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Lifting Thanksgiving Spirits
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In past years on Thanksgiving, I provided you with a dinner menu of sorts using the titles of jazz songs. This year, it appears the Washington Post liked the concept so much they used it themselves across multiple music genres. No worries. Time to switch holiday-themed posts anyway. So I've decided to boost your spirits with a handful of wonderful TV variety-show clips. What they all have in common is their ability to make you smile and laugh: Here's Once ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Vijay Iyer's continuing evolution
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's peruse some videos featuring pianist Vijay Iyer, who will return with his trio to perform Wednesday, November 30 through Saturday, December 3 at Jazz at the Bistro. Iyer, who last played St. Louis in January 2010 at the Bistro, has become one of the most acclaimed jazz musicians of the last decade, having won DownBeat's “Artist of the Year" award in 2016, 2015 and 2012, plus a whole trophy room's worth of other prizes. One of those ...
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Spoken Word Artist Tony Adamo Releases "Birth Of The Cool" Video
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Tony Adamo
"Tony Adamo harkens back to a day that, for most modern listeners, never was: a time in the 50s and 60s when a small but influential cast of artists in jazz, poetry and movies oozed a dangerous, irresistible force that men admired and women wanted. The Rat Pack sort of had it, but for each Sinatra or Martin, there were hundreds of underground artists who lived more dangerously and closer to their creative edge. With jazz as the centerpiece, Adamo ...
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Young People's Concerts: Jazz
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In early 1964, Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic staged a series of Young People's Concerts at the newly opened Lincoln Center that married storytelling with different forms of music, including classical, jazz and folk. The point was to narrate original children's stories on stage while the New York Philharmonic or jazz and folk groups illustrated the drama. On Feb. 8, 1964—between the date the Beatles arrived in the U.S. and the night they performed on the Ed Sullivan ...
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Mose Allison: Favorite Tracks
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday, with the passing of jazz-folk pianist Mose Allison on Nov. 15, I posted a remembrance and my 2010 JazzWax interview in its entirety. Today, I want to feature 10 favorite Mose clips, so we all can appreciate how important and special he was. Here they are: Here's Warm Night (1957)... Here's Parchman Farm (1957)... Here's Crepuscular Air (1957)... Here's Trouble in Mind (1957), with Mose on trumpet... Here's I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out! (1958) Here's ...
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Chick Corea at 75
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Pianist, composer and bandleader Chick Corea (born June 21, 1941) continues the long celebration of his 75th birthday, currently at his frequent New York headquarters the Blue Note. Corea’s career has brought him together with virtually every major figure in modern jazz. We congratulate him and wish him many more years of the creativity, daring and joyous expression that have made his work an inspiration for musicians and a source of deep satisfaction for listeners. Let’s listen to “Matrix” from ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Catherine Russell has Harlem on her mind
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, StLJN's video spotlight shines on singer Catherine Russell, who will be returning to St. Louis to perform Wednesday, November 16 through Saturday, November 19 at Jazz at the Bistro. Russell, lauded as one of the most gifted contemporary interpreters of vintage jazz and blues songs, will be making her first St. Louis appearance since her debut as a headliner here in 2014 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. It's been an eventful year for Russell, who in July released ...
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Music for the Day After
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Whether you're overjoyed or devastated by the results of the American Presidential election, I'm turning JazzWax over to organists today to help readers celebrate or cope. The organ is the only instrument I know that can have it both ways: Here's Terry Bradford playing Walk With Me... Here's someone's beautiful mother playing a gospel organ... Here's Cory Henry playing He Has Made Me Glad... Here's Joe Pantano playing Lil' Darlin'... And here's Mike Reed playing a medley of Call Me ...
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