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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: "Stolen Moments" with Dave Samuels and the Caribbean Jazz Project

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 14, 2010

This week, let's spend a little time with Dave Samuels and the Caribbean Jazz Project, who will be in St. Louis Wednesday, March 17 through Saturday, March 20 to perform at Jazz at the Bistro.The group was formed in 1995 when Samuels, who had been the mallet percussionist for Spyro Gyra, joined forces with steel pan player Andy Narell and saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera for a concert in NYC's Central Park. ...

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Under Your Skin Interviews: Muriel Anderson, Maria Joao, Kiran Ahluwalia & Mieko Miyazaki

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2010

Muriel Anderson interview. Maria Joao interview Kiran Ahluwalia interview Mieko Miyazaki interview These interviews are part of the book project “Under your skin" which includes Interviews with Ron ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Jamie Cullum

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 7, 2010

This week, let's take a look at three clips featuring pianist and singer Jamie Cullum, who will be in St. Louis next Sunday, March 14 to perform at the Roberts Orpheum Theatre. Though he writes a lot of his own material, Cullum's performances and recordings also incorporate cover versions of standards and contemporary songs, and that's the theme uniting today's videos. Up above, you'll see him doing a ...

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Time to Stomp

Source: The Augmented Ear by John Patten
March 6, 2010

The New Jersey Jazz Society does a lot for jazz fans -- and for the future of jazz. One project the NJJS undertakes is the support of young jazz musicians, with scholarships awarded to students at New Jersey's fine schools of jazz: Rutgers University, William Paterson University, Rowan University and New Jersey City University.Scholarships for Rutgers students are funded by the Pee Wee Russell Memorial Scholarship Fund, in memory of the clarinetist. The fund is maintained by the ...

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Ben Harper and Relentless7 Live CD/DVD Due 03/09

Source: JamBase
March 2, 2010

BEN HARPER AND RELENTLESS7 RELEASE CD/DVD LIVE FROM THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL ON MARCH 9 BEN HARPER/EDDIE VEDDER SPLIT SINGLE BENEFITTING HAITI RELIEF NOW AVAILABLE

Ben Harper and Relentless7 On the heels of an incredible first year as a band and the release of their powerful album, White Lies For Dark Times, Ben Harper and Relentless7 is hitting fans with a one-two punch by delivering a commanding documentation of one of their most incredible performances ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Three from Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 28, 2010

Our video spotlight shines this week on trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, who will be in St. Louis on Saturday, March 13 to perform at the Sheldon Concert Hall. The JaLCO functions as the house band for the jazz program at NYC's Lincoln Center, and as such, they're called upon to perform a wide variety of music, from classic big band arrangements drawn from the catalogs of ...

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Gogol Bordello Non-Stop on DVD March 16th

Source: Michael Ricci
February 25, 2010

GOGOL BORDELLO NON-STOP AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE ON DVD MARCH 16TH: Definitive feature documentary on Gypsy punk rock band and international sensation uncovers the insane party culture of the band and its leader and indie-movie-star Eugene Htz

“In Gogol Bordello Non-Stop [Eugene Htz] emerges as a passionate, articulate philosopher of punk's democratic participatory aesthetic who espouses the rejection of social hierarchies in concerts that are raucous, bacchanalian performance-art carnivals." -- Stephen Holden, The New York Times

A vibrant chronicle of one of ...

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MVD and Original Spin Media to Release the First Set of SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions DVD Series on March 23, 2010.

Source: Michael Ricci
February 22, 2010

Original Spin Media and MVD Visual are proud to announce the DVD release of SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions series on March 23, 2010. The first three releases will feature Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Lee Konitz, and Andrew Hill. SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions is a 39 episode HDTV music performance/profile series profiling legendary artists such as Lee Konitz, Greg Osby, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, John Abercrombie, James Blood Ulmer, Andrew Hill, Charlie Hunter, Phil Dwyer, Mark Turner, Mike Murley, Bill Frisell and many more. Each ...

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