Results for "AAJ Staff"

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Taste of Candy

May 15, 2011

If StLJN's visitor logs for the past six weeks are any indication, there's a lot of reader interest in saxophonist Candy Dulfer's upcoming St. Louis performance next Saturday, May 21 at The Pageant. After checking out some online videos of various Dulfer shows, it's not hard to understand why. ...

Sat Eye Candy: Jack Bruce

May 15, 2011

THE BASS WORLD'S CREAM DE LA CREAM Jack Bruce changed the way people play the bass. With the chops of a jazz hound, the high-minded sophistication of a classical player and the raw force of rhythm & blues, Bruce helped establish the seriousness of rock musicianship in the 1960s and 70s. His groundbreaking work with Cream, ...

Boston Pops Presents a Mardi Gras Celebration with Dukes of Dixieland, May 17-18

May 15, 2011

The Boston Pops, led by conductor Keith Lockhart, is bringing New Orleans to Boston this week with a special Mardi Gras festival featuring the Dukes of Dixieland, taking place on Tuesday, May 17 and Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at Boston Symphony Hall. Tickets to the concert are $70-$91 and can be purchased online. The legendary Dukes ...

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack Dejohnette - The out-of-Towners (2004)

May 15, 2011

By Mark Saleski Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette. Piano, bass, drums. A rational person might ask, “Do we really need another live record from these people?" The answer, at least in my book (and I may not be rational), is a big yes. This trio, though they do have chops galore, is mostly about feeling ...

Jazz St. Louis Announces 2011-12 Season Schedule

May 14, 2011

Jazz St. Louis today released its 2011-12 season schedule, encompassing several different series at Jazz at the Bistro as well as a new “Legends of Jazz" series at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. The “Legends" series will kick off with the previously announced concert on Sunday, August 7 by George Duke, Marcus Miller and former St. ...

Members of Los Mua Equitos de Matanzas and Michel Herrera from Cuba to Perform at Fundraiser May 18 Benefiting the Chico O'Farrill School of Jazz

May 14, 2011

NEW YORK—The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance announced today that members of Cuba's legendary Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, as well as Cuban saxophonist Michel Herrera, will perform at its fundraiser benefiting the Chico O'Farrill School of Jazz (COSJ) to be held Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City from 6-9PM. Los Muñequitos ...

Aram Shelton's Arrive- There Was... (Clean Feed, 2011) ****a1/2

May 14, 2011

By Paul Acquaro Aram Shelton's 'This Was...,' recorded with his group Arrive in 2008 is a serious affair that is quite a fun and demanding listen. I was first struck by how cool this group was, cool in the sense of how the vibes, the upright acoustic bass, the commanding sax, and some very hip drumming, ...

Willie "The Lion" Smith - "Ain't Misbehavin'/St. Louis Blues" (1966)

May 14, 2011

Travis Sullivan - New Directions (Posi-Tone, 2011)

May 14, 2011

Saxophonist, composer and educator Travis Sullivan has an appealing sound and develops strong melodic mainstream jazz here, with an intelligently mixed program cookers, mid-tempo numbers and ballads anchored by his strong playing on saxophone. He is accompanied by Mike Eckroth on piano, Marco Panascia bass, and Brian Fishleron drums. While “Jamia's Dance" is a medium tempo ...

Robert Johnson - The Centennial Collection (Sony, 2011)

May 14, 2011

It is hard to believe that it has been twenty years since the release of The Complete Recordings of Robert Johnson rocked the music world. Amazingly the recordings of a long dead acoustic bluesman who was not particularly popular or well known in his own time (see Elijah Wald) managed to score a gold record some ...