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'ASR Records Artist Doug Pierce Appearing at the Jazz Lives in Syria Festival, July 2-12
KANSAS CITY USA -- 6/15/2007 - 'ASR Records Recording Artist, Doug Pierce is performing at the Jazz Lives in Syria festival from July 2nd through July 12th at Damascus and Aleppo Syria. Prof. Pierce is one of the featured artists and soloists performing with the Syrian/Swiss Jazz Orchestra under the direction of the talented trombonist and ...
Spring Music... and Memories
by AAJ Staff
It's been a strange spring weather-wise in the St. Louis area, but the music scene has seen plenty of highlights over the past couple of months. The Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau concert at the Sheldon Concert Hall in early April was outstanding, and recent appearances by Ahmad Jamal and Mulgrew Miller at Jazz at the Bistro. over ...
'ASR Records Signs Count Basie Orchestra Guitarist, Will Matthews
Kansas City USA -- -- ASR RECORDS announces that Will Matthews has officially joined its Roster of Artists and Producers. Matthews, who is the guitarist for the world-famous Count Basie Orchestra, contacted 'ASR RECORDS Co-founder, Alaadeen on May 7 inquiring about joining the label. Alaadeen immediately approved the deal. ... I'm looking forward to being a ...
Phoenix Guitarist Jay Soto Releases New CD and Signs with Nugroove
Phoenix Guitarist Signs with nuGroove and Releases Stay Awhile Moorestown, NJ - April 20, 2007 - Phoenix guitarist Jay Soto has signed with the nuGroove record label and will release his 2nd CD on May 29, 2007. Inactive since 1998, David Chackler brought NuGroove back into full force in 2007 after a nine year hiatus. (NuGroove ...
18th & Vine Comes to Johnson County
Bacchanalia Hosts a Benefit for The Mutual Musicians Foundation Overland Park, KS. - The Mutual Musicians Foundation has been operating in the 18th & Vine Jazz District since 1917. Many call it the cradle of Kansas City Jazz. On April 13 and 14th, Bacchanalia, brings the music to 124th and Newton in Johnson County. The Mutual ...
Late March and Early April Jazz Highlights
by AAJ Staff
This column may be a little late for March... but on the positive side, it's early for April. I'm thinking ahead, realizing that I'm going to be a little pre-occupied the next few weeks pulling together assorted invoices, receipts and forms and instructions in my annual effort to make sense of paying taxes as a self-employed ...
Hot Jazz in the February Deep Freeze
by AAJ Staff
The deep freeze has settled in big time in the St. Louis area over the past couple of weeks. And temperatures and wind chill factors in the single digits--occasionally with a minus sign in front--certainly don't encourage jazz fans to bundle up and head out into the bitter cold to catch some live music. But for ...
2007 Finally Arrives!
by AAJ Staff
The holiday season may end in terms of the calendar, but it has a tendency to continue rolling pleasantly along in our mental outlook on life. That is, until the bills start showing up. And as freelance writers and musicians all know, that January 16th estimated tax deadline is always a major wakeup call. ...
Kansas City Jazz Legend Jay McShann Passes at 90
Kansas City, MO. (December 8, 2006) - Jay McShann, the veteran pianist closely identified with the Kansas City tradition of jazz and blues, passed away yesterday at the age of 90 at St. Luke's Hospital. A master of many styles, McShann established an evolutionary bridge between traditional Kansas City jazz, renowned for a swinging, rhythmic sensibility, ...
Talented Local Musicians Dominate December Jazz Scene
by AAJ Staff
2006 wraps up with an interesting mix of live jazz dates on the St. Louis scene... with a strong emphasis on talented musicians who either grew up or still live in the area. December's lineup at Jazz at the Bistro is a prime example. Native St. Louisan Dave Weckl returns home to headline the Bistro with ...


