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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Saying This 'N That with Trombone Shorty

Stepping into our video spotlight today is Troy Andrews, better known as Trombone Shorty, who will be in St. Louis with his band Orleans Avenue on Monday, November 11 to play at the Old Rock House. Mixing New Orleans jazz and funk with hip-hop and rock, Shorty's energetic live performances have made him a rising star ...
Jazz This Week: Martin and Bernstein Play Blue Note, the Bosman Twins, Noisefest Turns 10, Oleta Adams, and More

As if what happened to the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series this week wasn't scary enough, it's also Halloween - but fortunately, there will be plenty of spirited jazz and creative music on local stages over the next few days to chase away any lingering bad vibes. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, Miss ...
Noisefest Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Experimental music fans from St. Louis and throughout the Midwest will be heading this weekend to Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, as LNAC celebrates the 10th anniversary of Noisefest starting on Friday, November 1 and continuing through Sunday, November 3. This year we will expand the focus of the Festival to include workshops on electronics and the ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Peter Bernstein Sampler

Today, we're serving up some video clips showcasing guitarist Peter Bernstein, who will be performing with pianist Peter Martin at 8:00 p.m. next Saturday, November 2 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. The concert, the first this season in Martin's ongoing series at the Sheldon, is billed as a performance of music associated with Blue Note Records, ...
Jazz This Week: "A Night in Treme," William Parker's in Order to Survive, Harry Connick Jr., TKT Scholarships Benefit, and More

No doubt about it, St. Louis this week definitely is in the grip of World Series fever. And with the first game of the fall baseball classic tonight, StLJN is getting word of some gigs featuring local jazz musicians being canceled or postponed to avoid conflicts with either the televised games tonight and tomorrow or this ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on William Parker

This week we feature some video clips of bassist William Parker, who will be here with his In Order To Survive quintet to perform in a concert presented by New Music Circle next Friday, October 25 at Mad Art Gallery. A 61-year-old native of the Bronx, NYC, Parker first gained wide attention in the 1980s with ...
Jazz This Week: Bill Watrous, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, William Cepeda, "Jazz Heaven," and More

This week's menu of jazz and creative music in St. Louis features visits from two very different touring trombonists, plus a traveling extravaganza featuring Wynton Marsalis fronting a cast of 85 musicians and singers, and as usual, plenty of homegrown talent, too. Let's go the highlights... Tonight, trombonist Bill Watrous will be at Mineral Area College ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: "Abyssinian: A Gospel Celebration"

This week, let's take a look at Abyssinian: A Gospel Celebration," the extended work composed by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis that currently is on tour and scheduled for a St. Louis stop next Friday, October 18 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Premiered in 2008 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church, Abyssinian" incorporates ...
Jazz This Week: Lou Donaldson, Alarm Will Sound, Three Tenors of St. Louis, David Grisman, ST. Louis Stompers, and More

Though Cardinal baseball may be preoccupying large segments of the populace in St. Louis, the fall jazz and creative music presenting season nevertheless continues this week with a full slate of performances in a wide variety of styles. Music fans who care to venture forth into clubs and concert halls over the next few days will ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Return of Lou Donaldson

Once upon a time, just about every major city in the USA had at least a couple of guys who played in a similar style, if not with the same amount of skill, as alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, who's coming back to St. Louis next week to perform Wednesday, October 9 through Saturday, October 12 at ...