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News: Recording

Peter Evans Quintet, "Ghosts": Further Adventures in Chop-Bop Land

April 15, 2011

Peter Evans is headed somewhere. Have trumpet, will travel to a new netherland. It's been unfolding bit by bit for those who are following. His work in Mostly Others Do the Killing (more on that in a few days), his last Cleanfeed album as a leader (all this see below for reviews), and now this new ...

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News: Recording

Rediscovery: Brick

April 15, 2011

I was 13 years old when I first heard “Dazz" and I knew from the very first moment I heard this song on the radio that this was one of the very best songs I'd ever heard in my life. I seem to remember my wonderful grandmother (babysitting us at the time) taking me and the ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Around Town: Your Live Jazz Listings for the Next 7 Days

April 14, 2011

Thursday, April 14, 2011 Live Jazz Jam with ESM Students @ Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 6:00 pm A. Giannavola @Lemoncello, 6:00 pm Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm Roberts Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble @ Roberts Wesleyan Cultural Life Center, 7:00 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm The Djangoners ...

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News: Video / DVD

"Take Five" a la Pakistan

April 14, 2011

When Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond took time out for tips from Indian musicians during their 1958 State Department tour, the exchange worked both ways. The Brubeck Quartet's tour was an important component of the cultural diplomacy the United States practiced during the Cold War. Among other inspirations Brubeck picked up on the international road more ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jeremy Davenport to Perform on May 14 at Benefit for Operation Food Search

April 14, 2011

Trumpeter, singer and University City native Jeremy Davenport is coming home from New Orleans next month to perform at a benefit for Operation Food Search. The gala event, which commemorates the organization's 30th anniversary, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 14 at the headquarters of the investment firm Edward Jones, 12555 Manchester Rd. in ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, Yellowjackets, Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Del McCoury Band, Vanessa Rubin, and More

April 14, 2011

It's another busy week for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with a number of touring musicians and groups performing here over the next several days in styles ranging from traditional New Orleans jazz to big band to fusion to free improv. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, the electric jazz/fusion group Yellowjackets returns to ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra to Premiere New Work with 115-Voice Choir at Free NYC Music Marathon.

April 14, 2011

The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance and Symphony Space in New York City will present pianist/composer Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra on May 14, 2011, at 9:30 PM. The free event is part of Wall to Wall Sonidos, the culmination of a yearlong multi-disciplinary programming initiative focusing on Latino arts and culture at Symphony ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Dan Weiss CD Release Concert April 15th, 2011 at the Jazz Gallery in NYC

April 14, 2011

Dan Weiss CD Concert Friday April 15th, 2011/ 9pm and 10:30 pm $20/$10 members The Jazz Gallery 290 Hudson Street NYC 212-242-1063 This performance will celebrate the release of his new CD Jhaptal Drum set Solo accompanied by Miles Okazaki. Dan Weiss—Drums Miles Okazaki—Guitar Dan Weiss ...

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News: Recording

Stan Getz and Cal Tjader

April 14, 2011

In February 1954, Stan Getz and the George Shearing Quintet were booked on the same bill for a series of West Coast concerts produced by Gene Norman. On the bus trip from Portland to Seattle, Getz tried to kick his heroin habit. The tenor saxophonist intended to be clean before the likelihood of drawing jail time ...

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News: Interview

Al Di Meola: Head and Heart

April 14, 2011

By Dennis Cook It's a small wonder that Al Di Meola isn't a major player in the jam scene. His pioneering work while just 20-years-old in Return To Forever alone should bestow the same elder statesman status as John Scofield and other electric jazz and fusion groundbreakers enjoy. Perhaps it's because Di Meola has cut his ...