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Check out Video from Zubatto Syndicate
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Rolling Thunder PR
From Andrew Boscardin's blog about the June 11 CD release party for the debut self-titled album by ZUBATTO SYNDICATE: “Thanks to everyone who made it out to the Zubatto Syndicate release party on June 11. It was an extremely fun show and it was great to see old friends and make a bunch of new ones too! We played almost the entire record and debuted our cover of Metallica's “Master of Puppets." Apparently, our version is so heavy that it ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Dave Black Sampler
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring guitarist Dave Black, who was just voted “Best Jazz Artist" in St. Louis by readers of the Riverfront Times in balloting for the weekly paper's 2011 Music Awards. Black, who's originally from Indiana, has been living, teaching and performing here since the early 1980s, playing solo and duo gigs, leading his own bands, and serving as a sideman and accompanist for other musicians ...
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Weekend Extra: Bill Perkins
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Bill Perkins (1924-2003) was the archetype of the creative musician incapable of letting his style freeze in place. To borrow the phrase coined by his initial inspiration Lester Young, Perkins refused to be a “repeater pencil." He was with Stan Getz, Gene Ammons, Zoot Sims, Richie Kamuca, Al Cohn, Don Lanphere andmany others in a generation of young tenor saxophonists who developed with Young as their model. His playing under Young's influence graced the bands of Jerry Wald, Woody Herman ...
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First Video from Reunion Tour Supporting 'World Without Walls' by Ancient Future on Capitol Records
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Michael Ricci
July 26, 2011, Radio Add Date Announced for the Digital Release of this Classic 1990 Recording by Ancient Future featuring Tabla Master Zakir Hussain On June 7, 2011, the exact lineup of Ancient Future that performed on the band's influential World Without Walls and Asian Fusion recordings reunited to perform for the first time in over 15 years at Yoshi's San Francisco and other venues. That same day to celebrate the reunion, Capitol/EMI Records released the first ever digital version ...
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Three Chet Baker Clips
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I came across the following three Chet Baker video clips yesterday. If you're familiar with them, they're worth another look. If not, you're in for a treat. What's fascinating to me is his smoldering intensity and passion. Also haunting is how similar he and Elvis Presley looked in 1956, though Baker appears more morose and a lot less self-confident, albeit much more poetic. Without any further delay, here they are... Here's Baker in Rome in 1956... Here's Baker in ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Gaslight Square Remembered
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
More often than not, this weekly feature is dedicated to previewing upcoming concerts of jazz and creative music in St. Louis. However, talking this past week with people about the late Mae Wheeler and her long career got me thinking about both the history of jazz in St. Louis and the need occasionally to remember and celebrate the musicians and singers who made it happen. With that in mind, this week we're taking a look at St. Louis' Gaslight Square ...
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