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Miles Davis Jazz Festival Adds to 2010 Lineup
Organizers of the Miles Davis Jazz Festival, which is scheduled for Saturday, August 14 at Lewis & Clark Community College in Godfrey, have informed StLJN of a couple of additions to this year's musical lineup.Along with the previously announced acts - saxophonist Michael Anthony Fitzgerald, guitarist Brian White, and the Howard Neal Band - ...
Jazz This Week: Michael Buble, Kim Massie, Brave Combo, and More
St. Louis may be without a major jazz festival this June, but fortunately there's enough other activity this weekend that many fans of jazz and creative music can probably find something to their liking.It looks like the busiest night of the next few is Friday; that's when singer Michael Buble (pictured), who's arguably a ...
So What: Local News, Notes and Links
Herein, we introduce a new occasional feature for StLJN - a quick wrap-up of links & short local news items of interest. (The title is from the Miles Davis song that leads off Kind of Blue. The notion of using said title was inspired by (read “stolen from") the weekly “Confirmation" feature of the Kansas City ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Four from Michael Buble
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring singer Michael Buble, who will be in St. Louis next Friday, June 25 to perform at the Scottrade Center. Undeniably influenced by Frank Sinatra and, to a lesser extent, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin and other tuxedo-clad crooners of ...
Nu-Art Series to Present Jazz Singers in July
The Nu-Art Series has announced a slate of four Saturday afternoon concerts in July featuring St. Louis singers interpreting songs associated with famous jazz vocalists.Nikki Washington gets it started on Saturday, July 3 with the songs of Sarah Vaughan, followed on July 10 by Felicia Ezell doing the music of Ella Fitzgerald. After a ...
Jazz at Holmes Series Announces Summer Schedule
The Jazz at Holmes series of free concerts at Washington University has announced the lineup for this summer's series, which has been dubbed “Jazz in July."The series will feature four shows, starting with the concert by pianist Linda Presgrave and her quintet on Thursday, July 9 that we told you about here a couple ...
Jazz This Week: Peter Martin, Tim Cunningham, Peter Schlamb and More
It's a relatively light week for jazz performances in St. Louis, but there are at least a handful of shows worth noting around town. Here's a quick look:Tonight, pianist Peter Martin leads his trio in a free concert for the Whitaker Music Festival at Missouri Botanical Garden. For more on Martin, see StLJN's previous ...
St. Charles Big Band Honors Arranger Richard Wargin, SR.
The St. Charles Big Band honored its longtime arranger and trumpet player, the late Richard Wargin Sr., with a concert of Wargin's arrangements this past Sunday at Frontier Park in St. Charles. The Suburban Journals' Steve Pokin wrote a feature story here about the band and Wargin, who passed away at age 80 in February from ...
Harry Connick Jr. in smooth performance at Fox
It's hard to say just how much St. Louis regards itself as a Southern city, but for Harry Connick Jr., it's close enough. The jazz and pop crooner, who played the Fox Theatre on Friday night, told the crowd, “The further south I get, the more comfortable (I am)." Connick's hour-and-45-minute set featured plenty of music ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on the Funky Butt Brass Band
With no major touring jazz acts scheduled to visit St. Louis in the next couple of weeks, it seems like a good time to turn our video spotlight on some local talent. And what better way to enliven a muggy early summer weekend than with the Funky Butt ...
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