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Video Showcase: Spotlight on Terence Blanchard
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, our video spotlight shines on trumpeter Terence Blanchard, who will be in St. Louis from Wednesday, June 3 through Saturday June 6 to perform at Jazz at the Bistro. Many jazz fans in St. Louis are already familiar with Blanchard, as he's played before at both the Bistro and the Sheldon Concert Hall in recent years. Even those who haven't seen him perform live may have heard some of ...
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Sat Eye Candy: Robert Fripp
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JamBase
KING CRIMSON'S COMMANDANT TURNS 63 TODAY
Guitarist extraordinaire and musical theoretician of the highest order, Robert Fripp has dipped his talented fingers into a lot of pies over the years. Besides the many and still-mutating configurations of King Crimson, he's worked with Brian Eno, David Sylvian, Steve Vai, David Bowie and numerous others, often steering his compatriots into cerebral spaces that stretch all involved. He is ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone's list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." ...
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B.B. King "Live at Montreux 1993" DVD out June 2nd
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Universal Music Enterprises
B.B. King/Live At Montreux 1993/Blu-ray & DVD Perhaps the greatest living bluesman, B.B. King was but a mere 68 when he appeared at Montreux in 1993 to wow the faithful. And he didn’t disappoint. Both DVD and Blu-ray contain his classic 16-song set. The Blu-ray has an exclusive three-song bonus (“Why I Sing The Blues,” “When Love Comes To Town,” and “Guess Who”) from his Montreux appearance 13 years later in 2006 at the age of 81. The ...
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Roger Kellaway Trio: Review and Bonus Video
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Washington, DC, correspondent John Birchard attended Kellaway's Saturday night performance in the nation's capital. Here is his report.
KELLAWAY AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
By John Birchard
The 2008-2009 season at the Kennedy Center's KC Jazz Club in Washington, DC finished with a flourish last night. In a tribute to the late Oscar Peterson, Roger Kellaway's Trio showed two sell-out crowds why he is so highly regarded among musicians and insiders.
Setting a tone of relaxed swing from ...
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Sat Eye Candy: Billy Joel
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JamBase
HAPPY 60TH PIANO MAN
While easy and fashionable to hate on Billy Joel, naysayers should consider how many times they've sold out Madison Square Garden, how many super models they've married and how many gold records line their walls before opening their pie-hole. Joel is a throwback to Tin Pan Alley, a song and dance man in a video world (and even with a face-made-for-radio he survived in that medium far longer than anyone could have expected). While he's piled ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Return of Frank Vignola
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, let's check out some video clips featuring guitarist Frank Vignola, who's returning to St. Louis next week to perform from Wednesday, May 13 through Saturday, May 16 at Jazz at the Bistro.The versatile Vignola was last seen here in March 2008, performing at the Sheldon Concert Hall and recording a DVD for release by the St. Louis-based Mel Bay Records. Before that, Vignola also played the Bistro in the ...
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STLtoday Has Online Video of Kind of Blue Tribute
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
