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

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Hamiet Bluiett with Trifactor, Plus Rasul Siddik and the Now! Artet

August 31, 2008

This week, let's take a look at some clips featuring a couple of the musicians who will be taking part in the upcoming “BAG and Beyond" events to be held September 12 - 14 at the Metropolitan Gallery in St. Louis. The first video features the well-known baritone ...

Jazz This Week: The End of Summer and the Big Muddy Blues

August 30, 2008

As we head into what is effectively the final weekend of summer 2008, things are still in the relatively slow, dog-days mode with regard to live jazz in St. Louis. All of our town's various not-for-profit presenters are basically on hiatus until after Labor Day, and club activity is kind of sparse this weekend, too.

Saxophonists Catalano, Richardson to Play as Part of the Gramophone's Tuesday Night Jazz Series

August 29, 2008

Jazz St. Louis' director of education Phil Dunlap emails with news of two upcoming performances in the Tuesday night series that JSL is co-sponsoring at The Gramophone.The first is a show by Chicago-based saxophonist Frank Catalano, who will play at The Gramophone on Tuesday, September 30 for an event hosted by the Young Friends ...

Red Holloway Concert at Kiener Plaza Canceled

August 29, 2008

The free concert previously announced by St. Louis City Jazz that would have featured saxophonist Red Holloway performing this Friday, August 29 at Kiener Plaza has been canceled. Although as of this writing the show is still listed on the group's Web site, callers to the contact number (314-757-0555) listed on the site are ...

Mosby Concert Raises More Than $5,000 for Nature Conservancy

August 29, 2008

The final tallies are in, and the results show that the benefit concert staged by St. Louis guitarist and composer Todd Mosby last month at Lucas School House raised more than $5,000 for the Nature Conservancy. You can read more about the event, the organization, and Mosby's efforts in this recap on the Nature ...

Oliver Lake Featured in St. Louis American

August 29, 2008

Jason Moran to Perform October 5 at Missouri History Museum

August 28, 2008

Confirming the news that showed up a few weeks ago on Pollstar, the Missouri History Museum has announced officially that they'll present a concert by jazz pianist Jason Moran (pictured) at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, October 5 in the MacDermott Grand Hall of the Museum's building in Forest Park.St. Louis pianist, singer and saxophonist Hugh ...

Oliver Lake, Hamiet Bluiett to Perform as Part of "Bag and Beyond" at Metropolitan Gallery

August 26, 2008

Via St. Louis American editor Chris King's personal blog Confluence City, there's news of a weekend of events next month celebrating the musical and artistic legacy of St. Louis' original Black Artists Group.“BAG and Beyond," a production of the Nu-Art Series, will take place Friday, September 12 through Sunday, September 14 at the Metropolitan ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A John Zorn Sampler

August 24, 2008

Saxophonist, composer and musical provocateur John Zorn's connection to St. Louis was relatively short-lived, as he spent a little over a year here in the 1970s attending Webster University (then known as Webster College). Some of Zorn's musical and presentational proclivities were becoming evident ...

The Gramophone's Tuesday Night Jazz Series Featured in Riverfront Times

August 24, 2008