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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Artemis
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring members of Artemis, the all-star, all-woman band who are coming to St. Louis to perform starting next Wednesday, October 9 through Sunday, October 13 at Jazz St. Louis. Named for the Greek goddess of wilderness and the hunt, Artemis was convened by pianist Renee Rosnes and ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Ben LaMar Gay
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Ben LaMar Gay, who's coming to St. Louis to perform in a concert presented by New Music Circle on Saturday, October 5 at Off Broadway. While Gay has been working in Chicago's busy improvised music scene for a while, he gained a new level ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Glenn Miller legacy
How well do contemporary musicians recreate the sound of a band from 80 years ago? This week, let's find out by taking a look at some videos featuring the Glenn Miller Orchestra, which will be in St. Louis to perform next Wednesday, August 14 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. One of the most successful bands of ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Celebrating David Sanborn
This week, our video spotlight shines on alto saxophonist and former St. Louisan David Sanborn, who celebrated his 74th birthday this past Tuesday, July 30 and will be coming back home to perform on Tuesday, August 13 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. The date is part of the “Double Vision Revisited" tour, for which Sanborn is ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Jazz documentary film festival, part 3
As we head into the dog days of summer, things still are relatively quiet on the touring-acts-coming-to-St. Louis-soon front, and so this week, StLJN offers a third installment of this year's online mini-festival of documentary films of interest to jazz fans. First up via the video embed above is Earl “Fatha" Hines, a documentary about the ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Jazz documentary film festival, part 2
With the schedule of touring jazz and creative musicians visiting St. Louis looking sparse for the next couple of weeks, this feature once again is back in “lazy summer" mode, setting aside the usual custom of previewing an upcoming concert to offer a mini-festival of jazz-related documentary films. First up is Love You Madly, a documentary ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Charlie Hunter Trio with Lucy Woodward
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring guitarist Charlie Hunter's latest trio with singer Lucy Woodward and drummer Keita Ogawa, who are coming to St. Louis to perform on Sunday, July 28 at Off Broadway. Hunter, whose distinctive technique on the seven-string guitar lets him play leads, bass lines and accompaniment more or ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A jazz documentary film festival
Though this weekly feature typically previews concerts by bands and musicians coming to St. Louis in the near future, the next couple of weeks, alas, are pretty much devoid of touring acts of interest. So we're taking the opportunity to offer some programming for a lazy summer weekend in the form of a mini-festival of jazz ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Moon Hooch
Today, let's check out some videos featuring Moon Hooch, who will be back in St. Louis to perform Tuesday, July 9 at the Old Rock House. Since making the transition nearly ten years ago from NYC subway buskers to an international touring act, the saxophones-and-drums trio have been regular visitors to St. Louis, performing here most ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Then and now with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
This week, let's take a look at some videos of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, who are coming to St. Louis to perform next Thursday, June 27 at Powell Hall. This year's tour marking the band's 30th anniversary is one of their most extensive since original member Howard Levy rejoined in 2009, covering 21 dates this ...
