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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2012 Jazz Preview, Part 2

September 8, 2012

This week, we present part two of StLJN's fall jazz preview, featuring video samples of some of the musicians who will be coming to St. Louis to perform between now and the end of the year. (You can see part one of the preview here.) Today's first video up ...

News: Opinion

Poll (Results) and a New Poll: The 5 Best Jazz/Rock Fusion Recordings of All Time

September 7, 2012

On January 29, 2009, I posted a poll here with links to it on various online music discussion groups, asking people to nominate what they felt were the 5 best jazz/rock fusion albums of all time. A good number of responses came in by email, while quite a few were posted on the online forums and here ...

News: Performance / Tour

Legendary Saxophonist George Coleman Coming to the Jazz Standard October 25th thru 28th, 2012.

September 7, 2012

George Coleman would be a legendary figure in jazz for his crucial role in the Miles Davis Quintet of 1963-64, even if he'd never recorded a string of fine albums as a leader. Coleman fans have heard him most often in an acoustic setting with longtime Memphis running partner, pianist Harold Mabern. But this week at ...

News: Performance / Tour

Origin Records "Human Spirit" 2012 Upcoming Tour Dates.

September 7, 2012

“...(Human Spirit) pushes forth the definition of the new West Coast jazz..." —C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz October 5 - 6: ANDY'S JAZZ CLUB, CHICAGO, IL 11 E. Hubbard St., Chicago, IL 60611, (312) 642-6805, 9:30pm Thomas Marriott (trumpet), Mark Taylor (saxophone), Chip Stephens (piano), Matt Ulery (bass) and John Bishop (drums) West Coast Tour ...

News: TV / Film

JazzDoc: History of Reggae

September 7, 2012

Reggae's development in Jamaica has much in common with the rise of post-war jazz, and it parallels the surge of R&B in the U.S. Under British rule until 1962, Jamaicans in the '50s were increasingly conscious of American music when large sound systems and turntables became a staple of social gatherings. In the years before Jamaica's ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Marcus Miller, Bob Sheppard, Tributes to Horace Silver and the Blue Note Sound, and More

September 6, 2012

It looks to be a nice weekend in St. Louis, weather-wise, and there's also a nice selection of live jazz and creative music available in local venues as the fall presenting season begins. And speaking of seasons, tonight Jazz St. Louis will have their first-ever public “season preview party" at Jazz at the Bistro. (They've had ...

News: Recording

Red Garland + Oliver Nelson

September 6, 2012

Back in March 1961, saxophonist Oliver Nelson [pictured above] teamed with pianist Red Garland for the first time. Five tracks were recorded with Richard Williams on trumpet, Peck Morrison on bass and Charlie Persip on drums. The session would be the only time Nelson and Garland recorded together—an odd and unfortunate circumstance. What's even stranger is ...

News: Education

Saxophonist Sam Newsome and Pianist Ethan Iverson Perform in the Sound It out Series at Greenwich House Music School, September 15, 2012.

September 5, 2012

Sam Newsome will play an intro set of incantatory solo soprano saxophone - including famous Coltrane and Ellington pieces - before being joined by Iverson, pianist of The Bad Plus, for a full duo performance. The Sound It Out series presents saxophonist Sam Newsome and pianist Ethan Iverson in performance at the Greenwich House Music School ...

News: Recording

Trumpeter John Daversa Returns with Crackling Small Group. Special Guests Bob Mintzer and Gretchen Parlato

September 5, 2012

Street Date: September 25th, 2012 “John Daversa is pioneering a new jazz sound" —Marc Myers, Jazz Wax On the heels of 2011's high-energy, take-no-prisoners, boundary-stretching Junk Wagon: The Big Band Album, acclaimed L.A.-based trumpeter-composer-arranger John Daversa scales things back for his upbeat follow up, Artful Joy. "It was difficult trying to find the right album name ...

News: Interview

Bonnie Bowden and Stevie Wonder

September 5, 2012

Singer Bonnie Bowden has an interesting background. Today she performs with jazz groups and swing bands on the West Coast. But from 1972 onward into the 1980s, she was a member of Sergio Mendes' “Brasil" groups, which specialized in uplifting, samba-soaked versions of contemporary and bossa nova hits. During this period Bonnie had some interesting studio ...