time when white visitors to New York took a deep breath and rode the subway to 125th Street, since cab drivers cruising the midtown streets could not be persuaded to take... more info

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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Al Stewart (Part 3)

5532 days ago

All About Jazz — When Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong tried to iron out how their 1953 joint tour would play out, egos clashed and Goodman dropped out. Goodman's decision proved to be a stroke of luck for trumpeter Al Stewart. As the Goodman band without Goodman fe... more info

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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Al Stewart (Part 2)

5533 days ago

All About Jazz — Trumpeter Al Stewart spent much of 1948 and 1949 touring with Benny Goodman's bebop band. Al was classically trained, and Benny appreciated his hard work and rock solid sound in the trumpet section. But by late 1949, Goodman was fed up with bop. So h... more info

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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Al Stewart (Part 1)

5534 days ago

All About Jazz — You may not recognize Al Stewart's name. But back in the late 1940s and 1950s he was one of the most in-demand East Coast trumpeters in the big-band business. Over the past 55 years, Al has played trumpet along side the biggest names in post-War jazz... more info

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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Lester Young

5566 days ago

All About Jazz — All About Jazz is celebrating Lester Young's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Lester YoungLester "Prez" Young was one of the giants of the tenor saxophone. He was the greatest improviser between Coleman Hawkins and Louis Armstrong of the 19... more info

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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Soul/Jazz Singer Amy Serrata Collaborates with Willie Norwood on Debut Album

5575 days ago

All About Jazz — Singer + Songwriter, Amy Serrata creates music intended to heal and bring people together. Amy’s interest in singing arose at an early age listening to the sounds of Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong to name a few. Sh... more info

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OBITUARY: Les Paul

5580 days ago

All About Jazz — {{Les Paul = 10165}}, who affected the course of popular music in profound ways, died yesterday at the age of 94. Jazz devotees may remember the guitarist most fondly from the days in the 1930s when he collaborated with Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge ... more info

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Les Paul: 1915-2009

5580 days ago

Guardian Music — Guitarist and inventor with huge influence on pop and jazzSome pop sounds of the 1950s irresistibly remind us how utterly different a musical world it was. Whatever an Elvis Presley or Bill Haley might do to drive the nails of rock'n'roll into the co... more info

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AWARD: Joe Wilder to be Honored by Manhattan School of Music

When jazz album covers were as fiery as the music inside

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Al Stewart (Part 3)

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Al Stewart (Part 2)

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Al Stewart (Part 1)

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Lester Young

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Soul/Jazz Singer Amy Serrata Collaborates with Willie Norwood on Debut Album

OBITUARY: Les Paul

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