Results for "St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman"

Hamiet Bluiett on Freddie Hubbard

January 8, 2009

St. Louis American editor Chris King, who also blogs at Confluence City and is one of the folks behind Poetry Scores, sent along the following text with a note saying, “This will be in the American this Thursday but you can make any use of it you wish with proper credit." Consider it used, with StLJN's ...

Bailing out the Arts

January 8, 2009

With investment banks, auto manufacturers, and various other industries getting multi-billion dollar bailouts from the federal government, and Congress debating a major economic stimulus package that could include everything from major infrastructure spending to more tax cuts, is now also a good time to invest more federal money in the arts?In an op-ed published ...

More "Best Jazz of 2008" Lists

January 8, 2009

A few more additions to the list of “Best Jazz of 2008" lists: 2008: A Year of Jazz Tumult, Controversy and Achievements, by Ken Franckling for AllAboutJazz.com Nate Chinen, New York Times - Standouts in Rap, Jazz and Country (multi-genre list) Troy Collins (AllAboutJazz.com) - Best Jazz of 2008 Hartford Courant's Richard Kamins ...

Jim Manley Releases New CD

January 8, 2009

Trumpeter Jim Manley sends word that he's got a new CD titled Eight that's now on sale via on his Web site, iTunes and Amazon MP3.In addition to Manley on trumpet, the musicians on Eight are Frank Goessler and Dan Smith, trumpets; Rob Nugent and Jason Swagler, alto saxophones; Larry Johnson and Larry Smith, ...

Marc Copland to Perform February 13 at 560 Music Center

January 8, 2009

Via the Culture Club blog at STLtoday: Pianist Mark Copland (pictured) is bringing his trio to St. Louis to perform on Friday, February 13 at the 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity Avenue in University City. (For those unfamiliar with the venue name, it's the former synagogue building just off the the west end of the Delmar ...

Victor Wooten Coming to the Pageant on Friday, March 13

January 7, 2009

Victor Wooten, best known for his virtuoso electric bass playing with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, is coming to St. Louis with drummer J. D. Blair to perform at The Pageant on Friday, March 13.Tickets for the show go on sale at 5:00 p.m. this Friday, January 9, and can be purchased online, at ...

Site News: Land O' Linkin' 2009

January 6, 2009

The start of a new year is always a good time to spruce things up a bit, and so there's been some routine maintenance to the list of links on the St. Louis Jazz Notes sidebar, over on the right-hand side of the page.A few dead links have been deleted, and I've added new ...

Al Jarreau to Sing at the Toupac on Friday, February 13

January 6, 2009

The Touhill Performing Arts Center has just announced that versatile singer Al Jarreau, the only vocalist ever to win Grammy Awards in the jazz, pop and R&B categories, will perform at the hall on Friday, February 13.Jarreau almost came to St. Louis most recently in 2007, when he had been scheduled to provide the ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Bad Plus Play "Flim" and "Big Eater"

January 4, 2009

This week, we catch up once again with The Bad Plus, who will be returning to St. Louis to play Wednesday, January 7 through Saturday, January 10 at Jazz at the Bistro. Today's first video, a version of the Aphex Twin composition “Flim" was recorded in ...

Examiner Reviews Randy Holmes Concert

January 3, 2009