Video / DVD News

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: "Sax for Stax" with Gerald Albright and Kirk Whalum

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 19, 2009

This week, let's take a look at some video clips of performance excepts from the “Sax For Stax" tour featuring saxophonists Gerald Albright and Kirk Whalum. The tour, named after Albright's recent CD of songs made famous by the legendary Memphis R&B label, comes to the St. Louis area for a show on Thursday, July 30 at the Ameristar Casino St. Charles' Bottleneck Blues Bar. Both men have been frequent ...

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Sat Eye Candy: Queen

Source: JamBase
July 19, 2009

RIFF GENERATING GENIUS TURNS 62 TOMORROW

Queen is one of those rock bands so rippled into what we consider that genre at this point that it seems too small a thing to call them “influential." From strict radio fare to the more outre melange of Howlin Rain, of Montreal and My Morning Jacket, there's Queen smiling out at us, all art spangled and power chord sweet. They are hard rock and tearful weepers, brainy concept makers and silly song slingers ...

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Inakustik's “Paris Concert” Series Released on Blu-Ray: Jose Feliciano Band, Stanley Jordan, Larry Carlton / Robben Ford / Autour Du Blues, Mike Stern, and the Yellowjackets

Source: All About Jazz
July 15, 2009

Inakustik and MVD Visual are pleased to announce the release of “The Paris Concert” Series on Blu-ray disc for worldwide distribution on July 14, 2009. As one of the largest independents in Germany, Inakustik is at the forefront of filming music content for DVD and now Blu-ray. Their endless praises have been sung by the press and the consumer alike. This set of Blu-ray releases come as little surprise given their affinity for detail and quality. “Inakustik’s standards for image ...

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"Hi Larry" Shelterbox Youtube Video Goes Live!!!

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2009

Its here! The new ShelterBox Hi Larry YouTube video has gone live!

PLEASE go to YouTube tonight, tomorrow, and this weekend and watch it, click it multiple times (so it records lots and lots of views), and share it with everyone you know. And dont forget to rate it and post it on your Facebook and other social media pages! We need to make this video climb in the ratings. That way, more people will stumble upon it and well ...

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Sun Spin: Jackson Browne

Source: JamBase
July 13, 2009

CLASSIC ALBUM SPOTLIGHT RETURNS WITH A TOOL FOR LIVING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES

Now there's a world of illusion and fantasy In the place where the real world belongs Still I look for the beauty in songs To fill my head and lead me on

Some albums slip past our defenses, touching places we might rather have left alone, tender spots that never quite scab over. While perhaps not always consciously welcome, it is ...

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Two Great Michael Jackson "Beat It" Flash Mobs

Source: HypeBot
July 12, 2009

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Sat Eye Candy: Cat Stevens

Source: JamBase
July 12, 2009

NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK, ROADSINGER

Today, like every other day, We wake up empty and frightened. Don't open the door to the study. and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

We woke with this Rumi poem playing on repeat in our heads. And then, in a flash, it ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Peter Martin

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 12, 2009

This week, we feature a couple of videos with pianist Peter Martin, a St. Louis native who has worked with internationally known jazz musicians such as Dianne Reeves, Chris Botti, Christian McBride and many others. Martin will be playing a free solo concert at 7:00 p.m. next Friday, July 17 in the Saint Louis Art Museum's Grigg Gallery as part of the museum's Art After Five series. The clip up ...

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