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Sheryl Bailey, Lena Seikaly to Headline Second Annual Mel Bay Jazz Festival
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Guitarist Sheryl Bailey and singer Lena Seikaly will headline the second annual Mel Bay Jazz Festival, which will take place Thursday, September 25 through Saturday, September 27 at four different venues in and around De Soto, MO. The NYC-based Bailey is a Berklee School of Music graduate who has released eight albums as a leader, the most recent being 2013's A Meeting Of Minds. Seikaly, who earned a degree in classical vocal performance at the University of Maryland, has released ...
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Hong Kong International Jazz Festival Returns September 14 - 20
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All About Jazz
The Hong Kong International Jazz Festival returns for its eighth edition with an enticing offering of jazz of very different stripes over four days. Jazz festivals in Hong Kong have has a checkered history over the past quarter of a century but thanks to the eternal enthusiasm and the unstinting efforts of the Hong Kong Jazz Association the concept of a jazz festival in this iconic Asian city has refused to die; on the contrary, the HKIJF has now established ...
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Jazz This Week: Gateway Jazz Festival, Moaje Jam Session, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
As the dog days of August wind down and we look forward to the start of the fall presenting season, here's a look at some of the more noteworthy live jazz performances happening in and around St. Louis this Labor Day weekend. On Friday night, singer Ann Dueren's trio will provide the music for the annual Queeny Park Art Fair; The Sidemen will play at Evangeline's; guitarist Tom Byrne's trio will perform at Thurman Grill; saxophonist Kendrick Smith leads a ...
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Saxophonist Joshua Redman on the issues that face jazz musicians
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Michael Ricci
Tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman has been a star since he burst onto the jazz scene in his early 20s, winning the Thelonious Monk competition in 1991 and launching his prolific recording career in 1993. At 45, he remains a charismatic musician with broad stylistic interests, but with a blues sensibility and a fundamental allegiance to mainstream values of swing. Local audiences will get a big dose of Redman’s talents at the 35th annual Detroit Jazz Festival, which opens Friday and ...
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New Frequencies Fest: Jazz@YBCA San Francisco February 4-7, 2015
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Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
Yerba Buena Center for The Arts announced programming for New Frequencies Fest: Jazz@YBCA running February 4-7, 2015 New Frequencies Fest: Jazz@YBCA is a radical exploration of jazz's future through the lense of its pioneering spirit. The entire program is dedicated to jazz in the present tense while paying homage to the legacy of visionary artists of the 1960s and 70s through their impact on contemporary jazz and improvisational music. The past, current, and future San Francisco jazz scene and New ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Summer 2014 Jazz Film Festival, Part Three
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The original plan for this week to post some videos of Spyro Gyra and Mindi Abair, the headliners of the Eco Music Festival that had been scheduled for next Saturday at the Chesterfield Amphitheater. But since that show was canceled a couple of days ago under somewhat mysterious circumstances, and the first of this year's “fall jazz preview" posts isn't ready yet, we're going to extend our summer jazz film festival for one more week, starting with a thorough look ...
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Maxwell Enlists Eclectic Lineup For Caribbean Cruise
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Erykah Badu, Anthony Hamilton, Ledisi, Joe, Chrisette Michele, DL Hughley and more have been invited for the inaugural Maxwell + The 7 Seas, May 3-10, 2015. Phoenix, Arizona: On May 3, 2015, platinum soul star Maxwell will launch the maiden voyage of his own seven-day Caribbean cruise featuring a stellar lineup of R&B and contemporary jazz artists. Maxwell + The 7 Seas will sail on Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas from Port Canaveral, Florida to St. Thomas, St. Maarten ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Summer 2014 Jazz Film Festival, Part 2
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, we are once again in vacation mode, with a second installment of our summer jazz “film festival" offering a whole day's worth of online jazz videos for your viewing and listening enjoyment. In part one a couple of weeks ago, we served up a half-dozen documentary films about jazz greats. In part two, the theme is simple: “editor's picks, in concert." And so, without further preamble, we present today's selections, starting up above with a full set by ...
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