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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Wynton Marsalis' "Swing Symphony"

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 14, 2012

This week, we're taking take a look at, and a listen to, a single extended composition: Wynton Marsalis' “Swing Symphony," written by the trumpeter to be performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra plus a full symphony orchestra. Completed in 2010, the work was premiered by Marsalis, JaLCO and the Berlin Philharmonic in June of that year. That concert was broadcast by PBS here in the USA, and “Swing Symphony" subsequently has ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Evolution of Christian Scott

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 7, 2012

This week, we take a closer look at the latest phase in the career of trumpeter Christian Scott, who will be in St. Louis to perform Wednesday, October 17 through Saturday, October 20 at Jazz at the Bistro The 29-year-old New Orleans native a couple of months ago released the two-disc, 23-track album Christian aTunde Adjuah. The title refers to the new last name Scott has adopted in acknowledgement of and tribute to ...

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JazzClip: Tjader and Jackson

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 2, 2012

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Few Minutes with Billy Childs

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 30, 2012

This week, let's spend a few minutes with some videos of pianist Billy Childs, who will be in St. Louis next week to play Wednesday, October 3 through Saturday, October 6 at Jazz at the Bistro. Although the gig is billed as the Billy Childs Quartet, the group - which includes alto saxophonist Steve Wilson, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Brian Blade - is positioned as more of a cooperative effort than a ...

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Route 66: 'Goodnight Sweet Blues'

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
September 25, 2012

Yesterday, jazz musician, educator and writer Bill Kirchner sent along a YouTube link to a 1961 episode of TV's Route 66 called “Goodnight Sweet Blues." The drama featured Ethel Waters as a dying singer along with Jo Jones (on trumpet), Roy Eldridge (on drums) and Coleman Hawkins in acting roles. The director was Jack Smight, who directed The Sound of Jazz. It was filmed in Pittsburgh. Confused about the instrument swap between Eldridge and Jones? Jazz editor and critic Dan ...

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Jazzed Media To Release New Documentary "Woody Herman: Blue Flame" On November 13

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
September 24, 2012

In recognition of the Centennial celebration of Woody Herman’s birthday in 2013, Jazzed Media will release “Woody Herman: Blue Flame", a feature-length documentary film by award winning producer & director Graham Carter, produced in association with The Woody Herman Society. It provides an in-depth look at Herman’s 50+-year career as a big band jazz leader and features rare film and video performances of The Woody Herman Orchestra including broadcasts from The Ed Sullivan Show and Iowa Public Television. Woody Herman ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Music of Marco Benevento

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 23, 2012

This week, let's check out some videos featuring keyboardist Marco Benevento, who will be in St. Louis this coming Wednesday, September 26 to play at the Old Rock House. Benevento's music, blending jazz harmonies, rock rhythms and various other elements, is a bit hard to categorize, which has let him move between the worlds of jazz, rock and jam bands with relative ease. Some of his pieces also have something of an ambient/minimalist ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2012 Jazz Preview, Part 3

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 16, 2012

This week, it's part three of StLJN's fall jazz preview, with video clips featuring some of the bands and musicians who will be coming to St. Louis to perform between now and the end of the year. (You can see part one of the preview here, and part two here.) The first clip up above shows New Orleans' Meschiya Lake & Dem Little Big Horns performing “Electric Chair Blues" at a house concert ...

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