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Music for Lifelong Achievement (MFLA) Annual Drive for Musical Instruments, Donations to Begin October 1

August 14, 2012

This year's Music for Lifelong Achievement instrument drive will begin Monday, October 1 and continue through Sunday, November 4. MFLA is a not-for-profit organization based at the Sheldon Concert Hall that donates used and new musical instruments to school and community music programs serving disadvantaged young people. MFLA also raises funds for instrument repair and musical ...

News: Festival

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Jazz Film Festival 2012

August 11, 2012

As we did last year around this time, this week we're taking a break from the usual routine of previewing upcoming shows and showcasing St. Louis musicians for a sort of summer vacation post, featuring a half-dozen full-length jazz films for your late summer viewing and listening pleasure. Our ...

News: Festival

Jazz This Week: The Great Barrier Reefs, St. Louis Cabaret Festival, Don Schroeder's Happy-Go-Lucky Jazz Band, and More

August 9, 2012

This week's jazz and creative music calendar in St. Louis features some Caribbean-flavored jazz-fusion, three nights of cabaret, and some traditional prewar jazz, plus much more. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, the aforementioned Caribbean flavor manifests itself in the form of the Nashville-based funk/fusion band The Great Barrier Reefs (pictured), who are playing at Pop's ...

News: Performance / Tour

Matt Ulery's Loom Trio to Perform Friday, September 28 at Saint Louis Art Museum

August 9, 2012

Chicago bassist and composer Matt Ulery is bringing his group LOOM Trio to St. Louis to perform at 7:00 p.m. Friday, September 28 in the Grigg Gallery of the Saint Louis Art Museum. According to the news release sent out by the museum, the gig also will feature members of the Chicago-based new music group eighth ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Blue Room Weekly Line Up For August 6th-august 11th

August 6, 2012

Kansas City, Mo: The Blue Room, one of Down Beat Magazine’s top ranked jazz clubs, has another week of great performances lined up. The Blue Monday Jam on the 6th will be hosted by Gerald Dunn and his group the Jazz Disciples. Dunn is the Director of Entertainment here at the museum and a talented saxophonist. ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Exploring the Great Barrier Reefs

August 5, 2012

This week, let's take a look at a few video clips from The Great Barrier Reefs, an up-and-coming funk/fusion/jam band from the Nashville, Tennessee area that will be in St. Louis to perform at 10:30 p.m. this coming Thursday, August 9 at Pop's Blue Moon. Led by steel pan ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Grandmothers of Invention, Chip McNeill Quartet, Free Outdoor Concerts, and More

August 3, 2012

If you're looking for live jazz or creative music in St. Louis during the dog days of August, the pickings can seem kind of slim. The city's most prolific not-for-profit presenter, Jazz St. Louis, has completed its summer season at Jazz at the Bistro, which will be dark until September. That's around the same time that ...

News: Performance / Tour

Bonerama Returning to the Gramophone on Friday, September 14

July 31, 2012

New Orleans' Bonerama (pictured) is returning to St. Louis to perform at 9:00 p.m. Friday, September 14 at The Gramophone. The group, which features a front line of four trombone players, has played here a number of times in the last few years, most recently in February 2012 at the Old Rock House. Tickets for Bonerama ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Blue Room On Historic 18th And Vine Line Up For July 30th- August 4th

July 30, 2012

Kansas City, Mo: The Blue Room, one of the Down Beat Magazine’s top ranked jazz clubs, has another week of great performances lined up. The Blue Monday Jam on the 30th featuring TJ Martley closes out July. Martley is a jazz pianist who is considered one of the best young pianists in Kansas City. Bring your ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Grandmothers of Invention 2012 Tour

July 28, 2012

This week, let's take a look at some videos of the GrandMothers of Invention, who will be in St. Louis to perform next Saturday, August 4 at the Old Rock House. As their name, evoking Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, suggests, the GrandMothers are a tribute band performing Zappa's ...