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Jazz this week: Chucho Valdés & Joe Lovano, Jen Shyu, "Jazz Explosion," and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Here's what's happening with live jazz and creative music over the next few days in St. Louis... Thursday, November 10 Composer and multi-instrumentalist Jen Shyu will present a free, public artist's talk and workshop at the Lewis Center, the Washington University School of Art building located off-campus at 721 Kingsland Ave in U City. Also on Thursday, Native American flautist Mark Holland and his band will play a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University; singer ...
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Renowned Jazz Singer Martha Lorin Marks Her One-Year Residency At Cafe Noctambulo At Pangea
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Lampkin Publicity Service
Ralph Lampkin/Lampkin Music Group and Christopher Gines/Cafe Noctambulo are proud to announce a celebration! Renowned jazz singer Martha Lorin marks her one-year residency at downtown's favorite music venue, the fabulous Cafe Noctambulo at Pangea with a fabulous new show, “Body and Soul." Joining Martha are the Steve LaSpina trio featuring top-shelf musicians: Matthew Fries on piano, Steve LaSpina on bass and John Di Fiore on drums. Lorin, critically acclaimed for her rich vocal tone and expressive interpretation of lyric will ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, November 4-10
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
There's some big gigs with top vocalists this weekend as well shows featuring veterans and young upstarts. And the Dakota hosts a fundraiser for the Leigh Kamman Legacy Project. Big Gigs This Week Friday-Saturday, November 4-5. We're into holiday mode now in the Lobby Bar at the Saint Paul Hotel, where JoAnn Funk and Jeff Brueske now entertain on Friday and Saturday nights through spring, but this weekend, foot surgery prompts JoAnn to pass the piano to Chris Lomheim on ...
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Jazz this week: Jimmy Greene, The Wee Trio, Nevermore Jazz Ball, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This weekend will see swing dancers from all over the country converging on St. Louis for the annual Nevermore Jazz Ball, plus the local debut of a Grammy nominated saxophonist, a homecoming gig for a St. Louis expat with a new recording to promote, and much more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, November 2 Saxophonist Jimmy Greene makes his St. Louis debut as a bandleader with the first of four nights of performances at Jazz at the Bistro. The ...
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Russia Welcomes Sun Ra - November 19 With The Jazz Drama Program Presentation Of "Message From Saturn"
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Sun Ra Heads To Russia! Euro-Asian Premiere November 19, 2016 “Saxophonist Knoel Scott told me Sun Ra came into rehearsal and said, 'I just got a message from Saturn. We are not playing enough blues!' I thought about this for ten years, then joined up with Clifford Carlson to write this story." —Eli Yamin Eli Yamin and friends bring the Blues to Russia for the Euro-Asian premiere of Message From Saturn in Yekaterinburg on November 19! ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 28-November 3
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
The end of October— colors are past peak in central Minnesota, nights are getting cooler, and Halloween will soon bring little goblins to the neighborhood (because the Strib so smartly identified my part of town as candy heaven!). But the real treats (and musical tricks) await jazz fans at every turn— from one of the longest-running team of bandleaders on the local avant-garde scene gigging at the Black Dog to another long-standing ensemble melding jazz and poetry, from favorite local ...
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Harlem Hieroglyphs - A Jazz, Blues, And Ballads Concert With The Jay Hoggard Quartet On Saturday, November 19 At Fieldston School Student-Faculty Lounge (Bronx, NY)
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Bronx Arts
Jay Hoggard and his quartet will perform ballads, bop, and blues, and music that blends jazz and gospel roots with African Marimba rhythms on Saturday, November 19 at 8:00pm at Fieldston School Student-Faculty Lounge, 3901 Fieldston Road in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. Music for the concert, written by Hoggard, is on his newest two-disk CD, Harlem Hieroglyphs, and includes 11 tunes such as: “Harlem Jazzbirds," “Swingin’ and Swayin’," “Let Me Make It Clear," “Piety and “Redemption, Disposable Consumption," ...
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Jazz this week: Manhattan Transfer & Take 6; Cassity, Jensen & Wolfe; and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
While this week's concert calendar isn't as jam-packed with jazz and creative music as last week's almost-insane schedule, there still are several noteworthy shows happening over the next few days, including a long-anticipated concert teaming up two of the top jazz-influenced vocal groups in the world, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Also on Thursday, the New Orleans Suspects are back in town for another performance at the Broadway Oyster Bar, and singer Erin Bode returns to Cyrano's. Friday, ...
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