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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Improvisations from Gino Robair
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's take a look at some video clips featuring percussionist, composer, conceptualist and record label operator Gino Robair, who's coming to St. Louis to perform under the auspices of New Music Circle next Saturday, March 7 on the main stage of the Mildred E. Bastian Center for the Performing Arts at St. Louis Community College-Forest Park. Based in San Francisco, Robair has been a force on the international ...
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Legendary Santana/Journey Founding Member Gregg Rolie to Release Live DVD
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Houston, TX - You've heard his voice and keyboards on such classic Santana hits as “Black Magic Woman", “Evil Ways", “No One To Depend On", “Everybody's Everything" and “Oye Como Va", now legendary Santana / Journey founding member, and Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Gregg Rolie is preparing to release a DVD of his band in concert at the Sturgis Motorcycle Ralley in 2007. Shot with 17 cameras, the Gregg Rolie Band whip up an exciting memorable performance ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Bruce Barth
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today our spotlight shines on pianist Bruce Barth, who's in town next week to do an educational residency for Jazz St. Louis, culminating in gigs on Friday, February 26 and Saturday, January 27 at Jazz at the Bistro.During the residency, Barth and his group will give school performances and work directly with young musicians in JSL's JazzU program and the Jazz St. Louis All-Stars student ensemble. Barth's band and the ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on the Blue Note 7
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
We've super-sized this week's video post to bring you a preview of the Blue Note 7, who will be in St. Louis next Sunday, February 22 to perform at the Sheldon Concert Hall under the combined auspices of Jazz St. Louis and the Sheldon.Because the band is an all-star group assembled specifically for a tribute album and 50-city tour commemorating the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records, there's no video ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Three from Pat Martino
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, we've got three music videos featuring guitarist Pat Martino, who will be in St. Louis from Wednesday, February 18 through Saturday, February 21 to perform at Jazz at the Bistro. A native of Philadelphia, Martino came up in the 1960s playing in the classic organ-trio style and established himself as one of the top young guitarists in jazz. At the turn of the 1970s, he branched out into fusion, making ...
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Indies Get Wilco DVD Early for Record Store Day
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Billboard Magazine
In an effort to boost excitement for Record Store Day (April 18), Wilco is making its new Nonesuch concert DVD, “Ashes of American Flags," available early, and exclusively, to indie retail for the occasion, Billboard has learned. The film -- recorded in Tulsa, Okla.; New Orleans; Mobile, Ala.; Nashville; and Washington, D.C., during the band's 2008 tour -- will go on sale to all retailers two weeks later. It will serve as a teaser for Wilco's next studio album, expected ...
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Miles Davis Quintet Concert from Fillmore East 1970
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All About Jazz
Wolfgang's Vault, the online archive of concert recordings and memorabilia, now available on iPhone app announces today the posting of a rare Miles Davis Quintet show from 1970. The summary of the concert available right now for free streaming at wolfgangsvault.com. Performers Miles Davis - trumpet Wayne Shorter - tenor and soprano saxophones Chick Corea - electric piano Dave Holland - bass Jack DeJohnette - drums Airto Moreira ...
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"'Tis Autumn, the Search for Jackie Paris" Set for March 31 DVD Release
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All About Jazz
Tis Autumn - The Search For Jackie Paris is not just a documentary about a great but unheralded jazz singer, it explores the very nature of what it is to live the life of any artist--too many of whom share the same fate--the explosive debut, followed by the years of ups and downs, and the constant hope that success, though out of reach, is just around the corner, the private tragedies that grow out of artistic frustration, and the final, ...
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