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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Happy Birthday, Clark Terry!

December 12, 2010

This week, we pay tribute and wish a very happy birthday to the great trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry, who's set to turn 90 this coming Tuesday, December 14. With a career in music that spans seven decades, Terry's accomplishments defy easy summary in a short blog ...

News: Music Industry

A CD Label That Plays to Sounds of Chicago

December 12, 2010

When the pianist Bradley Parker released his first LP in 1979, he went to the Chicago Tattooing and Piercing Company parlor on Belmont Avenue and had the album title, “Latin Black," inked across his left forearm. This was novel among artists in the '80s, when tattoos belonged primarily to sailors and biker gangs. Mr. Parker—also known ...

News: Recording

Unsigned Treasures: Amitie, Featuring Danick - Voyage D'Armour (2010)

December 12, 2010

By Nick DeRiso Voyage d'armour, French-born Danick Isabelle Jawer's thrillingly intricate new collaboration with Amitie, captures the affection, the sorrow and the music of a relationship—whether the listener speaks her native tongue or not. That's thanks in no small way to Amitie ("friendship" in French), a trio from Seattle that skips along with a jaunty insouciance, ...

News: Recording

Three 2010 Releases from Innova Recordings

December 12, 2010

By Pico This isn't the first time we've dedicated a post showcasing fresh offerings by a particular record label, and it won't be the last time. But innova Recordings isn't a conventional record label, and it's not just because their name isn't capitalized. An affiliate of the American Composers Forum, innova is about complete partnership with ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Winnie Dahlgren

by AAJ Staff
December 11, 2010

Meet Winnie Dahlgren: A native of Denmark Winnie Dahlgren started playing percussion at age fifteen, and received both her B.M. in music education and her M.M. in Performance from the Vestjysk Academy of Music in Esbjerg, Denmark. In the middle of her classical studies at the conservatory she took two years off to study jazz at ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With David White

by AAJ Staff
December 10, 2010

Meet David White:Trombonist/composer/arranger David White is a highly versatile musician who is building a strong reputation in the New York jazz scene. Since arriving in New York in 1999, he has performed frequently throughout the area and has shared the stage with such luminaries as Jon Faddis, Slide Hampton, James Weidman, Frank Lowe, Todd ...

News: Opinion

A Little Softer, Please?

December 9, 2010

Although I am not traditionally religious, I think jazz and creative improvisation are holy. One of the great puzzlements for a devout jazz listener like myself is that some people in bars and clubs where musicians are playing talk through performances. Given the greater formality (and higher ticket prices) of a concert hall, this is less ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Around Town: Putting the Jazz in Rochester Social Media...

December 9, 2010

Spent the day at an RIT symposium about social media of which blogs are but one example, but rushed home from the “after party" to do my own social media here on Jazz@Rochester. Here are the jazz gigs for the next seven days, at least those I know of.... Thursday, December 9, 2010 Brad Batz Ensemble ...

News: Video / DVD

Don't Let It Bother You

December 9, 2010

Extracurricular assignments will keep me busy for a while. The Rifftides staff will supply items to inform or entertain you. There's not much information in this one, but it may lift your spirits if, say, snow collapsed your roof or Julian Assange leaked one of your cables. Fats Waller ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Zappa Plays Zappa, Good 4 the Soul, Sinatra Songbook, Montez Coleman, St. Louis Rivermen, and More

December 9, 2010

This week's post may be somewhat minimal, thanks to a bad head cold that's knocking yr. humble StLN editor for a loop, but the jazz and creative music offerings in St. Louis over the next few days are plentiful. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, Zappa Plays Zappa performs at The Pageant. This year's show features ...