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Jazz this week: Chucho Valdés & Joe Lovano, Jen Shyu, "Jazz Explosion," and more
Here's what's happening with live jazz and creative music over the next few days in St. Louis... Thursday, November 10 Composer and multi-instrumentalist Jen Shyu will present a free, public artist's talk and workshop at the Lewis Center, the Washington University School of Art building located off-campus at 721 Kingsland Ave in U City. Also on ...
Jack Sheldon: Ray Charles Profile
In May 1961, Jack Sheldon recorded what today is one of his rarest and most interesting albums—A Jazz Profile of Ray Charles (Reprise). Over two days, the West Coast trumpeter recorded with a trio—Marty Paich (p, org), Joe Mondragon (b) and John Markham (d). The album came out in July, with Charles writing the back-jacket notes. ...
Pandora Gets A Makeover: Replays, More Skips And Tour Dates Via Ticketfly And Songkick
Ahead of the launch of its on-demand streaming music platform, Pandora has unveiled a new web platform and features designed to please both users and advertisers. Pandora released an overhauled web platform today that includes an enhanced user interface and intuitive features, while supporting a new ad structure and features including skips, replays and tour dates. The ...
Music for the Day After
Whether you're overjoyed or devastated by the results of the American Presidential election, I'm turning JazzWax over to organists today to help readers celebrate or cope. The organ is the only instrument I know that can have it both ways: Here's Terry Bradford playing Walk With Me... Here's someone's beautiful mother playing a gospel organ... Here's ...
Artist's Guide To Getting A Great Manager
As a musician, you will hopefully reach a point in your career when you need to have a manager. To answer the challenging question of when that point is, as well as how to go about actually finding one once you're there, we here from Nashville-based CONNECT manager Daren. Guest Post by Daren on the Reverbnation ...
Joe Henderson: Mirror, Mirror
Largely forgotten today is Joe Henderson, and I'm not quite sure why. Perhaps it's because the tenor saxophonist made his mark in the 1960s, when fewer jazz fans were paying close attention. Or maybe it was because most of his best albums during the period were sideman dates. Or it could be that Wayne Shorter and ...
Dan Sheron On Touring Russia
In this recent interview from DIY Musician, Chris Robley sat down to chat with solo singer/songwriter Dan Sheron of the band Balto about the logistics of touring in Russia, from booking to promotion. Guest Post by Chris Robley on DIY Musician Dan Sheron of the band Balto lived in Russia on-and-off between 2008 and 2010, so when he ...
Bob Cranshaw + Kay Starr
Bob Cranshaw (1932-2016), a Chicago-born jazz bassist who began recording in 1957 and became a significant force in the 1960s starting with Sonny Rollins' seminal album, The Bridge, in 1962, died on Nov. 2. He was 83. At a time when even the best jazz bassists seemed interchangeable to the average listener, Bob's playing stood out ...
Bob Cranshaw, 1932-2016
Bassist Bob Cranshaw succumbed to bone cancer yesterday at his home in New York City. He was 83. He may be best remembered as Sonny Rollins’s bassist for more than half a century, but Cranshaw’s career also included mainstay work with Dexter Gordon, James Moody, Kai Winding, Wes Montgomery, Duke Pearson, Mose Allison, Oliver Nelson, and ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Jen Shyu's "Solo Rites: Seven Breaths"
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Jen Shyu, who's performing here in St. Louis in a concert presented by New Music Circle next Friday, November 11 at the Kranzberg Arts Center. Shyu, who's now in her late 30s, was born in Peoria, IL to parents who immigrated to ...
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