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Coming Up At The Cornelia Street Cafe - Lederer, Musette Explosion, Stillman, Eisenstadt, Hebert & Much More!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
June 5, 2013

The Cornelia Street Café is open seven days a week, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch. It serves Thanksgiving Dinner, Christmas Dinner, New Year's Eve Dinner, Valentine's Day dinner - and presents more than seven hundred cultural events a year!! Coming Up at The Cafe, June 5-12: Wednesday, June 5, 8:30 PM JEFF LEDERER DOUBLE CD RELEASE PARTY: REINCARNATION Mary LaRose, voice; Jesse Mills, violin; Felicia Wilson, violin; Nicole Federici, viola; Chris Lightcap, bass Wednesday, ...

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Gregory Porter Serves Spoleto Splendidly

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
June 4, 2013

By Larry Reni Thomas CHARLESTON, SC: “How does it feel to be the hottest cat out here, Gregory Porter? I mean you are working all over the place. You are here in Charleston for two nights (May 24 and 25) at Spoleto Festival. You are going to be at The Playboy Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival and the other biggies. You just back from Europe and Brazil. You hot, man! You hot!" “Hey, man, ...

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Bonerama to Play Sunday, June 23 at Broadway Oyster Bar

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 1, 2013

The New Orleans band Bonerama is returning to St. Louis for another gig, this time at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, June 23 at the Broadway Oyster Bar. The group's rocked-out take on the NOLA brass band tradition features an all-trombone front line plus rhythm section. They last played St. Louis in September 2012 at The Gramophone. This time, they'll be promoting their just-released album Shake It Baby. Their first full-length studio album, it features more vocals and guitar as part of ...

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Free Summer Jazz Concerts 3rd Thursdays In South Philly!

Source: Jim Miller
June 1, 2013

Jazz Bridge is partnering with the Friends of Hawthorne Park to present Jazz at Hawthorne Park, a FREE summer concert series at 12th and Catharine Streets (in South Philadelphia) on the third Thursday of every month this summer. Bring a chair and prepare to groove with the Mike Boone/John Swana Project on June 20th, the Renaissance Quartet with Tyrone Brown on July 18th, Webb Thomas' Webb T's Fleet on August 15th, and Venissa Santi's Quartet on September 19th. These performers ...

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Jazz This Week: Red Baraat, Two Times True, St. Louis Big Band, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 31, 2013

While it's not a very busy week for touring jazz musicians visiting St. Louis, as usual our local musicians and bands stand ready with a plethora of performances of their own. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, alumni of the music programs at Parkway West High School will present a big band jazz concert in tribute to former band director John Baker at Sky Music Lounge in Ballwin. Also tonight, singer Joe Mancuso leads a quartet at Cafe Eau in ...

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Jazz St. Louis Announces 2013-14 Season Schedule

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 30, 2013

Jazz St. Louis has announced their 2013-14 season schedule, including the season lineup for Jazz at the Bistro, plus concerts at the Touhill Performing Arts Center and a new venue for the organization, the Vingh Center for the Arts at Chaminade College Prep School in West County. In addition to the return of many familiar favorites, the season will include the Bistro debuts of saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa and saxophonist Joe Lovano's dual-drummer ensemble Us Five (April 30 - May 3); ...

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The Wee Trio Live At Subculture On Thursday, June 6!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
May 29, 2013

James Westfall (vibes), Dan Loomis (bass), Jared Schonig (drums) SubCulture is located at 45 Bleecker Street, NYC, doors 6:30 show 7:30, $12-15 For more info & TKTS call 212 533 5470 The Wee Trio will perform music from their critically acclaimed discography: Capitol Diner Vol. 1, Capitol Diner Vol. 2 - Animal Style, Ashes to Ashes - A David Bowie Intraspective. The Wee Trio will be appearing at SubCulture NYC on June 6, kicking off a busy second half of ...

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Scott Joplin House to Host Free Ragtime Concert on Wednesday, June 12

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 29, 2013

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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