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News: Award / Grant

Grammys Restore Latin Jazz Album Award, Add and Combine More Categories

June 9, 2012

One year after the Grammy's dropped 31 categories, they're making even more changes. After outcries and protests from the Latin music community the Grammys have reinstated the award for the best Latin jazz album. The Academy's annual Board of Trustees meeting last month also netted several new awards. Added are awards for “best urban contemporary album" ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Byron Stripling's Tribute to Louis Armstrong; Kirk Whalum Plays Keilwerth; Free Outdoor Jazz Concerts; and More

June 8, 2012

Though the official start of summer still is a couple of weeks off, the summer season of free outdoor concerts around St. Louis already is well underway. This time of year also usually brings some visitors to StLJN who find the site by searching for “free jazz concerts in the park" or something similar, as well ...

News: Recording

Bill Evans at the Gate (1968)

June 8, 2012

Serious discussions about pianist Bill Evans' recordings start with his live sets at New York's Village Vanguard in June 1961. These dramatic recordings were produced by Riverside's Orrin Keepnews and capture the pianist in perfect poetic form with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian. Now, a new two-CD set being released on Tuesday by Resonance ...

News: Opinion

Streaming Music Will Change Culture for the Better. Here's How:

June 8, 2012

Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Forget, for the moment, about how much Spotify pays out to artists. Focus instead on the nature of those payouts. In the olden days (i.e. 20 years ago), recording artists had to convince you to fall for their music once - just long enough to buy a CD. ...

News: Recording

Glenn Miller: Army Air Force Band

June 7, 2012

Yesterday was the anniversary of D-Day, which always makes me think of Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band (1943-44). The band—though short-lived with Miller at the helm—was one of the finest of the period and strangely among the least-recognized today. Perhaps the appeal for me rests in the home-sick sweetness of the band's strings and the ...

News: Festival

Second Annual U City Jazz Festival to be Held Saturday, September 22

June 6, 2012

The second annual U City Jazz Festival will take place from 12:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 22 in Heman Park in University City. Festival organizer Michael Silverman announced the date in a Facebook post yesterday, and also revealed the list of musicians who will play the event this year. The musical lineup for ...

News: Performance / Tour

David Sanborn, Brian Culbertson to Perform Thursday, August 23 at the Pageant

June 6, 2012

Saxophonist David Sanborn (pictured), who grew up in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood, is returning home to perform at 8:00 p.m., Thursday August 23 at The Pageant. Sanborn last was in St. Louis in August, 2011, when he played at the Touhill Performing Arts Center with bassist Marcus Miller and keyboardist George Duke. He's being ...

News: Interview

Chick Webb, the Savoy King

June 6, 2012

Before Chick Webb died in 1939 at the age of 30, he established himself as a model for jazz drumming and his band as a gold standard of swing that humbled even Count Basie and Benny Goodman. In addition, Webb discovered Ella Fitzgerald. He became her mentor, guardian and protector as she developed from a street ...

News: Education

Charlie Hunter to Present Master Class on Saturday, June 23 at City Music

June 6, 2012

Guitarist Charlie Hunter, who's known for his ability to play leads, chords and basslines simultaneously on a custom-built seven-string guitar, will present a master class at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, June 23 at City Music and Education Center, 9291 Watson Rd. Hunter (pictured) will be in St. Louis that weekend to perform Friday and Saturday nights at ...

News: Festival

Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival Set for Saturday, September 15

June 6, 2012

The Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival has announced the lineup for its 2012 event, which will take place from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday, September 15 in the Old Webster business district near the intersection of Lockwood and Gore avenues. The festival's Gore Ave. Stage will feature music from the St. Louis Ragtimers, Boss ...