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News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, December 23-29

December 23, 2011

Year 2011 is soon to be “last year," but there's plenty of great music around town to enjoy over the coming week, even on Christmas Day. Tickets and gift cards to your favorite club make great gifts! Highlights This Week It's tradition! The Bad Plus come to town over the holidays and give us a preview ...

News: Advocacy

Calling All Drummers! Fight World Hunger with Marv Dahlgren!

December 23, 2011

Marv Dahlgren, well-known Twin Cities' percussionist and educator, has launched an initiative that he hopes will raise global awareness of world hunger. His new Global Drummers Alliance calls upon drummers to send the message via a global performance of “Three Camps" on January 14th at 2 pm CST. His fellow drummer (and former student) Dave Stanoch ...

News: Recording

The Omer Avital Group - "Asking No Permission" (Part 1 of 4 Part Series)

December 23, 2011

Lately I've been listening to a recording by Omer Avital that has piqued my interests. Although I own three recordings with Avital as leader, one in particular has been getting the most play while the other two sit neglected. I was trying to decide which one to review first. Reviewing his newest release would help keep ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Around Town: (Not) Home for the Holidays

December 22, 2011

Thursday, December 22, 2011 Jazz & Wine Happy Hour with The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:00 pm Anthony Gianavola @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm Bob Sneider @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm Mike Kaupa Duo Project @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm Fred Costello ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Bhob Rainey, Rodney Lancaster and Doug Bert, Marcus Baylor and Free Day, and More

December 22, 2011

As one might expect given that a number of local venues are closed for the Christmas holidays, the calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis is a bit sparse over the next week, but there still are a few performances worth noting wrapped around the holiday weekend. Let's go to the highlights... On ...

News: TV / Film

Musings on Latin Jazz: Thoughts on Afro-Peruvian Jazz

December 22, 2011

One of the most engaging trends in Latin Jazz over the past decade has been the growth in visibility and prominence of Afro-Peruvian Jazz. While musicians have flirted with the style for several years, the use of Afro-Peruvian rhythms in a jazz setting has become a noticeable part of the scene in the new millennium. In ...

News: Recording

Redbone: Come and Get Your Love

December 22, 2011

Native American jazz artists are few in number but their contributions were significant. The list includes Oscar Pettiford (Choctaw and Cherokee), Della Reese (Cherokee) and Keely Smith (part Cherokee). And before you start emailing me, trombonist Jack Teagarden's parents were both of German descent. On the rock and pop sides, the list is a little longer—and ...

News: Technology

Controversial Megaupload to Launch Topspin, Bandcamp Direct-to-Fan Competitor

December 22, 2011

Breaking a 10 year silence with a Torrentfreak op-ed, controversial Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom took on his many critics along with Universal Music for yanking his promo video from YouTube (“They decided to stop us at all costs... They have nothing and they don't even care."). But buried in his lengthy diatribe were also specifics of ...

News: Music Industry

Bake's Place Moving to Downtown Bellevue

December 22, 2011

'Tis the season for jazz clubs opening, closing and moving! And we have another move to report. Bake's Place owners Craig and Laura Baker have announced that they are moving their location to Downtown Bellevue. From the Bake's Place website: We are proud to announce that Bake's Place will be moving to downtown Bellevue in early ...

News: Recording

Eddie Daniels, with Roger Kellaway - Live at the Library of Congress (2012)

December 22, 2011

Clarinetist Eddie Daniels, appearing last February at the Library of Congress' Coolidge Auditorium, displays an almost telepathic symbiosis alongside pianist Roger Kellaway. Making good on 2009's pleasant and compulsively listenable Duet of One, the two charge into the evening with an explorative, polyrhythmic remake of Gershwin's “Strike Up The Band," stretching it out into an eight-minute ...