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Jazz this week: The Bad Plus, Matt Villinger CD release event, and more
As usual for the season, things are a bit slow for live jazz and creative music in St. Louis during the first full week of the new year, but there is at least one notable touring act in town this weekend, along with enough music from local performers to satiate those prepared to venture out against ...
Music Education Monday: "Jazz Fusion Master Class" with Zakir Hussain
Percussionist Zakir Hussain is known as a virtuoso of the tabla who has spent his career bridging Indian classical music and jazz, in the process helping to invent and popularize the notion of “world music." Hussain (pictured) was a co-founder of the band Shakti with John McLaughlin and L. Shankar, and in addition to leading his ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/spring 2016 jazz preview, part 3
Today, it's part three of StLJN's winter/spring 2016 jazz preview, giving you an advance look at some of the noteworthy bands and musicians who will be playing in St. Louis during the next several months. Following the chronological progression established in those first two installments, the first video up above features the Chicago-based group Spektral Quartet, ...
Jazz this week: New Year's Eve jazz in St. Louis, and more
This week's list of jazz and creative music performances in and around St. Louis is relatively short, in part because some presenters are still on holiday, and in part because several local venues that regularly present jazz have yet to publish their schedules for the new month beginning on Friday. So, while the StLJN calendar will ...
Music Education Monday: Master classes with saxophonist Chris Potter
Whether it's as leader of his own bands or as a sideman to the likes of Dave Holland, Paul Motian, and Dave Douglas, Chris Potter has been one of the most in-demand saxophonists in jazz for most of the 21st century. Potter, who will be 45 years old this Friday, has released more than 15 albums ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/spring 2016 jazz preview, part 2
Today's installment picks up the chronological thread in late January with Bonerama, who will be back in town to play on Friday, January 22 at Broadway Oyster Bar. In the first video up above, you can see an excerpt from their set at the 2015 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in which they perform the ...
Jazz this week: Good 4 The Soul, Midwest Quintet, Cara Dineen, and more
While big-name touring musicians generally are off the road during major holidays, there still are some notable performances by local jazz and creative musicians happening over the next few days in and around St. Louis. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, December 23 The Jazz St. Louis Big Band offers their third and final performance of ...
Music Education Monday: A Latin jazz bass clinic with Oscar Stagnaro
Unless you follow Latin jazz and/or jazz education fairly closely, you might not know Oscar Stagnaro by name, but the veteran bassist has the knowledge and the chops to rank with the best in the business. A native of Peru, Stagnaro has been a professor at Berklee College of Music since 1988, and has written three ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/spring 2016 jazz preview, part 1
This week, it's the first part of StLJN's video preview of jazz and creative music performers who will be visiting St. Louis during the winter and spring months of 2016. First up are The Bad Plus, who will be returning to our town to perform Wednesday, January 6 through Wednesday, January 9 at Jazz at the ...
Music Education Monday: A master class with trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire
Today for Music Education Monday, it's a master class from trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. A rising star in the jazz world, the 33-year-old native of Oakland, CA studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the University of Southern California, and in 2007 was the winner of both the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and the Carmine ...
