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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Rudresh Mahanthappa's Gamak
This week, let's look at some videos of alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, who will be making his St. Louis debut with his group Gamak starting Wednesday, March 19 through Saturday, March 22 at Jazz at the Bistro. The son of Indian emigrants to the United States, the 42-year-old Mahanthappa is known particularly for combining jazz with ...
Jazz This Week: Sean Jones, Galactic, Pat Metheny Unity Group, Andre Delano, a Tribute to Eddie Lang, and More
As the city wakes up the morning after Fat Tuesday, there's no post-Mardi Gras slump in the schedule of jazz and creative music in St. Louis. This week includes shows from several noteworthy touring musicians, plus a homecoming performance from a well-known expat, and much more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, Sean Jones returns to ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Metheny Expands Unity Group for New Album and Tour
It's been nearly four years since guitarist Pat Metheny was last here in St. Louis, performing in May 2010 at the Touhill all alone on a stage full of instruments as part of his Orchestrion project. Since then, the peripatetic plectrist has toured with several different configurations of musicians, the most recent of which, the Pat ...
Jazz This Week: Marissa Mulder, Jazz St. Louis Benefit Gala, Hamiet Bluiett and George Sams, Roger Ingram, and More
It's Mardi Gras weekend in St. Louis, and though the “official" Mardi Gras events in recent years have tended to feature rock cover bands and DJs rather than jazz and blues, there will be plenty of jazz and creative music around town this week, if you know where to look. For the Funky Butt Brass Band, ...
Trebor Tichenor 1940 - 2014
Trebor Tichenor, the St. Louis native who became internationally known as a ragtime pianist and historian, has died. He was 74. An obituary in Tuesday's Post-Dispatch says he died Saturday at Laclede Groves in Webster Groves after having suffered a stroke in December. As pianist for the St. Louis Ragtimers, Tichenor (pictured) was a regular performer ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Funky Cosmos of Galactic
This week, we've selected for your viewing and listening enjoyment some recent videos of Galactic, who will be back in St. Louis to perform on Thursday, March 6 at The Pageant. Comprised of Stanton Moore (drums), Jeff Raines (guitar), Robert Mercurio (bass), Rich Vogel (keyboards), and Ben Ellman (saxophone), the New Orleans-based funk/jazz/hip-hop band has been ...
Jazz This Week: Christian McBride Trio, Gaslight Cabaret Festival, Joshua Abrams' Natural Information Society, and More
Has the dreadful winter of 2014 finally released its icy grip on the St. Louis area? We can only hope so, because there's a lot of interesting jazz and creative music to hear around town over the next few days. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, bassist Christian McBride begins a four-night stand at Jazz at ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Joshua Abrams' Natural Information Society
This week, let's get better acquainted with Joshua Abrams, the Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist whose group Natural Information Society will perform in a concert presented by New Music Circle at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 22 at Joe's Cafe, the gallery and “house concert" venue at 6014 Kingsbury Ave in the Central West End. As a bassist, Abrams ...
Jazz This Week: Terence Blanchard, Erin Bode, Valentine's Day Jazz Around Town, and More
With a slight warmup in the weather coinciding with Valentine's Day, it should be a good weekend in St. Louis to get out and celebrate your love of live jazz and creative music. Let's see what's happening around town over the next few days... Tonight, pianist Kara Baldus will play solo in a free concert for ...
Kimberly Thompson to Drum with House Band for NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers
Former St. Louisan Kimberly Thompson has been chosen to fill the drum chair in the house band for NBC's Late Night With Seth Meyers. Known as The 8G Band (after the studio where the show will be taped), the group will perform on the program Monday through Friday starting on Monday, February 24, when Meyers, former ...
