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News: Obituary

Joe Lovano on Abbey Lincoln

August 18, 2010

"Abbey was one of the most distinctive voices in modern jazz. She told some beautiful honest stories about her life and experiences and had a way of expression that touched you in a very personal way. Abbey's tunes and interpretations were full of meaning with each word articulated with deep passion. She was a beautiful story ...

News: Award / Grant

Annenberg Center Among 2010 Philadelphia Theatre Initiative Grant Recipients

August 18, 2010

Philadelphia, PA—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced more than $960,000 in grants from the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative (PTI) to 13 theater companies, presenters, and theater independent artists. This year's PTI-funded performances represent a broad spectrum of imaginative programming for the stage that will engage the public in lively, sometimes unconventional ways. Over the course ...

News: Opinion

Now is the Time . . .

August 17, 2010

Calling all cats! I wrote some weeks ago about Mike Durham's plans for a new version of the Whitley Bay International Jazz Festival — a Classic Jazz Party to be held at the same location (the comfortable Village Newcastle Hotel) for three days in November 2011 —Friday to Sunday, November 4-6. Mike's musician list is once ...

News: Obituary

Herman Leonard, 1923-2010

August 17, 2010

Herman Leonard died last Saturday in Los Angeles at 87. A master of backlighting in smoky atmospheres, and of meticulous darkroom wizardry, Leonard photographed images that caught the mood of music-making by some of the most significant jazz artists of the 20th century. For an obituary, see the New Orleans Times-Picayune's website. Leonard lived and worked ...

News: Performance / Tour

Michael Franks to Perform September 16 at Ameristar Casino's Bottleneck Blues Bar

August 17, 2010

Singer Michael Franks (pictured) is coming to the St. Louis area to perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 16 at the Ameristar Casino St. Charles' Bottleneck Blues Bar. Franks began his career in the 1970s, and has recorded 20 albums of his original jazz-pop songs, which often incorporate Latin and Brazilian rhythms. He has recorded with ...

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Herman Leonard (1923-2010)

August 17, 2010

Herman Leonard, a photographer with a commanding mastery of light whose dramatic and expressive nightclub portraits of jazz artists starting in the 1940s helped shape and promote jazz's nocturnal image and mystique, died on August 14 in Los Angeles. He was 87. [Photo by Herman Leonard / CTSImages.com] In the years before the Internet, television and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Allman Brothers Band Add Live Date

August 17, 2010

GREGG ALLMAN RETURNS TO THE STAGE The Allman Brothers Band have added another live date on November 11 at the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 20 at 10 AM. The band is also scheduled to play a trio of dates at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston starting November 18 through ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience Tour

August 17, 2010

STATE OF THE ART SOUND SYSTEM, LIGHT SHOW, & VIDEO SCREENS BY ANNERIN PRODUCTIONS (THE PINK FLOYD EXPERIENCE, RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES) Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience will be celebrating the life and music of his father; the legendary Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham this fall. A limited concert tour, timed to commenorate the ...

News: Performance / Tour

Kings of Leon Reschedule St. Louis Show

August 17, 2010

JULY 23 TICKET HOLDERS ATTEND FREE OF CHARGE Kings of Leon have announced they will return to the Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre in St. Louis on September 25. On July 23, the band left the stage three songs into their set after being hit with bird droppings. “As soon as what happened happened, we knew we were ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Robert Randolph: Fall Tour Dates

August 17, 2010

TOUR STARTS OCTOBER 6 IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA Robert Randolph & the Family Band are happy to announce new fall tour dates. Pre-sale for the following dates begins 9/1 at 9am. You can find ticket links for these shows on the tour page. Public on sale begins on 9/9. 10/29—Washington, DC—9:30 Club 10/30—Washington, DC—9:30 Club ...