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Vanessa Rubin to Star in Black Rep's Yesterdays: An Evening with Billie Holiday
Singer Vanessa Rubin (pictured) is coming to St. Louis to star in the Black Rep's production of Yesterdays: An Evening with Billie Holiday, which will run Wednesday, February 24 through Sunday, March 14 at the Grandel Theater, 3610 Grandel Square (just west of Grand Ave).The play by Reenie Upchurch tells the story of Holiday's ...
Jazz-Inspired Art, Photos Accompanying Nu-Art Series' Jazz Composers Concerts
The Nu-Art Series last Saturday kicked off a set of shows at the Metropolitan Gallery that will feature a dozen St. Louis musicians performing their own work and that of well-known jazz composers.In keeping with Nu-Art's ongoing theme of “jazz and visual arts," there's also a new show up at the gallery, featuring jazz-inspired ...
Reviews Now Online of Sutton Foster, Dianne Reeves and Peter Martin
A couple of reviews of actress/singer Sutton Foster's performance Thursday night at the Sheldon Concert Hall are now online. St. Louis Post-Dispatch theater critic Judith Newmark weighs in on Foster's show here, and KDHX's Chuck Lavazzi offers his perspective here. Also, Calvin Wilson of the Post-Dispatch was at the Sheldon on Friday night to ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Gettin' Funky with Galactic and Karl Denson
This week, we've got clips of the New Orleans funk/jazz band Galactic and the equally funky saxophonist Karl Denson, both of whom will be in St. Louis to share a bill at The Pageant on Thursday, February 18.Up top, you can see Denson and his band ...
Jeremy Davenport, Peter Martin to Perform Friday, April 2 at the Sheldon
Pianist Peter Martin has announced the second show in his new series at the Sheldon Concert Hall: a duo performance with trumpet player, singer and fellow St. Louis native Jeremy Davenport (pictured) at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 2.The show is billed as “The Reunion," since Martin and Davenport are old friends. Both attended ...
Tommy Money Orchestra Releases Debut CD
Trumpeter and bandleader Tommy Money has released the debut CD from his 17-piece big band, the Tommy Money Orchestra.Titled Unblued, the disc (pictured) features 15 tracks of mostly familiar material in the straightahead swing style identified with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and bandleader and arranger Nelson Riddle's work for Frank Sinatra, with St. Louisan ...
Peter Martin on KWMU's "Cityscape" This Friday, February 5
Pianist Peter Martin will be a guest on KWMU's “Cityscape" program tomorrow, talking with host Steve Potter about his new jazz concert series; the first performance in the series this Friday evening at the Sheldon Concert Hall with singer Dianne Reeves; and next Tuesday's benefit at the Sheldon for earthquake victims in Haiti.“Cityscape" airs ...
Steve Schenkel and Ashley Mason Releasing New CD on Valentine's Day
Guitarist Steve Schenkel and singer Ashley Mason will issue their latest duo CD, Hold On To Love, on Sunday, February 14.An official release date on Valentine's Day makes perfect sense thematically, since “this is an album of songs about all aspects of love - romantic love, love for family, and love for friends," said ...
Trumpeter Anthony Wiggins Hospitalized
Local trumpeter and jazz educator Anthony Wiggins is in the hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm last week. According to Phil Dunlap of Jazz St. Louis, where Wiggins is one of the instructors in the JazzU program for student musicians in middle school and high school, “He was airlifted to SLU hospital last week (Wednesday evening/Thursday ...
Jazz This Week: Dianne Reeves and Peter Martin, Lou Donaldson, Flow, St. Louis Musicians for Haiti, and More
It's looking like a very good weekend of live music in St. Louis, with a number of events of interest to fans of jazz and creative music. Let's go to the highlights, presented in chronological order:Things get started tonight with the veteran saxophonist Lou Donaldson (pictured), who's back in town to perform at Jazz ...
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