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News: Festival

St. Louis Rivermen Play McComb Festival

September 17, 2008

The St. Louis Rivermen were one of the featured attractions at the Al Sears Jazz Festival held this past weekend in McComb, IL, and were quite the crowd pleasers according to the local paper's account of the event, which you can read here. The festival also included performances from the Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project, who ...

News: Event

Photos from "Peanuts" Whalum's 80th Birthday Party Now Online

September 17, 2008

Jay Brandt of Brandt's informs StLJN that photos and video from Hugh “Peanuts" Whalum's recent 80th birthday party are now available online. The much-loved singer, pianist and saxophonist celebrated his natal day at the club on Sunday, September 7 with a lively crowd that included many friends, fans and St. Louis musicians as well as his ...

News: Music Industry

Jazz St. Louis Presenting "Jazz 101" This Thursday, September 18

September 17, 2008

In my most recent post about Jazz St. Louis' various educational efforts, I neglected to mention that JSL will also be offering their “Jazz 101" program again this year. “Jazz 101" is an introduction to jazz aimed at adults who'd like to better understand the music, and is presented as a series of musical demonstrations and ...

News: Music Industry

Bag II to Cease Operations at End of 2008

September 17, 2008

BAG II, which attempted to revive the spirit of St. Louis' storied Black Artists Group, will be ceasing operations at the end of 2008. Here's the announcement sent out by Zimbabwe Nkenya, bassist/composer and one of the prime movers of BAG II:“Thank you for your support for and interest in “the new" BAG II.

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News: Performance / Tour

Peter White Christmas Show Coming to the Pageant

September 17, 2008

This just in: Smooth jazz guitarist Peter White's Christmas show will be coming to St. Louis on Sunday, November 30 for a performance at The Pageant. Along with White, this year's edition of the holiday program features trumpeter Rick Braun and saxophonist Mindi Abair (pictured).Tickets for the Peter White Christmas show go on sale ...

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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Bruce Menefield Plays "Little Sunflower" and "Circle of Prayer"

September 14, 2008

For this week's video showcase, let's get acquainted with saxophonist Bruce Menefield, a mainstay of the Cincinnati jazz scene who's coming to St. Louis to play Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28 at Brandt's Cafe and Red Carpet Lounge.For his St. Louis engagement, Menefield will be backed ...

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News: Music Industry

Jazz This Week: The Cunninghams, Tony Desare, "Bag and Beyond," and More

September 12, 2008

It's a week of homecomings for St. Louis jazz, as performers from both the Gaslight Square era of the early 1960s and the experimental period of the late 1960s return to local venues.The Gaslight Square veteran is singer/percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Don Cunningham, who now lives in Las Vegas and works with his wife Alicia, a singer ...

News: Festival

Tickets for SLSO Guitar Festival Concert at the Pageant on Sale This Friday

September 11, 2008

Tickets for what promises to be the most intriguing program of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra's 2008 Guitar Festival will go on sale at 5:00 p.m. this Friday, September 12.The concert is scheduled for Thursday, November 13 at The Pageant, and will feature John Patitucci, known as one of the top bassists in jazz ...

News: Technology

St. Louis Jazz Notes Jazz Calendar Updated

September 11, 2008

Be advised that yr. humble & harried editor has just about completed an extensive update of the St. Louis Jazz Notes Calendar.Among the additions are everything that' s been announced so far about the 2008-09 musical lineups for Jazz at the Bistro, the Sheldon Concert Hall, the Touhill Performing Arts Center, and New Music ...

News: Event

Sheldon Art Galleries to Present Exhibit of St. Louis Concert Photos

September 10, 2008

An upcoming exhibit at the Sheldon Art Galleries will document four decades of St. Louis concerts through photos and memorabilia drawn from the collections of concert promoter (and trumpet player) Steve Schankman and other local music industry notables. “Jazz, Rock, and Soul: 40 Years of Music in St. Louis, 1968-2008" opens Friday, October 3 ...