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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/Spring 2012 Jazz Preview, Part Two

December 18, 2011

Today, we've got part two of StLJN's video preview of jazz and creative music performers who are coming to St. Louis over the next few months. (For part one, see this post.) The first clip up above features trumpet player Chris Botti, who, having played the Fox Theatre and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Shows I'll Never Forget: Frank Sinatra, Sept. 30, 1994

December 18, 2011

Frank Sinatra would have been 97 last Monday. His mystery still lingers with me, as does the memory of a concert—one of Sinatra's last—when he recaptured all of that complexity. Sinatra was both a pawn to his past and the king of it, a guy who shadowboxed on stage, and told off-color jokes, but was still ...

News: Recording

Aimee Mann - One More Drifter in the Snow (2006)

December 18, 2011

I am now going to indulge in a little misty-eyed gaze into the crystal ball: Til Tuesday's album Voices Carry came out in 1985. I was living in an apartment in southern New Hampshire. What I remember about “Voices Carry," the song, is that it played several times a day (if not at least once per ...

News: Obituary

Bob Brookmeyer (1929-2011)

December 17, 2011

Bob Brookmeyer, whose emotionally strained youth in Kansas City helped him become arguably the most soulful, peppery and lyrical valve trombonists of the 1950s and '60s, died December 15 in New Hampshire. He was 81. In the 1950s, there certainly was no shortage of great trombonists—J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Urbie Green, Carl Fontana, Frank Rosolino, Curtis ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bob Dorough to Perform Sunday, January 15 at the Bistro at Grand Center

December 17, 2011

Singer, pianist and songwriter Bob Dorough (pictured), known for being one of the few vocalists ever to record with Miles Davis as well as for his compositions for the ABC-TV children's program Schoolhouse Rock, is returning to St. Louis to perform at 7:00 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Sunday, January 15 at the Bistro at Grand Center, ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Beach Boys: 50th Anniversary Reunion, New Album and Tour

December 17, 2011

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY REUNION TO INCLUDE NEW ALBUM, CATALOG RELEASES, AND MAJOR INTERNATIONAL TOUR The founding members of The Beach Boys, one of the world's most legendary bands in popular music history, will reunite for a global 50th Anniversary celebration in 2012. Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks will come ...

News: Recording

Wes Montgomery: Echoes of Indiana Avenue

December 17, 2011

FIRST FULL ALBUM OF PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD MONTGOMERY MUSC IN OVER 25 YEARS With a lot of sleuthing and a team of experts on the case, long lost tapes of Wes Montgomery have been discovered and restored. Resonance Records will release Echoes of Indiana Avenue—the first full album of previously unheard Montgomery music in over 25 years—on ...

News: Radio

Inside Spotify Radio vs. Pandora - The Echo Nest Makes the Difference

December 17, 2011

Every time a new “Pandora killer" launches, my first question is what technology is driving song selection. The answer matters because that's who/what is deciding what we listen to. Pandora has its own “Music Genome Project" which is really just a bunch of humans grading music. The result is that some indie bands have been left ...

News: Performance / Tour

Is the Future of Concert Ticketing on Facebook? Ticketfly Thinks So

December 17, 2011

Several studies have shown the power of Facebook to promote ticket sales. Friends want to be where their other friends are and fans want to commune with fans. But what about Facebook as a place to actually sell tickets? Existing Facebook ticketing solutions have required users to leave the social network and log in to an ...

News: Performance / Tour

James Montgomery Blues Band Performs at Bull Run Restaurant on December 17

December 17, 2011

The James Montgomery Band is performing at Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 8:00 p.m., in celebration of its new CD, From Detroit to the Delta. Tickets to the show are $15 and can be purchased online or at the door. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for dinner and seating. For ...