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Sheldon Concert Hall Announces 2012-13 Season Schedule

April 21, 2012

The Sheldon Concert Hall has announced the 2012-13 schedule for its various season series. As tipped earlier here on StLJN, the jazz subscription series will include a performance by trumpeter Arturo Sandoval on Saturday, October 6, while the Preservation Hall Jazz Band will offer their “Creole Christmas" show on Sunday, December 9 as a non-subscription “special ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, Oikos Ensemble, Lauren Sevian, Freddie Washington, Cornet Chop Suey, and More

April 19, 2012

It's another busy weekend for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with a number of touring musicians in town for the ninth annual Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival and an extensive menu of shows featuring St. Louis musicians, too. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, baritone saxophonist Lauren Sevian will present an early evening performance ...

News: Performance / Tour

Sheldon, Metrotix Offering Online Presale of Tickets for Madeleine Peyroux

April 18, 2012

The Sheldon Concert Hall and Metrotix are offering online buyers first chance to purchase single tickets for the St. Louis debut of singer Madeleine Peyroux at the Sheldon on Sunday, May 20. Tickets for the concert are $45 orchestra, $40 balcony, and the pre-sale begins at 10:00 a.m. this Friday, April 20, one day before the ...

News: Education

Saxquest to Present Free Master Classes This Week from Lauren Sevian, Diana Haskell

April 16, 2012

The woodwind sales and repair shop Saxquest is presenting two free master classes this week for St. Louis area reed players. Baritone saxophonist Lauren Sevian (pictured) will give a clinic and perform with a rhythm section of local musicians at 7:00 p.m. this Thursday, April 19 at the Saxquest shop, 2114 Cherokee St. One of the ...

News: Radio

STLJN Audio Archive: The Leon Thomas Album

April 16, 2012

For this week's installment of the StLJN Audio Archive, we revisit The Leon Thomas Album, originally issued by the late singer and East St. Louisan Leon Thomas in 1970 on the now-defunct Flying Dutchman label. In contrast to Thomas' sparse debut recording. Spirits Known and Unknown, which positioned him as part of the music's avant-garde, his ...

News: Festival

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Previewing the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival

April 15, 2012

This week, let's take a look at the musicians who will be performing at next week's Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival. The GSLJF actually will begin on Wednesday with a series of performances and adjudications of local high school jazz combos at Jazz at the Bistro. That continues on ...

News: Performance / Tour

Dirty Dozen Brass Band to Perform Friday, May 25 at Old Rock House

April 13, 2012

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (pictured) are returning to St. Louis to perform at 9:00 p.m., Friday, May 25 at the Old Rock House. Jazz/funk/"world music" band Snarky Puppy will open. The DDBB last played in St. Louis in February 2011 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. This time around, their show comes just one day after ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Russell Malone and Cyrus Chestnut Trio, Craig Hultgren and Luna Nova, Niu Jazz Ensemble and Victor Lewis, and More

April 11, 2012

It's a mixed bag of jazz and creative music happening this weekend around the St. Louis area, with performances including straight-ahead, mainstream jazz sounds from both small groups and big bands; a triple bill of female guitarists; a cabaret take on Southern rock; an innovative cellist who bridges free improv and contemporary compositions; and more. Let's ...

News: Performance / Tour

Pollstar Reveals More Possible Details of Jazz at the Bistro's 2012-13 Season

April 11, 2012

Although the official announcement of Jazz at the Bistro's 2012-13 season presumably is still a few weeks away, recent developments have shed some more light on what may be coming up there next year. Most notably, the online touring information service Pollstar has added new listings showing performances at the Bistro by singer Gregory Porter (Wednesday, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz St. Louis Offering 2-for-1 Tickets for Malone and Chestnut, Tia Fuller

April 11, 2012

Jazz St. Louis is offering two tickets for the price of one for sets by guitarist Russell Malone and pianist Cyrus Chestnut's trio this Wednesday and Thursday at Jazz at the Bistro, and for the shows on Wednesday, April 25 and Thursday, April 26 at the Bistro by saxophonist Tia Fuller's quartet. Single tickets for Malone ...