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Jazz This Week: Holiday Jazz Continues, Doug Lawrence, St. Louis Rivermen, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The rush to the holidays is on, and if you're looking for some seasonal jazz this weekend in St. Louis, there's plenty to be had, along with an assortment of other jazz and creative music events. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, there's a trifecta of big band shows, as the Route 66 Jazz Orchestra plays at Kirkwood Station Brewing Company; the St. Charles Community College Jazz Big Band and Jazz Faculty Sextet perform a free concert at the Shook ...
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Jazz This Week: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Oikos Ensemble, Craig Pomranz, St. Louis Rivermen, Andy Coco's Rhythm Section Road Show, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
If you feel like combining jazz and Christmas this weekend, you're in luck, as there are several holiday themed performances by local and touring musicians coming up over the next few days around the St. Louis area. And if you're not quite ready to go the full-on holiday music route just yet, you can also find funky soul-jazz, traditional New Orleans and swing music, cabaret, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, Washington University's student jazz ensembles will perform ...
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Jazz This Week: Chris Botti, Byron Stripling, Bill Watrous, Unt One O'Clock Lab Band, St. Louis Rivermen, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
If there's a keyword for this weekend's schedule of jazz and creative music in St. Louis, it's brass." The next few days will see three stellar touring brass playerstwo trumpeters and a trombonistplaying here as soloists or bandleaders, plus a somewhat larger-than-usual number of big band performances, and some other noteworthy shows, too. Let's go the highlights: On Thursday evening, the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band will be in town for a concert at Webster Groves High ...
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Jazz This Week: Zappa Plays Zappa, Good 4 the Soul, Sinatra Songbook, Montez Coleman, St. Louis Rivermen, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's post may be somewhat minimal, thanks to a bad head cold that's knocking yr. humble StLN editor for a loop, but the jazz and creative music offerings in St. Louis over the next few days are plentiful. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, Zappa Plays Zappa performs at The Pageant. This year's show features the band playing Frank Zappa's 1974 album Apostrophe(') in its entirety. I wrote a short preview of the concert for last week's Riverfront Times, ...
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Cornet Chop Suey, St. Louis Rivermen to Play Central Illinois Jazz Festival
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
St. Louis bands Cornet Chop Suey and the St. Louis Rivermen are headed up the road this weekend to perform at the Central Illinois Jazz Festival, which will take place Friday, February 5 through Sunday, February 7 at the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel in Decatur, IL.This is the 35th year for the Central Illinois Jazz Festival, which presents traditional New Orleans and Chicago-style jazz, swing, ragtime and Gypsy jazz. Other groups performing at this year's event will ...
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Jazz This Week: Sonny Rollins, Chris Botti, Trio 3, Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival, St. Louis Rivermen, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
There's lots going on in St. Louis over the next few days, as it's the busiest weekend of the fall so far for jazz and creative music. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, local funk/hip-hop band Fresh Heir does a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University.On Friday, trumpeter Chris Botti returns to town to perform at the Fox Theatre, making good on a date that was postponed from last year. (You ...
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Jazz This Week: Harry Connick Jr, Nnenna Freelon, Steve Schenkel and Ashley Mason, Kim Portnoy Trio, St. Louis Rivermen and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's a potentially busy week for fans of jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with two major touring headliners in town, a lot of activity from local musicians, and holiday-themed concerts a-plenty, too.Let's go to the highlights, starting with singer Nnenna Freelon, (pictured) who's in town to perform at Jazz at the Bistro tonight through Saturday. For more about Freelon and some video clips of her in action, see this post from last Saturday.The other ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Two from the St. Louis Rivermen
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's take a look at a couple of videos featuring the traditional jazz band the St. Louis Rivermen. These two clips are from the 37th annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival held in July 2008 in Davenport, Iowa.First up is a video of the Rivermen playing the standard I Can't Get Started," which was penned by Ira Gershwin and Vernon Duke, first popularized in the 1930s by trumpeter Bunny Berigan, ...
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