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Visionary Japanese Instrumentalist Keiko Matsui Debuts Music Video For The Title Track From Her Album "The Road..."
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1888 Media
Second Leg Of U.S. Tour Runs August Through October With A Special Guest Performance Aboard The Dave Koz Alaskan Cruise With over a million and a half albums sold and sold out concerts around the globe, keyboardist Keiko Matsui is a citizen of the world and one of the brightest stars in instrumental music. Earlier this year, Shanachie Entertainment released Keiko Matsui's The Road..., her 22nd album and a follow-up to her acclaimed 2007 South African inspired Moyo. Building on ...
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Wanna Buy a Record?
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Last week, Wrecking Crew drummer Hal Blaine sent along a fabulous YouTube clip of Wanna Buy a Record? The rare 35-minute film was made by Capitol Records in 1951 to explain how records were made and why they cost what they did (85 cents at the time). The film was for promotional purposes only and featured Mel Blanc [pictured] and Billy May along with executive Alan Livingston and assorted Capitol stars. The Capitol Recording Studios here was at 5515 Melrose ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Sanborn Chronicles
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, we have the first of two posts about saxophonist and former St. Louisan David Sanborn, who's coming back home to perform with keyboardist George Duke and bassist Marcus Miller in a concert Sunday, August 8 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. The show is part of an extended tour by DMS, as the “supergroup" is being billed, and is being presented by Jazz St. Louis as the first official installment in ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Percussive Prowess of Ronnie Burrage
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring drummer Ronnie Burrage, a St. Louis native who will coming back home next weekend to perform Friday, July 22 and Saturday, July 23 at Robbie's House of Jazz. In addition to leading his own groups, Burrage, who's 51, has worked with a long list of well-known jazz performers, including McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Archie Shepp and many others. He's also appeared ...
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Shuffler.FM's Tim Heineke Shuffler.FM on Bootstrapping a Music Startup [video]
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Brief Appreciation and Farewell to Reggie and Mardra Thomas
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The St. Louis jazz scene is losing two outstanding musicians this summer, as keyboardist Reggie Thomas and his wife, singer and actress Mardra Thomas, are moving to East Lansing, MI, where Reggie has accepted a job at Michigan State University. Working together and separately, both have delivered many fine performances to St. Louis audiences, and Reggie Thomas also has taught and mentored many young jazz musicians in SIU Edwardsville's jazz program. They will ...
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July 4th: Hail Caesar
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Lyricist Irving Caesar was born on this day in 1889. Caesar wrote the words to many standards, including Sometimes I'm Happy, Crazy Rhythm and I Want to Be Happy. In 1925, he teamed up with Otto Harbach to write Tea for Two for the musical No No Nanette, with music by Vincent Youmans (Sometimes I'm Happy was from the same show). To celebrate the Fourth, here are three sublime vocal versions of Caesar's love song: Here's Anita O'Day in Tokyo ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: New Orleans Comes to St. Louis
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
From big names like Dr. John, the Neville Brothers and Harry Connick Jr. to lesser-known acts, New Orleans musicians usually seem to do well in St. Louis. Longtime readers may remember yr. humble editor's half-baked theory, advanced several times before in this space, that this is in part because the two cities share a number of attributes—early settlement by the French, the Mississippi River, large numbers of Catholics, significant cultural contributions from the ...
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