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Jazz at Holmes Series Announces Fall 2011 Schedule
The Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University today announced via email their schedule of free concerts for the fall 2011 semester. The series kicks off at 8:00 p.m. this Thursday, September 1 with a concert by drummer Bensid Thigpen's quintet and guest vocalist Marsha Evans, to be held outdoors in the Quadrangle on the main ...
STLJN Audio Archive: Julius Hemphill - Dogon A.D.
This week's Audio Archive spotlights a recording that's generally acknowledged by jazz musicians, fans, critics and scholars as being of major significance, yet somehow has remained mostly out of print for more than 30 years. Saxophonist and composer Julius Hemphill recorded Dogon A.D. in February, 1972 at Oliver Sain's Archway Studios on Natural Bridge Rd in ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2011 Jazz Preview, Part One
For today's video showcase, we've got clips featuring some of the touring jazz bands and musicians who will be visiting St. Louis this fall. While I probably will be writing and/or posting more videos later about many of these acts, this is a chance for you, dear reader, to ...
Miles Davis Festival Regroups with Sessions at BB's on August 29, September 11
A group of student musicians from East St. Louis High School will team up with three seasoned pros from the St. Louis jazz scene to pay tribute to Miles Davis at two performances taking place at 7:00 p.m. Monday, August 29 and 7:00 p.m. Sunday, September 11 at BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups. The Miles To ...
Jazz This Week: Return to Forever IV with Zappa Plays Zappa, Wild Cool and Swingin', and More
While indie rock fans at least have this weekend's LouFest to enliven their late August existence, jazz and creative music listeners in St. Louis have fewer options during the annual interregnum between the end of various summer concert series and the start of the fall presenting season. But rather than complain about what's not happening, instead ...
Jazz in Pink to Headline Benefit Show on Sunday, October 16 at the Sheldon
The Los Angeles-based, all-female group Jazz in Pink will be the featured musical entertainment for Community Women Against Hardship's annual benefit gala, which this year will be held at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 16 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Jazz in Pink is fronted by pianist Gail Jhonson (pictured), who is music director for guitarist Norman ...
Project/Object with Ike Willis to Play Wednesday, October 19 at Old Rock House
Attention, St. Louis area Zappaphiles: If the appearance by Zappa Plays Zappa this Thursday opening for Return to Forever at the Fox Theatre isn't enough to sate your appetite for Frank Zappa's music, there's more on the way in a couple of months, as the Old Rock House today announced that the Zappa tribute band Project/Object ...
Webster University Announces Jazz Concert Schedule for 2011-12
The music department at Webster University has announced the schedule of Monday night concerts by the Webster jazz faculty for the 2011-12 school year. The series kicks off at 7:00 p.m. Monday, September 12, with a theme concert dedicated to jazz music released in 1961, a year that included significant recordings by John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, ...
Kansas City's 2011 Rhythm & Ribs Jazz and Blues Festival is October 8th
The American Jazz Museum at 18th & Vine in Kansas City, Missouri will present its annual Rhythm & Ribs Jazz and Blues Festival on Saturday, October 8, 2011. The one day event features headliners Christian McBride & Inside Straight (Artist-In-Resident); the legendary Bobby Blue" Bland (Blues Headliner); and, the band WAR (Festival Headliner). The all-day event ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Jazz Documentary Film Festival, Part 2
Our jazz video showcase continues in vacation mode for another week, with six more full-length documentaries vying for your late-summer attention. First up is a concert film from the Jazz Icons DVD series, Duke Ellington Live In Holland 1958, It's an 80-minute concert performance from Ellington's big band, which ...


