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Thinking About John Gilmore

March 12, 2012

John Gilmore (1931-1995) was a tenor saxophonist highly regarded by leaders in a wide stylistic range. He worked with Earl Hines, Buster Smith, King Kolax, Miles Davis, B.B. King, and Charles Mingus, among many others. Gilmore was equally comfortable playing mainstream tenor with fellow Chicagoan Red Saunders and exploring the planets with Sun Ra. During his ...

News: Interview

Interview: Herb Snitzer (PT. 1)

March 12, 2012

What makes a jazz photographer tick? For years I have admired Herb Snitzer's unorthodox images of jazz greats Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Lester Young and many others. Herb's photos always have this “how did he take that?" quality, leaving you both baffled by their execution and grateful for his daring, since they ...

News: Career

Why Your Company Isn't Hiring Great People...

March 12, 2012

If you're working in music, you're working in a highly unstable, quickly-shifting industry with tremendous risk and uncertainty. Which is absolutely awesome except for people that like to punch the clock. But if we can all agree that great people are required for any great organization, why are we constantly hiring bad or simply adequate people? ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Herbie Hancock Retrospective

March 11, 2012

This week, our featured artist is pianist and composer Herbie Hancock, who's coming to St. Louis to play next Sunday, March 18 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. The concert is presented by Jazz St. Louis as part of their “Legends of Jazz" series at the TouPAC. Hancock is ...

News: Opinion

Willard Jenkins Ponders the Audience-Friendly Factor...

March 11, 2012

Robert Glasper backstage at Oberlin College the other night greeting one of his fans, the writer's daughter Iyesha Jenkins. One element of our dialogue on the black audience for creative music, as well as our conversation with Nicholas Payton (scroll down for that dialogue) and his ongoing promotion of the omnibus term “BAM" relates to the ...

News: Festival

Musikfest 2012: Lineup, Dates

March 10, 2012

MUSIKFEST 2012 TO FEATURE MORE THAN 500 PERFORMANCES ON 15 STAGES More free music than ever before awaits Musikfest guests when the nation's largest free, non-gated music festival celebrates its 29th year, Aug. 3-12 in Bethlehem. Over 500 performances will take place during the event's 10-day run, with great, free music on 14 of the festival's ...

News: Festival

The Great Googamooga: New Fest in Brooklyn

March 10, 2012

TICKETS AVAILABLE THURSDAY MARCH 15 AT 12 PM EST VIA GOOGAMOOGA.COM Superfly Presents, the co-founders and producers of Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, announced that it will be producing The Great GoogaMooga, a food, drink and music festival in Brooklyn's Prospect Park on May 19-20, 2012. The Festival will ...

News: TV / Film

The Beatles: Apple Records Doc

March 10, 2012

APPLE RECORDS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT APRIL 24 In 1968, under a haze of publicity, The Beatles opened their collective door to all manner of musicians, writers, artists, film-makers, inventors, designers, freaks and more than a fair share of opportunist sharks. But, despite a hefty investment, little of substance was forthcoming from these assorted misfits outside of the ...

News: Interview

Brian Patneaude Adds to Quality Discog with "All Around Us"

March 10, 2012

Compositions, as well as the performance, shine again for saxophonist The Capital District region of New York state is pretty rich in musical talent and has a strong jazz scene, even if it's one that suffers the same trials and tribulations as the national scene. One of it's attributes is saxophonist/composer Brian Patneaude, a fine player ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, March 8-15

March 10, 2012

A full week again, with women jazzers leading the way, from local vocals to imported talent. Highlights This Week March 9-10. Fans of vocal swing and spot-on harmonies will welcome the return of The Manhattan Transfer. Nominated for multiple Grammies over their three-plus decades of performing, the quartet brings their infectious brand of jazz, big band ...