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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Matthew Shipp Sampler
This week, let's check out some clips of pianist Matthew Shipp, who's coming to St. Louis to perform with his trio next Friday, October 14 at 560 Music Center in a concert presented by New Music Circle. Shipp, who's 50 years old, grew up in Delaware, attended the New ...
Jazz This Week: Stanley Jordan, a "Family Concert" from Metta Quintet, and More
This week's menu of jazz and creative music in St. Louis features everything from big bands to a stellar jazz guitarist who's practically a band all by himself. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, guitarist Stanley Jordan (pictured) returns to St. Louis to begin a four-night engagement with his trio at Jazz at the Bistro. Jordan ...
The Sheldon, Metrotix Offering Presale of Tickets for Concert by Marsalis and Calderazzo
The Sheldon Concert Hall and Metrotix are offering an online presale of tickets for the upcoming duo performance by saxophonist Branford Marsalis and pianist Joey Calderazzo (pictured) on Sunday, January 22 at the Sheldon. Tickets are $45 for orchestra seats, $40 for the balcony and will go on sale to the general public at 10:00 this ...
Bonerama to Perform on Thursday, December 1 at the Old Rock House
The trombone-centric New Orleans band Bonerama (pictured) is coming back to St. Louis to perform at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, December 1 at the Old Rock House. Led by trombonists Mark Mullins and Craig Klein, who both have spent time in Harry Connick, Jr's band, Bonerama features a front line of four trombones and blends traditional New ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Stanley Jordan in Concert, Times Two
It's shaping up to be a good week to be a jazz guitar fan in St. Louis. Tomorrow night, George Benson (who we covered in this space last week) will be in town to play at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, and then on Wednesday, Stanley Jordan comes to ...
Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo to Perform Sunday, January 22 at the Sheldon
This just in: Saxophonist Branford Marsalis (pictured) and pianist Joey Calderazzo, who has played with Marsalis for 13 years as part of his quartet, will perform in a duo concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, January 22 at the Sheldon. Marsalis and Calderazzo in June of this year released a duo CD, Songs of Mirth and Melancholy, ...
Jazz This Week: Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, George Benson, Garage a Trois, and More
With nice weather forecast for St. Louis for the next few days and a diverse menu of music that includes both fine local players and big-name touring acts, it should be a good weekend to get out and hear some live jazz. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, singer Erin Bode and her group will do ...
Bluiett, Bistro Among Riverfront Times "Best of St Louis" Winners for 2011
The Riverfront Times' 2011 “Best of St. Louis" issue is out, and this year's winner for “Best Jazz Artist" is baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett. (Bluiett also won the BOSTL award two years ago, with pianist Peter Martin getting the trophy in 2010. ) Jazz at the Bistro once again is the winner in 2011 for “Best ...
Peter Martin, Wendell Brunious to Perform for Benefit on Saturday, November 19 at the Sheldon
Pianist Peter Martin will team with New Orleans trumpeter Wendell Brunious to provide the music for “ArtSounds: French Quarter Fête," an event to benefit the Sheldon Art Galleries to be held at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 19 at the Sheldon. Martin and Brunious will team with bassist Chris Thomas—who, like Martin, originally is from St. ...
STLJN Audio Archive: Hamiet Bluiett - S.O.S.
This week's Audio Archive entry features S.O.S., a 1977 session from the great baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett. Recorded live at an NYC performance space called Axis, S.O.S teams Bluiett with a stellar rhythm section comprised of Don Pullen on piano, Fred Hopkins on bass and Famoudou Don Moye on percussion. When originally issued as an LP ...
