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News: Performance / Tour

Bonerama to Play at the Sheldon on Sunday, July 31

June 23, 2011

The Sheldon Concert Hall and The Gramophone are joining forces to present the New Orleans band Bonerama (pictured) in a performance at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, July 31 in the Sheldon's upstairs ballroom. Founded by trombonists Mark Mullins and Craig Klein, both veterans of Harry Connick, Jr's band, Bonerama features a front line of four trombones and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Around Town: Back to Your Regularly Scheduled Programming ....

June 23, 2011

Thursday, June 23, 2011 Katie Ernst @ Hochstein at High Falls Summer Concert Series, Granite Mills Park (Platt/Browns Race, Downtown), 12:15 pm Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm Babik @ Geneseo Community College Center for the Arts, Stuart Steiner Theatre, 7:30 pm Jim ...

News: Obituary

Bob Flanigan

June 23, 2011

More than one Rifftides reader has taken me to task for posting nothing about the death of Bob Flanigan, the original lead singer of the vocal-instrumental group The Four Freshmen. Flanigan died on May 15 at his home in Las Vegas. He was 84. As if to validate the group, many of his obituaries dwelled on ...

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News: Award / Grant

Riverfront Times Announces 2011 Music Awards Winners

June 23, 2011

The Riverfront Times announced the winners of the paper's 2011 Music Awards at a ceremony held Tuesday night at the downtown rock club, the Firebird. Guitarist Dave Black (pictured) was named “Best Jazz Artist" in the RFT's online reader poll, while the combo platter of singer Roland Johnson and the Voodoo Blues Band snagged this year's ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Norman Brown and Richard Elliot, Denise Thimes, Monterey County All-Star Band, and More

June 23, 2011

It's jazz festival season in many parts of the US and Europe, so touring jazz groups are bit thin on the ground this time of year in non-festival cities like St. Louis. Still, with many local summer free concert series underway and local musicians at the usual venues, there's a pretty decent variety of live jazz ...

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News: Interview

Latin Jazz Conversations: Benny Velarde (Part 1)

June 23, 2011

When recounting musical legacies, history books show a partial picture, capturing major trends but neglecting the wider scene. We tend to associate musical movements with towering historical figures, but forget that individuals can't create vast styles on their own. Every musical legacy has a hidden history, filled with names and faces that spent years working hard ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #284: Peter Eldridge

June 23, 2011

Mad Heaven (Palmetto, 2011) is the new album by pianist and vocalist Peter Eldridge. In this interview, Eldridge talks about making a thematic album; the influence of his parents and siblings on his musical taste and career choice; and the many projects hes working on, including a film score, a musical and a duo project with ...

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News: Recording

Adam Rudolph: Both/And

June 23, 2011

If you're looking for where jazz is heading, I urge you to take a listen to Adam Rudolph's Both/And (Meta), which is out today. The CD features Adam's Moving Pictures ensemble along with his Organic Orchestra Strings. What makes this album special are the textures Adam whips up with Western and Eastern instruments and improvised motifs. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jeff Beck: North American Tour

June 23, 2011

JEFF BECK ANNOUNCES CANADIANDATES; TOUR ALSO INCLUDES FOUR WEST COAST U.S. DATES; TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, JUNE 24 Jeff Beck, guitarist extraordinaire and rock icon, who recently captured three more Grammy Awards at the 2011 ceremony in Los Angeles, announces the launch of a fall Canadian tour starting on October 12 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: Summer Tour Dates

June 23, 2011

BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES ADD SUMMER DATES IN SUPPORT OF ROCKET SCIENCE Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have added a slew of Summer tour dates in support of the recent release, Rocket Science. The highly anticipated reunion record, which marks their first recording together in 20 years, immediately jumped to #1 on both Billboard's Jazz ...