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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Introducing Kris Davis
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's get acquainted with pianist Kris Davis, who will be making her St. Louis debut as a leader in a concert presented by New Music Circle on Saturday, February 16 at 560 Music Center. Davis will be touring in support of her most recent CD, Capricorn Climber, which was released late last year on Clean Feed Records. It features her performing with two of her most frequent collaborators, saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Tom Rainey, along with violist ...
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Duncan Millar Video For New Single "Fresh Air" Now Online
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Jiminy Cee
Duncan Millar's video for his new single “Fresh Air" can now be viewed at Youtube (and is embedded below). The track is currently #1 at groovejazzmusic.com and at radiowavemonitor.com and has increased play on US smooth-jazz radio charts. The album will be released February 12th through Amazon and iTunes, also, with free downloads from All About Jazz, Reverbnation and Bandcamp. Fresh Air follows pianist, keyboardist and MOBO jazz-nominee Duncan's previous releases Dream Your Dream and Good To Go on Instinct ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Six from the Wee Trio
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Our video spotlight shines this week on The Wee Trio, who will return to St. Louis to play Friday, February 8 and Saturday, February 9 at Jazz at the Bistro. The gigs will serve as live recording sessions for their next album, as well as a visit home for bassist Dan Loomis, who grew up in the St. Louis area and graduated from the jazz program at SIUE. Loomis, vibraphonist James Westfall, and drummer Jared Schonig have played the Bistro ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Dave Holland Sampler
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's look at some videos featuring bassist Dave Holland, who will be back in St. Louis with his long-running quintet to perform Wednesday, January 30 through Saturday, February 2 at Jazz at the Bistro. Generally acknowledged as one of the top jazz bassists of the past 50 years, Holland came to the USA from his native England to join Miles Davis' band in the late 1960s. Detailing his busy career since then is beyond the scope of this ...
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When Harry James Met Nancy Ames
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Scouring the web in search of something unrelated, I came across a clip from a 1967 Ed Sullivan show that brought to mind—as if a reminder were needed—Harry James’s stunning musicianship. The trumpeter teamed up with Nancy Ames in a performance of one of Ethel Merman’s signature songs from Cole Porter’s Anything Goes. A couple of his licks in the piece emphasize James’s ability as a blues player, an attribute often ignored by critics who downgraded him for his sugary ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Made Possible by the Bad Plus
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, we feature some video clips of The Bad Plus, who will be back in St. Louis next Wednesday, January 16 through Saturday, January for what's become an annual four-night stand at Jazz at the Bistro. Since StLJN has covered those previous visits in some detail, let's assume today that those interested in the group's back story can follow the links, and instead today devote our attention to Made Possible, The Bad Plus' ninth album together, which was released ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/Spring 2013 Jazz Preview, Part 4
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, it's the fourth and final part of our preview of touring jazz musicians who will be coming to St. Louis during the first few months of 2013. (Here's part 1, part 2 and part 3.) The first clip up top is a short promotional video for the Monterey Jazz Festival 55th Anniversary All-Stars, who will perform on Friday, April 19 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center as part of the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival. The group, which includes ...
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