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Jazz This Week: Terence Blanchard, Willie Akins and Montez Coleman, Chesterfield Jazz Festival, Voicehandler, and More

June 14, 2013

Though it's not officially summer for another week or so, the steamy weather associated with that season in St. Louis is already here. Fortunately, there's a variety of jazz and creative music events on tap over the next few days, both indoors and out, to help you cool out and beat the heat. Tonight, trumpeter, composer ...

News: Performance / Tour

St. Louis Premiere of Terence Blanchard's Opera Gets National Media Attention

June 12, 2013

Trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard's new opera Champion, which will receive its world premiere performance this Saturday, June 15 at Opera Theatre St. Louis, got some national attention today in an article in the Wall Street Journal. Jazz Times magazine recently also ran a short item about the premiere, while Opera News had a more extensive ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The STL - Nola Connection, Revisited

June 9, 2013

As we've observed before in this space, many New Orleans bands and musicians seem to do well in St. Louis, and so it's no surprise that they keep coming up the Mississippi to play here. Last week's post referenced the upcoming shows here by trumpeter Terence Blanchard, and this week, we've got videos from two more ...

News: Performance / Tour

Sonny Rollins Cancels Summer Concerts Including June 22 Show at the Touhill

June 8, 2013

This just in: Saxophonist Sonny Rollins has cancelled all his shows for June and July, including a scheduled date on Saturday, June 22 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center here in St. Louis. Here's the complete text of the news release sent out this morning by Jazz St. Louis:“SONNY ROLLINS CANCELS JUNE 22 TOUHILL SHOW ST. ...

News: Performance / Tour

Kermit Ruffins to Perform Wednesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 25 at the Gramophone

June 7, 2013

This just in: via the Twitter feed of Basin Street Records, StLJN has learned that New Orleans trumpeter and singer Kermit Ruffins (pictured) will be coming to St. Louis to perform on Wednesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 25 at The Gramophone. Ruffins is a fixture on the New Orleans scene, playing weekly gigs with his ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Rick Haydon Quartet, Terence Blanchard, Ragtime at Scott Joplin's House, Oikos Ensemble, and More

June 7, 2013

If you're looking to get out hear some live jazz in St. Louis, there's there's plenty of local music on tap over the weekend, with some new weekly gigs getting underway, plus some visiting players coming to town to play free concerts next week. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, singer Joe Mancuso and his band ...

News: Performance / Tour

Dirty Dozen Brass Band to Play Sunday, June 23 at off Broadway

June 6, 2013

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (pictured) is returning to St. Louis to play at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 23 at a new venue for them, the south side rock club Off Broadway. The best-known popularizers of the modern New Orleans brass band sound, DDBB made their most recent visit to St. Louis in May of last ...

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Concert Paying Tribute to Ross Gentile Set for Sunday, September 8 at Siue

June 5, 2013

A concert paying tribute to the late Ross Gentile is scheduled for 8:00 p.m., Sunday, September 8 in the Meridian Ballroom, located in the Morris University Center on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Gentile (pictured) hosted the “Standards In Jazz" program on WSIE for 15 years, at one point working on-air for the station ...

News: Award / Grant

Clark Terry to be Inducted into Jazz Hall of Fame on Tuesday, June 4

June 4, 2013

Trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry, drummer Art Blakey and vibraphonist Lionel Hampton will be honored tomorrow with induction into Jazz at Lincoln Center's Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, June 4 at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, which is located within JALC's home, Frederick ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Terence Blanchard Sampler

June 2, 2013

This week, let's take another look at trumpeter Terence Blanchard, who's been in and out of St. Louis a lot over the last year. That's because he's been working with Opera Theatre St. Louis on Champion, a new opera he composed that will receive its world premiere at OTSL with six performances taking place between June ...