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World Without Walls Reunion Video and Live Streaming Concert 10/16/2013
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Michael Ricci
Ancient Future Concert to Stream on ConcertWindow.com 'World Without Walls' Reunion Concert Streams Live October 16 at 8 PM PDT In a first for Ancient Future, their upcoming 'World Without Walls' reunion concert at the Freight & Salvage will be available for viewing anywhere in the world as a live stream. This is a very rare chance for Ancient Future fans worldwide to view a live concert of the exact lineup of the pioneering world music group that performed on ...
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Benny Golson: Germany, 2000
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Benny Golson is one of jazz's most lyrical tenor saxophonists and among its most gifted songwriters. His astonishing catalog of jazz standards includes I Remember Clifford, Stablemates, Whisper Not, Along Came Betty, Blues March, Killer Joe and so many others. His large number of albums recorded in the 1950s show off his composing gifts and his smoky, slippery tenor sound. His group the Jazztet in the early 1960s pulled all of his talents together in one sophisticated package. You'll find ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2013 Jazz Preview, Part 2
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, it's part two of StLJN's Fall 2013 jazz preview, with videos spotlighting the various jazz and creative music performers who will be coming to town over the next few months. In part one, posted a week ago, we covered most of the month of September; today's segment takes up where that one left off, on Thursday, September 26. That's when drummer and University City native Ronnie Burrage will return home for the first of three local dates that week, ...
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Video: Ben Webster, 1972
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the early and mid-1940s, there were three tenor saxophonists who radically changed the instrument's role in a solo setting—Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Ben Webster. Each had his own distinct sound—bossy and fluid on up-tempo tunes and seductive on ballads. Webster played with a range of bands in the early 1930s, joining Duke Ellington in 1935. By 1940, Webster was a major soloist in the band—his airy, vibrato-rich phrasing towering over the orchestra on songs like Cotton Tail. Webster ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2013 Jazz Preview
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, we offer part one of StLJN's 2013 fall jazz preview, with a look at some of the touring jazz and creative music performers who will be coming to St. Louis to perform in September. First up is singer Roseanna Vitro, with an interpretation of “Mama Told Me Not To Come," the Randy Newman song that was a major pop hit in 1970 for Three Dog Night. She recorded it a couple of years ago as part of an entire ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Red Baraat
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's turn our video spotlight on Red Baraat, who are returning to St. Louis to play this coming Thursday, August 29 at The Gramophone. Based in Brooklyn and led by drummer Sunny Jain, Red Baraat is a nine-piece group with an instrumentation similar to a New Orleans brass band (two reeds, three percussion, four brass). Having already played The Gramophone back in May, this will be their second St. Louis gig this year. Red Baraat's “dhol & brass" ...
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Weekend Extra: Bing and Trane
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
I don’t know whether “Love Thy Neighbor” is the most unlikely song John Coltrane ever recorded, but his 1958 version is one of the most delightful. Mack Gordon and Harry Revel wrote it for the 1934 movie We’re Not Dressing, a classic of the shipwreck survivor genre. Bing Crosby sang it beautifully in a contrived sequence that also involved Carole Lombard, Ethel Merman and Leon Errol. Listen to Crosby’s bluesy phrasing and inflection in the verse. He was, after all, ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Mars Explorer
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, let's look at some videos featuring saxophonist Mars Williams, who's coming to St. Louis to team with bassist Darin Gray and drummer Tyler Damon for an concert at 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 23 at the St. Louis Art Museum. The event is sponsored by SLAM and New Music Circle. Williams, who grew up in the Chicago area and studied with Roscoe Mitchell and Anthony Braxton, is a versatile player who first became known to rock fans as a member ...
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