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Jazz this week: Kneebody, a tribute to Scott Joplin, "Sculptures in Sound," and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis offers a century-spanning variety of sounds, ranging from a tribute to legendary composer who helped lay the foundation for jazz to a group offering their own contemporary version of a musical melting pot. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, March 29 The eclectic electro-acoustic fusion quintet Kneebody performs for the first of four nights continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. The group is touring in support ...
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Jazz This Week: Rick Haydon Quartet, Terence Blanchard, Ragtime at Scott Joplin's House, Oikos Ensemble, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
If you're looking to get out hear some live jazz in St. Louis, there's there's plenty of local music on tap over the weekend, with some new weekly gigs getting underway, plus some visiting players coming to town to play free concerts next week. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, singer Joe Mancuso and his band begin a new weekly Thursday gig at Cafe Eau in the Chase Park Plaza Hotel, and Miss Jubilee performs downtown at Thaxton Speakeasy. On ...
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Scott Joplin House to Host Free Ragtime Concert on Wednesday, June 12
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The Scott Joplin House State Historic Site and the Friends of Scott Joplin will present a free concert of ragtime music from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 12 in the New Rosebud Cafe at the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site (pictured), 2658 Delmar at Beaumont. The event will feature performers drawn from the lineups of this year's Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival, to be held June 5 - 8 in Sedalia, and the Blind Boone Ragtime and Early ...
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Janis Joplin "The Pearl Sessions" Available Tuesday, April 17
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Sony Music Entertainment/Legacy
LEGACY RECORDINGS COMMEMORATES JANIS JOPLIN'S BIRTHDAY WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PEARL SESSIONS DEFINITIVE TWO-DISC EDITION OF JANIS JOPLIN'S FAREWELL ALBUM MASTERPIECE DEBUTS NEWLY DISCOVERED STUDIO OUTTAKES, BANTER & RARITIES INCLUDING NINE PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE TRACKS Janis Joplin—The Pearl Sessions—Available Everywhere Tuesday, April 17, 2012 On the occasion of Janis Joplin's birthday (January 19), Legacy Recordings is proud to announce the upcoming release of The Pearl Sessions, a newly-curated definitive two-disc edition of Joplin's final studio album premiering, for the first time, ...
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American Classics Performing Songs of Scott Joplin at Longy School in Cambridge on Saturday May 7
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
American Classics—a Boston group dedicated to exploring the time-capsule of original American music—is performing a special concert on the Rags and Songs of Scott Joplin at Pickman Concert Hall at Longy School of Music, on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the show are $20 and can be purchased online or at the door. The hall is located at 27 Garden Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Joplin, who founded and perfected ragtime music, wrote over 40 ragtimes as ...
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Williams, Krauss, Tedeschi and More at Janis Joplin Tribute
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JamBase
LUCINDA WILLIAMS DEBUTS SONG AT ROCK HALL'S AMERICAN MUSIC MASTERS JOPLIN TRIBUTE
Lucinda Williams The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case Western Reserve University celebrated Janis Joplin during the 14th annual American Music Masters series, entitled Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin, Sunday night to a near-capacity audience at the State Theater in Playhouse Square. The concert lineup consisted of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ray Benson, Guy Clark, Roky Erickson, ...
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Rock Hall Will Honor Janis Joplin for 2009 American Music Masters Series
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Just Roots PR
Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin will take place in November The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case Western Reserve University will celebrate Janis Joplin, one of rock and roll’s most passionate and influential artists during the 14th annual American Music Masters® series this November. For one week we will tell the story of this unforgettable artist during a program titled Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin. In her work ...
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Jazz at the Bistro, Scott Joplin House Named in Article on "Nine Great Jazz Joints"
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
St. Louis' Jazz at the Bistro and the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site are among the music venues cited in “Nine Great Jazz Joints," an article appearing in the current issue of Budget Travel magazine and online at CNN.com. The magazine asked six musicians to name some of their favorite spots to hear jazz, and St. Louis native and multi-reedman J.D. Parran nominated the Bistro and the Joplin house. The article also offers the recommendations of baritone ...
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