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Jazz this week: Billy Childs' tribute to Laura Nyro; Funky Butt Brass Band; and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week in St. Louis jazz and creative music, the Sheldon Concert Hall resumes their jazz series with pianist Billy Childs' tribute to an under-appreciated singer-songwriter of the 1960s and 70s; two local favorites play two nights each at Jazz at the Bistro; and more. Let's go the highlights... Wednesday, January 27 Pianist Ptah Williams leads a group in the first of two nights at Jazz at the Bistro; singer Erin Bode performs for the monthly concert series at the ...
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Stephanie Jordan Selected To Perform At The 2016 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
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Sylvain Music Notes
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell today announced that the Stephanie Jordan Big Band will appear on Thursday, April 28, 2016 in the Zatarain's/WWOZ Jazz Tent as part of the musical lineup for the 2016 Festival scheduled for April 22- 24 and April 28- May 1, 2016. During last year’s Jazz Fest performance, Stephanie Jordan trilled the audience with stunning covers of Frank Sinatra and Billy Strayhorn’s work in honor of their Centennial celebrations. At “The ...
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Getting back in the Monday night jazz groove
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Rhode Island has had a superb big band jazz tradition that began within a year of the Monday night “rehearsal band" that Thad Jones and Mel Lewis started at New York's Village Vanguard. Drummer Duke Belaire inaugurated the RI tradition in 1967 at the Cobblestone Tavern in East Providence before settling in 1969 at nearby Bovi's Town Tavern. In quite a feat of musical longevity, Bovi's was the home of Monday night jazz for 48 years. Belaire had the gig ...
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Channeling two jazz tenor titans
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Tenor saxophonists Lew Del Gatto and Jeff Rupert channeled the spirit and hard-driving swing of Al Cohn and Zoot Sims in their Friday matinee concert at the Venice (FL) Art Center. The South County Jazz Club event teamed the two tenors with pianist Richard Drexler, bassist Don Mopsick and drummer Tony Vigilante. All of the music they performed came from the repertoire of Cohn and Sims, whose musical partnership was something to behold on the New York jazz scene in ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, January 22-28
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
This week: John Raymond CD release at Vieux Carre'; Dave Karr Quartet in the Dunsmore Room A favorite son returns to celebrate what is arguably his best recording yet; another hometown hero celebrates a pretty big birthday with family and friends; a high-profile trio and a should-be high profile trio both play rare home gigs; one of our star composers brings a major work to Orchestra Hall; and three hot shows in a row fill the Dunsmore Room. Just a ...
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Jazz this week: Warren Wolf, Susan Alcorn & Frank Rosaly, Bonerama, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
While the winter weather may have taken a turn for the worse this week in St. Louis, the jazz and creative music touring activity here is heating up, with three (or four, depending on you count) visiting headliners in town over the next few days, plus an eclectic assortment of shows from local performers. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, January 20 Vibraphonist Warren Wolf and his band Wolfpack will begin a four-night engagement continuing through Saturday at Jazz at ...
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Klazz-Ma-Tazz To Perform City Winery's Klezmer Brunch - A Valentines Day Special Concert
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Benjamin Sutin
Violinist Benjamin Sutin, and his septet Klazz-Ma-Tazz will bring their jazz/klezmer blend to New York's acclaimed music venue, The City Winery on Sunday, February 14th, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. This Valentines Day event is part of the Winery's Klezmer Brunch series. In lieu of the holiday, the musical program will feature new arrangements of love songs from around the world sang by special guest Asia Mieleszko, as well as selections from Fiddler On The Roof, a display of some of ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, January 15-21
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
It's Winter Madness time, referring to both the weather and the music. This weekend finds “masters" at work— at Jazz Central (Peter Schimke), the Black Dog (Donald Washington, Zacc Harris Group), Crooners Lounge (Judi Vinar), Studio Z (Mill City Hot Club), and the Icehouse (John Penny), and continuing into next week as the Twin Cities Seven, Mary Louise Knutson (in the Dunsmore Room) and Arne Fogel all perform at Crooners, and the Explosion Big Band holds their monthly gig at ...
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