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Louie Bellson: Hollywood, 1962
Back in the early 1960s, big bands led by jazz stars of the 1940s and '50s still packed clubs in Hollywood. The Summit was one of them. Owned and co-managed by Jimmie Maddin from 1958 to 1962, the Summit was at the corner of Wilcox and Sunset and could host up to 200 people. Maddin ran ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/Spring 2014 Jazz Preview, Part 1
As 2013 draws to a close, this week we're looking ahead to 2014 with the initial installment of a series previewing some of the touring jazz musicians who will be coming to St. Louis during the first part of next year. Once again in 2014, The Bad Plus will return to our town to be the ...
Grover Washington, Jr.
Grover Washington, Jr., was born on this day in 1943 and died on December 17, 1999. He was a tenor, alto and soprano saxophonist who had huge success as a popular artist, in great part because his 1974 album Mister Magic was high on the pop, soul and R&B charts for weeks. He followed with additional ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, December 13-19
The holidays are nearly here, and some of our local favorite are celebrating with original music, new arrangements, and gigs this week. Big Gigs This Week Friday, December 13. No such thing as bad luck on this Friday the 13th. At the Artists Quarter, Laura Caviani joins forces with Gordy Johnson and Joe Pulice to celebrate ...
Jazz This Week: Holiday Jazz Continues, Doug Lawrence, St. Louis Rivermen, and More
The rush to the holidays is on, and if you're looking for some seasonal jazz this weekend in St. Louis, there's plenty to be had, along with an assortment of other jazz and creative music events. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, there's a trifecta of big band shows, as the Route 66 Jazz Orchestra plays ...
Interview: Keith Richards
One of Keith Richards' favorite Rollings Stones songs is Street Fighting Man. I learned this two weeks ago after pitching him on an interview for my “Anatomy of a Song" column in The Wall Street Journal. He loved the examples I had sent over and agreed to do it (go here for a free read—or pick ...
Jim Hall, 1930-2013
Devra Hall Levy informed friends this morning that her father died last night in his sleep at home in New York, six days following his 83rd birthday. In her message, Ms. Levy wrote from Los Angeles, “He was not feeling well, but had not to my knowledge been diagnosed with any particular illness.” Jim Hall was ...
Jim Hall (1930-2013)
Jim Hall, a soft-spoken and sophisticated postmodernist jazz guitarist who recorded as a leader and with many of the most visionary artists on the East and West coasts, offering swinging rhythmic support and piercing melodic solos, died on December 10. He was 83. Thanks to early friendships with prolific artists and a reputation for being a ...
Billy Joel, Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock Honored at Kennedy Center (Video)
The elite of Washington D.C. honored five giants of the performing arts Sunday night at the 36th annual Kennedy Center Honors. Billy Joel, Carlos Santana, jazz musician Herbie Hancock, opera singer Martina Arroyo and Shirley MacLaine were saluted in a ceremony that will air Dec. 29 on CBS. President Obama served as the master of ceremonies. Watch: ...
Jack Reardon (1934-2013)
Songwriter Jack Reardon, who wrote the lyrics to The Good Life in 1962 (music by Sacha Distel), died Dec. 3. He was 79. Jack wrote the lyrics to dozens of great songs, but The Good Life stands out. It was one of those songs that any artist in any music genre could pick up and knock ...
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Bill Bruford And Pete Roth: A One-Of-A-Kind Juxtaposition
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Miles Okazaki's Monkathon: The Complete Thelonious...
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Scott Kinsey: Thought Distortions and the Art of the Left...
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Isaiah Collier Plays Coltrane: Live at Jazz Alley in Seattle
Reanimating Conversations Past
John Scofield: Meant To Be
From the Inside
The Quiet Cruelty of the Music Business
Phil Schaap's Jazz Room
Franc Williams: Live From The West End
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