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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/spring 2016 jazz preview, part 1
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, it's the first part of StLJN's video preview of jazz and creative music performers who will be visiting St. Louis during the winter and spring months of 2016. First up are The Bad Plus, who will be returning to our town to perform Wednesday, January 6 through Wednesday, January 9 at Jazz at the Bistro. Given that this will be the tenth consecutive year that the provocative piano trio has played the Bistro in the month of January, ...
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Discovering Robert Campbell
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Three years ago, Jessica Ferber called to tell me an incredible story. Jessica said that back in 2002 she was living in Burlington, Vt., when her roommate told her about a project she was too busy to take on. A local homeless shelter had contacted their former philosophy professor at the University of Vermont about a homeless man who had just died and left behind a ton of photographs he had taken. Many of them were of leading jazz artists ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A birthday tribute to Clark Terry
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This coming Monday, December 14 would have been the 95th birthday of the legendary trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry. Though Terry passed away in February 2015 after several years of declining health, his spirit continues to inspire and his music lives on, and today StLJN pays tribute to his memory with some online music videos featuring him. Of course, as one of the most significant jazz musicians to come out of St. Louis, Terry has been featured many ...
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Jeanne Lee: All About Ronnie
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The song All About Ronnie has an interesting history. The song was written by Joe Greene, who worked extensively for Stan Kenton during the 1940s and 50s, when the band was in constant need of original vocal material. Greene typically wrote quasi novelty tunes like I Been Down in Texas, Across the Alley From the Alamo, And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine, And the Bull Walked Around, Olay! and Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying. All About Ronnie was ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Gathered 'round the Christmas Tree-O
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's videos feature drummer Matt Wilson and his Christmas Tree-O, who will be playing Wednesday, December 16 through Saturday, December 19 at Jazz at the Bistro. The holiday-themed project, one of several bands led by Wilson, played a one-nighter in St. Louis last year at Joe's Cafe, and Wilson, who grew up a couple hundred miles north in Knoxville, IL and has a brother living here, has played here a number of times in recent years with his other ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Six from Roseanna Vitro
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, the StLJN video spotlight shines on singer Roseanna Vitro, who will be visiting St. Louis to perform next Saturday, December 5 at the Ozark Theatre. She'll be accompanied by a band of St. Louis musicians including pianist Kim Portnoy, bassist Ric Vice, tenor saxophonist Jeff Anderson, drummer Clancy Newell, and trumpeter Danny Campbell. Originally from Arkansas, Vitro began her career in the 1970s while living in Houston, working with the veteran tenor saxophonist Arnett Cobb. She moved to ...
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A 12-Course Thanksgiving
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Welcome one and all to my annual Thanksgiving musical feast. Snowy outside? Toss your coats on the sofa, rub your hands in front of the fire above and come over to the table. The melodic jazz feast is about to be served... Arrival—Horace Parlan here... House Warmin'—Howard McGhee here... Silverware—Horace Silver here... Glass of Water—Leroy Vinnegar here... Dish It Up—Paul Renz here... The Oyster Dance—Jerry Granelli here... Wild Bird—Hal Galper here... Good Gravy—Teddy ...
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