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STLJN Audio Archive: Hamiet Bluiett - S.O.S.

September 26, 2011

This week's Audio Archive entry features S.O.S., a 1977 session from the great baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett. Recorded live at an NYC performance space called Axis, S.O.S teams Bluiett with a stellar rhythm section comprised of Don Pullen on piano, Fred Hopkins on bass and Famoudou Don Moye on percussion. When originally issued as an LP ...

The Jazz Session #312: Ernesto Cervini

September 26, 2011

"I Played and Bill Evans Listened"

September 26, 2011

From time to time, I open JazzWax to guest posts in an ongoing series called “Eyewitness," which features first-hand accounts of jazz artists or events as seen from a novel vantage point. Today, pianist Peter Boe [pictured in 1980] writes below of an unusual encounter 32 years ago and what it meant to him... “Back in ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: George Benson, Guitar Player

September 25, 2011

For this week's video showcase, we train our gaze on guitarist and singer George Benson, who will be back in St. Louis to play next Sunday, October 2 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center as part of Jazz St. Louis' “Legends of Jazz" concert series. Before Benson became a ...

Peter Evans and Nate Wooley - High Society (Carrier Records, 2011) *****

September 25, 2011

By Joe Higham Being a musician and playing a wide variety of music means that my family (kids and wife) are used to hearing wild sounds emanating from the hi-fi from time to time. But in certain cases I realise that maybe some music is not for wholesale consumption, and this .... is one of them! ...

Interview: Kristen Thomas on the Important Work of the Future of Music Coaltion [video]

September 25, 2011

On a new episode of This Week In Music, Ian Rogers interviews Future of Music Coalition's Kristin Thomson about about their initiatives in support of indie music. The Future of Music Coalition is a national nonprofit organization working on policy issues that matter to indie artists and labels.  FMC is the in the midst of an ...

Win Tickets to Madeleine Peyroux Concert in Boston on October 7

September 25, 2011

Jazz and roots singerMadeleine Peyroux is returning to Boston onFriday, October 7, 2011 for a 7:30 p.m. concert at the Berklee Performance Centerin the Back Bay, and MassJazz has a pair ofgreat seats to give away. Enter the contest and take a chance on seeing one of the coolest new voices to emerge inthe music world ...

On Second Thought: - Man in the Air (2003)

September 25, 2011

By Mark Saleski There's a single reason for me owning this disc: Kurt Elling's cover of Pat Metheny's “Minuano (Six Eight)," from Still Life (Talking). I thought it'd be interesting to hear vocals added to the song. But even after several listenings, I still didn't know what to make of Elling. See, it's a pretty unusual ...

Pink Floyd Week on Fallon: Pearl Jam, Foo, Shins, MGMT, Dierks

September 24, 2011

FEATURING APPEARANCES BY ROGER WATERS AND NICK MASON; AND PERFORMANCES FEATURING THE SHINS, FOO FIGHTERS, MGMT, DIERKS BENTLEY AND PEARL JAM In the tradition of honoring great musicians, NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon will devote the week of September 26-30 to celebrating the work of one of music's most influential rock bands, Pink Floyd. Each ...

Rush: Live CD/DVD

September 24, 2011

TIME MACHINE 2011: LIVE IN CLEVELAND OUT ON CD AND DVD/BLU-RAY NOVEMBER 8 Legendary rock band Rush have announced details for the first offerings through their recently announced partnership with Roadrunner Records. On November 8, Anthem/Roadrunner will simultaneously release a two-disc live album entitled Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland. Captured in April at Cleveland's Quicken ...