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Jazz this week: Ben Reece Unity Quartet, California Guitar Trio, Kevin Bowers' NOVA, "Sculptures in Sound," and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
With performances inspired by pre-historic cave paintings, the upcoming solar eclipse, Bach, Tennessee Williams, French silent film, and more, this week's calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis draws from a vast variety of influences. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, May 3 Saxophonist Ben Reece’s Unity Quartet will make their debut in the first of the two nights at Jazz at the Bistro. The band features Reece and fellow saxophonist Austin Cebulskii (who replaced him in ...
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Drummer Kevin Bowers Announces New Album - Nova - Out August 9, 2016
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Press Junkie PR
Acclaimed Drummer Kevin Bowers’ Third Solo Album, Nova, Poised To Be The Soundtrack To The Best Movie Never Made Kevin Bowers Set To Release Third Solo Album Nova This August Imagine a movie starring Fred Astaire and Lena Horne, and directed by Federico Fellini. In your mind’s ear, listen to the soundtrack, a mélange of Brazilian samba, psychedelic rock, romantic compositions, and impressionistic lyrics. The music perfectly captures the elegance, earthiness, and otherworldliness of the film. Now, for a reality ...
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Kris Bowers at Joe's Pub on Saturday, September 15 @ 9:30pm
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All About Jazz
JOE’S PUB PRESENTS Thelonious Monk First Place Competition Winner KRIS BOWERS Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 9:30 p.m. New York, NY: Kris Bowers definitely qualifies as one of the brightest young jazz players to emerge in recent years. Just 23-years-old with a Master's Degree from Juilliard, he recently won the prestigious Thelonious Monk piano competition at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Thelonious Monk Institute of ...
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NEA Jazz Master Ellis Marsalis And Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition Winner Kris Bowers Teamed To Present Music Education Programs
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Holly Wallace
Hundreds of students and jazz lovers attended free grand piano duo outreach events Celebrated pianist-educator Ellis Marsalis was joined by newcomer Kris Bowers, the 22-year-old winner of the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition, in a series of music education programs across New Orleans, presented by the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz with lead funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Marsalis and Bowers performed together for the first time on duo grand pianos for hundreds of public ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joel Bowers
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Joel Bowers' birthday today!
JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Joel Bowers
Joel Bowers is a 33-year-old native of San Jose, California. Joel is a 1997 graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies... more
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