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RFT 2011 Music Awards Ballot Now Online
Reader voting is underway for the 2011 Riverfront Times Music Awards. This year's nominees for “Best Jazz Artist" are guitarist Dave Black, saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett, pianist Peter Martin, singer Denise Thimes and pianist Reggie Thomas. (If none of those choices are to your liking, there's also a write-in option. ) For the first time, this year ...
East St. Louis High School Jazz Band to Play Thursday, May 5 at Jazz at the Bistro
The East St. Louis High School Jazz Band (pictured) is preparing to head to New York later this month as one of only 15 high school jazz ensembles from across the USA taking part in Jazz at Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington competition and festival. The Essentially Ellington events will be held May 12-14 in New York ...
David Sanborn, George Duke and Marcus Miller to Play Sunday, August 7 at the Touhill
This just in: Saxophonist and former St. Louisan David Sanborn (pictured) will team up this summer with keyboardist George Duke and bassist Marcus Miller for 22 tour dates, including a concert on Sunday, August 7 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. The group will be billed as DMS (incorporating the first letter of the three principle ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Facets of Frisell
Today, let's examine a few of the many musical facets of guitarist Bill Frisell (pictured), who's coming to St. Louis to perform Thursday, May 12 at the Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St. Usually categorized as a jazz guitarist, Frisell nevertheless has worked in a wide variety of ...
Jazz This Week: Bill Charlap Trio, Tony Desare and Bucky Pizzarelli, and More
It's been a week of waterlogged weather here in St. Louis, but the soggy circumstances can't put a damper on all the jazz and creative music coming up in town over the next few days. Let's go the highlights... Tonight, the fine pianist Bill Charlap and his trio open a four-night run continuing through Saturday at ...
Peter Ponzol to Present Free Saxophone Clinic This Saturday, April 30 at Saxquest
Saxophonist and instrument designer Peter Ponzol is coming to St. Louis to present a free sax clinic at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday, April 30 at Saxquest. Though Ponzol (pictured) is an accomplished musician who's participated in more than 100 recordings and performed all over the world, he's perhaps better known for his work as a consultant ...
Pollstar: The Bad Plus to Kick Off 2012 at Jazz at the Bistro
It looks like a 21st century tradition in the making will continue for another year, as the online tour information service Pollstar has just posed a listing showing The Bad Plus (pictured) performing Wednesday, January 4, 2012 through Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Jazz at the Bistro. Presuming it happens, this would be the sixth year ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Four Views of Bill Charlap
This week, let's get better acquainted with pianist Bill Charlap, who will be in St. Louis to perform next Wednesday, April 27 through Saturday, April 30 at Jazz at the Bistro. Charlap played St. Louis twice in 2009, in February at the Sheldon Concert Hall as part of the ...
Sheldon Concert Hall Announces 2011-12 Season
The Sheldon Concert Hall on Friday released the schedules for their various 2011-12 season series. For jazz fans in St. Louis, the biggest news might be the confirmation of two dates that previously had leaked out through Pollstar. More specifically, as we told you here last month, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis ...
Jazz This Week: The Jazz Collective, Eric Person, the Sound Clinic, and More
This weekend's schedule of jazz and creative music in St. Louis isn't as jam-packed as the last two, but there still are a number of noteworthy performances happening over the next few days. Let's go the highlights... As it happens, the best-known musicians in town this week are performing under the somewhat generic-sounding name The Jazz ...
