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News: Interview

Something Else! Interview: Orrin Evans, Jazz Pianist, Composer and Bandleader

April 7, 2011

By Nick DeRiso Orrin Evans arrived amidst a wave of new jazz performers in the early 1990s. Unlike many of those young lions, however, he managed to bob up from that era's ultimately empty retro-conservatism. “A lot of those guys, quite frankly," Orrin says, “just gave too much of a f—. And I never did." By ...

News: Technology

Chaos We Can Stand: Attitudes Toward Technology and Their Impact on the New Digital Ecology

April 7, 2011

I. Where Salvation Lies Upon discovering that I had relatively poor vision in the seventh grade—difficulties seeing the whiteboard and anything from afar—it was understood that I would need to get glasses. Not just any glasses though, the specific style that I wanted were those worn by the front man of the rock group Linkin Park, ...

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News: Event

Jazz for Japan at Kirkland Performance Center on April 18

April 7, 2011

Pony Boy Records & Kirkland Performance Center present: JAZZ FOR JAPAN Monday, April 18, 7:30PM Kirkland Performance Center 350 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland, WA 98033 more information Proceeds from ticket sales will also go directly to Peace Winds Japan Disaster Relief. Peace Winds America will be taking donations to fund their already-on-the-ground relief efforts, and will have ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Around Town: Comprehensive Rochester Live Jazz Listings for You.... Every Week

April 7, 2011

While there is live jazz spread across the whole week, I'm focusing my limited time (day job is doggin me) on the two-fer of Antonio Ciacca and Lynne Arriale on Saturday. Hope you can get out to hear something over the next seven days. And away we go .... Thursday, April 7, 2011 Live Jazz Jam ...

News: Event

Jazz Relief for Japan--on Two Coasts

April 7, 2011

he Vanguard Jazz Orchestra played to a packed Village Vanguard in New York in its Japan earthquake and tsunami benefit performance on Monday Night. The event streamed live on the internet and had hundreds of viewers, many of them in Japan. Guest artists included Barry Harris, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Lew Tabackin, Lou Soloff and, in a memorable ...

News: Performance / Tour

Eric Person to Play Saturday, April 23 at Robbie's House of Jazz

April 7, 2011

Saxophonist and St. Louis native Eric Person (pictured) is coming back home later this month to perform Saturday, April 23 at Robbie's House of Jazz. Person, who now lives in Brooklyn and doesn't get back to St. Louis all that often, will be joined for the gig by bassist Willem von Hombracht and drummer Demarius Hicks. ...

News: Award / Grant

Riverfront Times Announces 2011 Music Award Nominees

April 7, 2011

The Riverfront Times today announced the nominees for the 2011 RFT Music Awards. This year's contenders for “Best Jazz Artist" are guitarist Dave Black, saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett, pianist Peter Martin, singer Denise Thimes and pianist Reggie Thomas. In addition, several jazz and creative musicians and groups also showed up as nominees in other categories. Multi-instrumentalist Lamar ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Brad Mehldau, Cyrus Chestnut with Jon Faddis, John Pizzarelli, Marlin Bonds, Diverse, New Tricks, and More

April 7, 2011

It's a very busy week for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with several well-known touring musicians coming to town to perform over the next several days. Perhaps the most highly anticipated performances are those of pianist Brad Mehldau, who brings his trio with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard to Jazz at the ...

News: Interview

Interview: Ralph Carmichael (Part 2)

April 7, 2011

Ralph Carmichael likes to arrange strings in clusters. This technique allows him to take the largest possible group of violins, violas and cellos and, by bunching them into groups and voicing them as mini ensembles, he ensures richness and clarity without clutter and sweetness. For Ralph, the goal always is to create a luminous frame for ...

News: Performance / Tour

David Gray: Summer U.S. Tour

April 7, 2011

TOUR STARTS JUNE 26 AT DAVE MATTHEWS BAND CARAVAN FESTIVAL IN ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY Hot off the heels of his sold out “Lost and Found" tour, David Gray is excited to continue the momentum by jumping on the road again with a fresh series of dates across the US this summer, including a stop at ...