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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Special "Dog Days" Edition

August 21, 2009

It's the dog days of August here in St. Louis, and so we've got at least one more comparatively slow weekend in store before jazz concert and club activity begins to ramp up again. Next weekend brings “A Night of Jazz Greats" to Harris Stowe State University; Jazz at the Bistro resumes Labor Day weekend with ...

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News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the "Dave Douglas - Spirit Moves" Giveaway

August 21, 2009

Philip Hilger, Bradley Linn, David Peterkofsky, Adam Meckler and Patti Wright, Congratulations! You're the winners of the Greenleaf Music “Dave Douglas - Spirit Moves" giveaway! Philip and Bradley will each receive a signed copy of the Spirit Moves Deluxe CD+DVD. David will receive a copy of the Spirit Moves Deluxe CD+DVD, unsigned. Adam will receive a ...

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News: Recording

Actual Proof's "Paradigm Shift" Now Available on CD Baby

August 21, 2009

Actual Proof's full-length debut CD is now available for download on CDBaby. Individual tracks, the entire album, or a hardcopy of the album can be ordered through the site. About Actual Proof Actual Proof is a unique jazz-fusion/funk quartet that utilizes mallet percussion (xylophone, vibraphone, marimba), keyboards, electric bass, electronic and acoustic drums. The group's music ...

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News: Event

The Score: Rebirth of the Cool - Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble Pays Tribute to Miles Davis

August 21, 2009

By Christopher DeLaurenti Was any other revolution in jazz so suave? When Miles Davis led a two-week stand at New York's fabled Royal Roost in 1948, the music—composed and arranged for a nonet by Gil Evans, John Lewis (later of the Modern Jazz Quartet), Gerry Mulligan, and others—changed jazz forever. Revolution was already in the air: ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Count Basie

August 21, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Count Basie's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Count BasieBill Basie studied music with his mother as a child and played piano in early childhood. He picked up the basics of early ragtime from some of the great Harlem pianists and studied organ ...

News: Interview

Interview: Laurie Verchomin (PT. 3)

August 20, 2009

Last Sunday Laurie Verchomin spent what would have been Bill Evans' 80th birthday at a local golf driving range. It was her daughter's first golf experience. Said Laurie: “Bill spent a lot of time on his father's driving range in New Jersey picking up golf balls with his brother Harry in the quiet of the evening." ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Teaching DVD Release Concert

August 20, 2009

August 24th at the Triple Door The Teaching DVD Release Concert J&J Music & The Teaching are proud to announce the release of The Teaching’s premier DVD. The release concert is set for Monday, August 24th at the beautiful Triple Door music venue across the street from Benaroya Hall. During the concert scenes from the new ...

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News: Technology

9 Of 10 in U.S. Don't Listen to Music on Cell

August 20, 2009

image via GigaOm 9 out of 10 people in the U.S. never listen to music on their cell phones. That's the key finding in a new Forester Research study The Future Of Music On Cell Phones. In my opinion. the music and cellular industries have only themselves to blame. Until the ...

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News: Music Industry

James Blackshaw:the Glass Bead Game

August 20, 2009

By: Dennis Cook Meditative but never somnambulant, James Blackshaw's latest merges the the comforting acoustic layering of early, excellent Windham Hill albums with the more highfalutin' fingerpicked guitar machinations of Sandy Bull and Robbie Basho. The Glass Bead Game (released May 26 on Young God Records) builds from the tintinnabulous base of Blackshaw's exquisite 12-string guitar, ...

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News: Recording

Sleepthief "Labyrinthine Heart" LP to Hit Streets on 9.1.09

August 20, 2009

With the release of The Dawnseeker in 2006, the debut full-length recording from the act Sleepthief brought critical praise as well as an adoring fan base to a new, and up and coming star. Driven by the desire to write real songs, and to work with and create music with other artists he's admired or whose ...