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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/spring 2015 jazz preview, part 3
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, it's part three of StLJN's preview of touring jazz and creative music performers who will be coming to St. Louis in the first part of 2015. (You can see parts one and two, covering January and the first part of February, here and here.) Our first two clips feature cellist Okkyung Lee and saxophonist Lotte Anker, who will be performing separate sets in a concert presented by New Music Circle on Saturday, February 21 at Joe’s Cafe, 6014 Kingsbury ...
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Videos: Martha Davis and Spouse
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Even if you're up on past female jazz stars, odds are you've never heard boogie-woogie pianist Martha Davis. Davis came up in the 1930s playing in Chicago clubs and in 1939 married her bassist, Calvin Ponder. In the late 1940s, as the number of Los Angeles record labels proliferated following the settlement of the first musicians' ban in 1944, Davis and Ponder moved to California and began recording for Jewel Records in late 1947, with Ralph Williams on guitar and ...
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Videos: Sonny Stitt, London 1964
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
When I was a kid in the '70s, Sonny Stitt was my favorite saxophonist. I loved his lyricism, aggression and intensity. Then I tried to collect him and found it impossible. There were simply too many recordings, and back then albums cost real money, which didn't come easy to teens. I'm still collecting Stitt all these years later and still not done. Here are three terrific videos of the saxophonist... Here's Sonny Stitt on London's Jazz 625 on Oct. 18, ...
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Video: Cafe Montmartre, '59-'76
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Oscar Pettiford was one of the great jazz bassists on the New York recording scene in the 1940s and '50s. Sadly, his name today is slipping into obscurity. In 1958, Pettiford moved to Copenhagen, where he died in 1960 at age 37. He was the first to play jazz cello in 1949, and few could match his strength and speed. Featured in different segments are Pettiford, Bud Powell, Stuff Smith, Ben Webster, Charlie Shavers, Dexter Gordon, Charles Mingus and others. ...
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Video: Stan Kenton, 1962
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In October 1962, Stan Kenton and his Mellophonium Orchestra appeared on Jazz Scene USA, hosted by Oscar Brown Jr. The spectacular band featured Conte Candoli, Marvin Stamm, Bob Behrendt, Dalton Smith and Keith LaMotte (tp); Bud Parker, Tom Ringo and Bob Fitzpatrick (tb); Jim Amlotte (b-tb); Dave Wheeler (b-tb, tuba); Dwight Carver, Joe Burnett, Lou Gasca and Ray Starling (mellophone); Gabe Baltazar (as); Don Menza and Ray Florian (ts); Allan Beutler (bar-sax); Joel Kaye (bar-sax, bass sax); Stan Kenton (p); ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/spring 2015 jazz preview, part 2
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, we continue with part two of StLJN's winter/spring 2015 jazz preview, this time covering musicians and groups who will be visiting St. Louis during the first part of February. (To see part 1, which covers January, go here.) The month will begin with a series of performances featuring pianist Kenny Barron and vibraphonist Stefon Harris, starting Wednesday, February 4 and continuing through Saturday, February 7 at Jazz at the Bistro. Though Barron and Harris have paired up before, this ...
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