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Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy DeFranco
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 ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Amina Figarova's Jazz Journey
St. Louis jazz fans this year already have been able to hear the local debuts of several noteworthy musicians, and there's another one coming next week who's made a long journey, both physically and culturally, to get to where she is now. We're speaking of pianist and composer Amina Figarova, who will be in St. Louis ...
Join the Jazz Near You Community and Support Jazz in Your City!

We're looking for savvy fans to help us build and maintain the venue and festival listings at each of the Jazz Near You websites. We're also looking for help in spreading the word about the website, weekly email blast, and (soon) iPhone app to each city’s presenting and musician community. Jazz Near You is 100% free ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Pete Christlieb
All About Jazz is celebrating Pete Christlieb's birthday today!
From the 1970s through the 1990s, the sound of Pete’s tenor could be heard on television and motion picture sound tracks and recordings. The son of a famous bassoon player, Don Christlieb, Pete began his musical journey on the violin at age 7. At 12, he was ...
Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers to Perform Sunday, April 28 at Old Rock House
Guitarist Bill Frisell (pictured) is returning to St. Louis to perform at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28 at the Old Rock House. Frisell's last St. Louis appearance was with his quartet in May 2011 at the ORH. This time, he'll be with the ensemble known as Beautiful Dreamers, which also includes Eyvind Kang on viola and ...
Announcing The 12th Annual Brubeck Festival "Dave Brubeck Across Time--A Tribute To His Legacy," March 18-23, 2013

University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Institute presents the Twelfth Annual Brubeck Festival, titled Dave Brubeck Across Time, which honors his legacy as a jazz giant and his Stockton, California roots. The 2013 Festival is a broad-based tribute to his legacy that covers the spectrum of jazz in its fullest expression: live concert performances ranging from jazz ...
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Enter the "Christian Howes - Southern Exposure" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Resonance Records “Christian Howes - Southern Exposure“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on March 15th. Click here to enter the contest
(Becoming a fan of Christian Howes at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)
Good luck!
John McLaughlin, Steely Dan, Phil Lesh, Miles Davis, James Taylor Sidemen Form New Touring Band - The Ringers

Los Angeles, CA: Talk about one of the most amazing group of musicians playing together, debuting in early 2013 – they are THE RINGERS featuring three top notch Rock-Blues Guitarists Jimmy Herring (Widespread Panic, The Dead, Phil Lesh) Wayne Krantz (Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Michael Brecker), Michael Landau (James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis) , drummer ...
Photographer William Ellis's column One LP comes to All About Jazz

All About Jazz has partnered with world-renowned photographer William Ellis to bring you One LP, a new column focusing on musicians and the albums that proved influential and inspirational in their musical lives. William Ellis on One LP “Through my work I have spent a lot time talking with musicians—and of course the talk always ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Henry Threadgill
All About Jazz is celebrating Henry Threadgill's birthday today!
Threadgill first performed as a percussionist in his high school marching band before taking up the baritone saxophone and later a large portion of the woodwind instrument family. He soon settled primarily upon the alto saxophone and the flute... Read more.
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6 Signs Smartphones Will Replace PCS as Hardware Hubs
Someday, I will stop talking about my iPod prediction of 2001 – the one Gizmodo called “the best iPod prediction ever made.”
Today is not that day.
In that column, I predicted that not only would the iPod be a hit (despite criticism that it was way too expensive among other things), but that the iPod’s ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 15 - 21
\Extending Valentine's Day into the weekend? There's lots of options, some perhaps more romantic than others, depending on what revs up your heartbeat! Be it Tin Pan Alley or garage band grooves, it's all happening here in the Twin Cities. Big Gigs This Week Friday, February 15. The Black Dog always hosts musicians who take an ...