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Jazz This Week: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Bonerama, "88 Squared," and More
For a lot of St. Louis jazz fans, there's a hole in this weekend approximately the size and shape of tenor saxophone giant Sonny Rollins, who, up until a couple of weeks ago, had been scheduled to play this Saturday night at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Unfortunately, Rollins' continuing health issues forced him to cancel ...
Jazz This Week: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Bonerama, "88 Squared," Dave Dickey Big Band, and More
For a lot of St. Louis jazz fans, there's a hole in this weekend approximately the size and shape of tenor saxophone giant Sonny Rollins, who, up until a couple of weeks ago, had been scheduled to play this Saturday night at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Unfortunately, Rollins' continuing health issues forced him to cancel ...
Phil Dunlap Quintet to Debut Saturday, June 29 at Slam, with Nicholas Payton as Special Guest
As director of education for Jazz St. Louis, Phil Dunlap certainly gets ample opportunities to use his piano chops during the regular working week. However, the SIUE alumnus also does a fair amount of playing on the side, doing casual gigs and leading both a trio and the Legacy Jazz Quintet, a group that draws on ...
Artist, Location Selected for Miles Davis Statue in Alton
According to a story published in yesterday's Alton Telegraph, artist and sculptor Preston Jackson has been selected to create a statue of Miles Davis for display in the town where the legendary trumpeter was born. Jackson, who grew up in Decatur and now lives in Peoria, has taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and created ...
Jazz at Holmes Series Announces Dates of Free Summer Concerts
The Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University has announced a summer schedule of three free concerts during the month of July. The summer series starts on Thursday, July 11 with a performance by singer Feyza Eren and her band. Next up, trumpeter Erik Jekabson, who's from San Francisco, will play with a quartet of local ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Ride the "Lunatic Express" with Mike Dillon
This week, let's check out some videos of the Mike Dillon Band, who will be in St. Louis to play on Thursday, June 27 at The Demo. The group features Dillon on vibraphone, percussion and vocals, Carly Meyers on trombone and bass pedals, Cliff Hines on guitar, bass and keyboards, and Adam Gertner on drums. They ...
Jazz This Week: Terence Blanchard, Willie Akins and Montez Coleman, Chesterfield Jazz Festival, Voicehandler, and More
Though it's not officially summer for another week or so, the steamy weather associated with that season in St. Louis is already here. Fortunately, there's a variety of jazz and creative music events on tap over the next few days, both indoors and out, to help you cool out and beat the heat. Tonight, trumpeter, composer ...
St. Louis Premiere of Terence Blanchard's Opera Gets National Media Attention
Trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard's new opera Champion, which will receive its world premiere performance this Saturday, June 15 at Opera Theatre St. Louis, got some national attention today in an article in the Wall Street Journal. Jazz Times magazine recently also ran a short item about the premiere, while Opera News had a more extensive ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The STL - Nola Connection, Revisited
As we've observed before in this space, many New Orleans bands and musicians seem to do well in St. Louis, and so it's no surprise that they keep coming up the Mississippi to play here. Last week's post referenced the upcoming shows here by trumpeter Terence Blanchard, and this week, we've got videos from two more ...
Sonny Rollins Cancels Summer Concerts Including June 22 Show at the Touhill
This just in: Saxophonist Sonny Rollins has cancelled all his shows for June and July, including a scheduled date on Saturday, June 22 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center here in St. Louis. Here's the complete text of the news release sent out this morning by Jazz St. Louis:“SONNY ROLLINS CANCELS JUNE 22 TOUHILL SHOW ST. ...
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