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News: Recording

Steve Swell's Slammin' the Infinite - 5000 Poems (Not Two)

March 2, 2010

One of the frequent recent criticisms of free jazz argues that there's just too much of it available on record. Musicians who work within the idiom are accused of placing fecundity above quality control. Trombonist Steve Swell candidly cops to the charge in the brief notes accompanying this fourth release by one of his working bands. ...

News: Recording

Charles Evans and Neil Shah - Live at Saint Stephens (Hot Cup)

March 2, 2010

Friends for over fifteen years, Charles Evans and Neil Shah have a shared history that extends well beyond the musical. Their rich rapport rests at the core of this sublime duo concert recorded within the capacious confines of a church in western Pennsylvania in January of last year. Evans supplied the open-ended compositions, the first two ...

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News: Recording

Michael Attias - Renku in Coimbra (Clean Feed)

March 2, 2010

New York-based saxophonist Michael Attias has a sound steeped in a somewhat unexpected amalgam of sources. He's obviously enamored of the free jazz canon and players like Jimmy Lyons and John Tchicai, but there's also a feathery, aerated inflection to his phrasing that obliquely recalls the Cool and West Coast schools of 50s jazz and specifically ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Act Local: Josh Roseman at Coco 66

March 2, 2010

I can probably count the times on one hand when I've walked from my apartment to a jazz club. Outside of Greenwich Village, I can think of few neighborhoods in the world that host multiple jazz spots, and consequently, the music is something you seek out rather than stumble upon. This isn't unique to jazz, of ...

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News: Obituary

David Soyer (1923-2010)

March 2, 2010

David Soyer, the founding cellist of the regal Guarneri String Quartet who also appeared on many jazz and pop record dates in the 1940s and 1950s, including Billie Holiday's Lady in Satin, died on February 25th at his home in New York. He was 87. David was best known in the classical world as a sublime ...

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News: Recording

Jeff Beck's First Single Features Joss Stone

March 2, 2010

“I Put A Spell On You," the first single from Jeff Beck's first studio release in 7 years, comes out next week and features guest vocals by Grammy-winner Joss Stone. Emotion and Commotion was recorded at Sarm Studios in London with award-winning producers Steve Lipson and Trevor Horn. Beck used a trio of singers to create ...

News: Interview

Correspondence: Breitenfelds

March 2, 2010

As a young adult, Paul Breitenfeld adopted the last name Desmond. Over the years, to amuse himself and confound others, he concocted several reasons for the change. He sometimes said he did it because he thought that in the event that he ever made records, the shorter name would fit better on 78 rpm labels. In ...

News: Performance / Tour

Martin, Davenport Get Rhythm for April 2 Concert at the Sheldon

March 2, 2010

Pianist Peter Martin has announced two more guest artists for his upcoming concert with trumpet player, singer and fellow University City native Jeremy Davenport.Bassist Chris Thomas and drummer Ulysses Owens (pictured) also will be on board for the performance on Friday, April 2 at the Sheldon Concert Hall, the second in Martin's eponymous new ...

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News: Social Gathering

Jazz St. Louis CD Listening Club to Meet Tuesday, March 9

March 2, 2010

The Jazz St. Louis CD Listening Club will hold its next meeting at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Arch 9 at Borders, 1519 S. Brentwood Blvd in Brentwood.St. Louis jazz DJ, historian and photographer Dennis Owsley will lead a discussion of John Coltrane's classic album A Love Supreme, with JSL executive director Gene Dobbs Bradford serving ...

News: Festival

Third Annual Wine, Dine and Jazz Festival in Belleville Scheduled for June 11 and 12

March 2, 2010

The third annual Wine, Dine and Jazz Festival has been scheduled for Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12 in and around the main square in downtown Belleville, Illinois. The fest will run from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Friday and 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday.Although the music lineup is TBA and the ...