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SLSO to Present Byron Stripling in Tribute to Louis Armstrong on Saturday, June 9
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Having just completed an educational residency for Jazz St. Louis back in February, trumpeter and singer Byron Stripling already has gotten his ticket punched for a return trip here. The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra will present Stripling (pictured) in “Sounds of New Orleans: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 9 at Powell Symphony Hall. Stripling first became known for performing Armstrong's music back in 1988, when he was selected to play the lead in the musical ...
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Jazz This Week: Laurence Hobgood and Ernie Watts, Brad Mehldau and Joshua Redman, Frank Stemper and Altgeld Chamber Players, Erika Johnson, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's schedule of jazz and creative music in St. Louis features a variety of sounds, including what amounts to a mini-festival of piano players at Jazz at the Bistro, with the two out-of-town participants bringing along top tenor saxophonists. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, pianist Laurence Hobgood leads a quartet at Jazz at the Bistro for one night only, featuring tenor sax great Ernie Watts as special guest. Hobgood is best known for his long association with Kurt ...
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Jazz Vocalist/Broadway Actress Luba Mason To Perform “Mixtura” At Iridium In NYC May 15th
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Muse Media
Jazz vocalist, Broadway actress and wife of Latin superstar Ruben Blades, Luba Mason is “a powerfully emotional song interpreter” (All Music Guide) who is blessed with “a celestial voice” (Los Angeles Times). A classically trained singer and pianist, Mason – who these days likes to be referred to as just “Luba” - will be teaming up with pianist/composer Vadim Neselovskyi, Grand Prize Winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composers Competition, for a show at Iridium on May 15th. The ...
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Jessy J And Cindy Bradley To Appear At Music Venue Near O'Hare
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Jody Grimaldi
At the heart of the stylish InterContinental Chicago O’Hare is an intimate live music venue that’s been touted by press and fans alike as one of the best in Chicagoland. The Montrose Room is where music lovers unite every weekend for the popular ‘Up Close’ series, a showcase of everything from Grammy winners to cutting-edge local bands, as well as the monthly jazz series. Boasting a state-of-the-art acoustic design and ringside cabaret seating, the Montrose Room delivers an authentic Chicago ...
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The Sony Holland Quintet Returns To Vitello's on May 6
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Sony Holland
The Sony Holland Quintet Sunday, May 6, 2012 @ 8pm One show only Vitello’s Jazz 4349 Tujunga Avenue Studio City, CA 91604 $15 Reservations: 818.769.0905 The Sony Holland Quintet returns to Jazz @ Vitello’s on May 6th. Sony’s debut appearance at Vitello’s earlier this year was a definite smash. “We had full house, an incredible band and excellent sound. That’s the kind of show every singer ...
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CD Release of “Armadillo In Sunset Park” at Mark Lamb Dance’s Second Saturday Sanctuary Salon
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Chris Rich
A New York City CD release celebration for a mini album of songs from Kyoko Kitamura will be found on Sat, April 7, 2012 at Metro Baptist Church , 410 W. 40th St. starting at 7:30pm This Mark Lamb Dance Salon will double as a release performance for “Armadillo In Sunset Park,” a set of songs written for Mark Lamb Dance released on March 20th 2012. “The mock serious chorus “always use rubber gloves when handling raw armadillo," never ceases ...
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Cuneiform Artists On Tour: April 2012
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Steve Feigenbaum
Gearing up for a busy spring season. Many artists on tour all over North America, Europe and even Australia! More stuff that we can announce next time, but this is still a good place to start for the month of April. BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC September 1 & 2 - Progday 2012 - Storybook Farm, Chapel Hill, NC BLIXT (Raoul Björkenheim/Bill Laswell/Morgan Ågren) May 17 - The Stone - Avenue C and 2nd street - NYC, NY May 19 - ...
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Smokey Robinson At Lehman Center For The Performing Arts
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Joe Alterman
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts continues its tremendous 31st season with a superstar of popular song – the GRAMMY Award-winning “poet laureate of soul music,” Smokey Robinson, on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 8pm. The velvet-voiced singer/songwriter, whose $60-million-plus in record sales helped turn Motown into the largest Black-owned corporation in the world, recorded 37 Top 40 Motown hits between 1960 and 1987, including mega-hits “Tears of a Clown,” “Ooo Baby Baby,” “Shop Around,” and “The Tracks of My ...
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