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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz at Holmes Series Sets Schedule for Fall 2009

September 3, 2009

The Jazz at Holmes series of free Thursday night concerts at Washington University in St. Louis has announced its schedule for Fall 2009.The series kicks off with what seem like a couple of odd musical choices: a jazz tribute to Woodstock, led by guitarist and Wash U director of jazz performance William Lenihan and ...

News: Technology

Site News: A New Look For St. Louis Jazz Notes

September 3, 2009

If you're reading this post directly on the St. Louis Jazz Notes site (as opposed to via RSS, email or another site aggregating StLJN's posts), you'll notice that it has a new look, and some new features as well.If only for cosmetic reasons, a change was long overdue, as StLJN has had the same ...

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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Three Views of Chris Botti

August 30, 2009

This week, we've got three videos featuring trumpeter Chris Botti, who's returning to St. Louis to perform on Friday, September 18 at the Fox Theatre. First up is an undated clip of “Streets Ahead," the sort of pop/funk tune that was a mainstay for Botti early ...

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News: Radio

More on the Potential Sale of KFUO, Changes at Wsie

August 28, 2009

The fate of classical music, jazz, and local St. Louis arts coverage on radio station KFUO (99.1 FM) remains in doubt, as the station's owners consider whether or not to sell.St. Louis Post-Dispatch classical music critic Sarah Bryan Miller has been doing good work on this story since rumors of a possible sale first ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: "A Night of Jazz Greats" with Clark Terry; Eastern Blok; Free Outdoor Concerts; and More

August 27, 2009

Vacation season is winding down, and there are a number of noteworthy jazz and creative music performances over the next few days in St. Louis, including several free concerts. Let's take a look at the shows in chronological order:Tonight, saxophonist Willie Akins and his group will give a free concert as part of a ...

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News: Award / Grant

Emmy Nomination in Hand, Don Wolff's I Love Jazz is Ready for a Second Season on HEC-TV

August 26, 2009

An episode of the HEC-TV series I Love Jazz, hosted by longtime St. Louis DJ and jazz advocate Don Wolff, has been nominated for a local Emmy Award in the category of “Special Event Coverage (other than news or sports ) Live or Edited" by the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and ...

News: Performance / Tour

History Museum Schedules Fall Twilight Tuesdays Concerts

August 24, 2009

The Missouri History Museum has announced the musical lineup for their fall 2009 Twilight Tuesdays series of free outdoor concerts, and there are three shows featuring artists of potential interest to jazz fans. The New Orleans-style funk/R&B combo Gumbohead will kick off the fall series this Tuesday, August 25, with singer Denise Thimes performing ...

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News: Book / Magazine

New Book by Kevin Belford Chronicles Pre-WWII History of St. Louis Blues

August 24, 2009

St. Louis artist and author Kevin Belford, who has made local musicians a frequent subject of his work over the course of his career, has a new book coming out that chronicles St. Louis blues musicians of the 1920s and 1930s.Issued by St. Louis-based Virginia Publishing, Devil at the Confluence: The Pre-War Blues Music ...

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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Previewing "A Night of Jazz Greats"

August 23, 2009

This week, let's look at video clips featuring some of the musicians who will be in St. Louis next Saturday, August 29 to perform in “A Night of Jazz Greats" at Harris-Stowe State University. The concert, a benefit for the Wolff Jazz Institute at Harris-Stowe, will ...

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News: Radio

Jazz St. Louis Podcast Features Interview with Sonny Rollins

August 22, 2009

Jazz St. Louis has just put online a new interview in their ongoing series of podcasts, one that featurs a conversation between legendary tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins and JSL executive director Gene Dobbs Bradford. Rollins is coming to St. Louis for a concert sponsored by Jazz St. Louis on Saturday, September 19 at the ...