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Introducing Lakecia Benjamin
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GoMedia PR
Follow along with charismatic and dynamic saxophonist/bandleader Lakecia Benjamin, as she travels through the streets of Manhattan on the way to the release of Motema Music debut, Retox. While she’s made quite an impact with her impressive sax work on stage and on record, Benjamin opted to take a slightly different tack on RETOX, which will be released on June 12. On the CD, she allows her talents as a composer and producer to share the spotlight with her funky ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Introducing Tia Fuller
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's check out some video clips of saxophonist Tia Fuller, who will be making her St. Louis debut as a bandleader with gigs next Wednesday, April 25 through Saturday, April 28 at Jazz at the Bistro. Fuller, 36, may be best known to the general public for spending several years as a member of the all-female band backing pop singer Beyonce, but she's also been leading her own jazz groups for ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Craig Hultgren
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's get reacquainted with cellist Craig Hultgren, who's returning to St. Louis next week to perform with members of the ensemble Luna Nova at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 14 at Christ Church Cathedral, 1210 Locust St. downtown. The concert, which is sponsored by New Music Circle, will feature Hultgren, pianist Adam Bowles and flautist John McMurtery performing 20th and 21st century works by composers Elliot Carter, Olivier Messiaen, Robert G. Patterson, ...
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Zoot Sims: Gone with the Wind
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In November 1984, Zoot Sims was in Lidingö, Sweden, with Red Mitchell on bass and Rune Gustafsson on guitar. He was interviewed on-camera by Mitchell, and the trio performed Gone with the Wind, In a Sentimental Mood, Autumn Leaves and Castle Blues. All three artists have since died—Sims in 1985, Mitchell in 1992 and Gustafsson in 2011. To some extent, it's unfortunate that Mitchell was Sims' interviewer, since his insider status inadvertently caused him to miss several opportunities to ask ...
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Duets: Sacha, Mireille and Dionne
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I'm on the road again this week, but I haven't forgotten you. Here's the first in a series of fabulous daily videos. Today, '60s French singing sensation Sacha Distel teams with Mireille Mathieu on the theme from A Man and A Woman in 1966. Mathieu was a powerful pop singer who emerged in the '60s in France with a voice that critics equated to Edith Piaf's. Next, Distel joins Dionne Warwick in 1964 on two bossa novas: A Man and ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Inside the Nu-Art Series Video Vault
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, we're taking a break from previewing upcoming concerts to take a brief trip into the video vault of the Nu-Art Series, the long-running, St. Louis-based jazz presenting organization run by trumpeter, arts administrator and consultant George Sams. Headquartered in recent years at the Metropolitan Gallery, 2936 Locust St. downtown, the Nu-Art Series has a shoestring budget compared to Jazz St. Louis or the Sheldon, but over the years has presented a ...
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New Take On Music Crowdfunding from Cooking Vinyl's Pete Lawrence and Book Publisher Unbound
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HypeBot
Pete Lawrence, founder of England's Cooking Vinyl record label and The Big Chill festival, is launching another more intimate festival called Alfresco. But instead of directly crowdfunding the festival, he's releasing a book full of stories about his past and offering tickets with pledges via Unbound, a book crowdsourcing and publishing service in London. For a variety of reasons it seems likely to be a success but, so far, only 5% of their goal has been reached. The first Alfresco ...
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