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Dena Derose, Accompanist

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
October 18, 2009

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on the Wee Trio

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 10, 2009

This week, our video spotlight shines on The Wee Trio, who will be in St. Louis next week to perform Friday, October 16 and Saturday, October 17 at Jazz at the Bistro. The Wee Trio is comprised of former St. Louisan Dan Loomis on bass, James Westfall on vibraphone and Jared Schonig on drums. The group came together a few years ago in Brooklyn, NY, although Westfall has subsequently moved ...

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Weekend Extra: The Art of the Held Note

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
October 4, 2009

From the Wikipedia entry about the saxophonist known as Kenny G:

In 1997, Kenny G earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for playing the longest note ever recorded on a saxophone. Kenny G held an E-flat for forty five minutes and 47 seconds in the Hopkins-Bright Auditorium (named after his two friends) at J&R Music World in New York City.

What a treat that must have been.

We'll have to settle for a minute and twenty ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Previewing "Rapology" with Quincy Troupe, Kelvyn Bell and Ronnie Burrage

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 4, 2009

This week, we've got a grab bag of videos featuring the three principals of “Rapology," which will be presented next Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10 at Robbie's House of Jazz in Webster Groves.Poet Quincy Troupe, guitarist and singer Kelvyn Bell and drummer and multi-instrumentalist Ronnie Burrage are all natives of the St. Louis area, and though there don't seem to be any videos online of the three of ...

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Aretha Franklin 1971 Concert Download Released on Wolfgang's Vault Today

Source: Wolfgang's Vault
October 2, 2009

Oct 2, 2009: Aretha Franklin's powerhouse 1971 performance from the Fillmore West highlights the download releases Wolfgang's Vault has posted today of some of the greatest women in music. Today's download releases also include Janis Joplin in 1969 and Bonnie Raitt from the Lenox Music Inn in 1973. Aretha's now downloadable show is one of her three recordings from that year available at Wolfgang's Vault. All were recorded at the Fillmore West, and the other two can currently be streamed ...

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Sat Eye Candy: Abbey Road

Source: JamBase
September 27, 2009

THE SUN KING IS HERE TO GREET YOU AFTER YOUR GOLDEN SLUMBERS

Today marks the 40th anniversary of The Beatles' landmark Abbey Road being released in the United Kingdom. Few records can truly be called “essential" but this one rates and we've put together a “video album" to commemorate the occasion. Of course, John, Paul, George and Ringo are here, but we've opened it up to interpreters who've taken these songs and continued to breathe life and love into them ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Dig These Dueling Divas

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 27, 2009

Next week will be another busy one for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, and among the visitors to our fair city will be two well-known female vocalists, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Ann Hampton Callaway. Callaway will be in town on Friday night at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis to sing at the kickoff event for the 2009 U.S. Women's ...

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Indian Summer

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
September 25, 2009

Indian Summer is glorious in this precinct of the northern hemisphere. Skies are cloudless. The mountains stand out crisply on the horizon. Daytime temperatures are in the 80s and 90s, dropping to the high 40s at night. That makes for red apples and great wine crushes in the vineyards. The fine weather also makes for happy cyclists. On my velocipede tour of the valley today, the meteorological perfection brought to mind the song Victor Herbert named for this season. A ...

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