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Spoke to Perform Sunday, September 16 at Parkway United Church of Christ
The NYC-based band SPOKE (pictured) is coming to St. Louis to perform at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, September 16 at Parkway United Church of Christ, 2841 N Ballas Rd. SPOKE features St. Louis native and SIUE alumnus Dan Loomis (also of The Wee Trio) on bass, along with trombonist Andy Hunter, saxophonist Justin Wood, and drummer Danny ...
MAXJAZZ Releases New Solo CD by Pianist Dena Derose
The St. Louis based independent label MAXJAZZ has released a new CD by pianist Dena DeRose called Travelin' Light. The album (pictured) is DeRose's fourth for the label and her first recording as a solo pianist. It was recorded live at The Chromatic Attic in Antwerp, Belgium, and features DeRose's interpretations of some familiar tunes (and ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Marcus Miller Marathon
This week, we've got a whole lot of video featuring bassist Marcus Miller, who's coming to St. Louis to play Sunday, September 9 and Monday, September 10 at Jazz at the Bistro. Miller, now 53, has been an in-demand player, producer and composer on the national and international music ...
Belleville's Wine, Dine and Jazz Festival Announces Lineup
Belleville's Wine, Dine and Jazz Festival has announced the lineup of musicians for its 2012 event, which will be held Friday, October 19 and Saturday, October 20 in the square in downtown Belleville. On Friday, the festival will feature the Yard Dawgs Jazz Quartet, the Usual Suspects, and Musica Slesa. Saturday's roster includes guitarist Tom Byrne ...
Jazz This Week: David Sanborn and Brian Culbertson, Steve Davis, Dave Dickey Big Band, and More
With the return of one of the best known jazz musicians ever to come out of St. Louis, plus a nice variety of local gigs on tap, this week's jazz and creative music calendar is relatively busy for the end of August, which usually is a fairly slow time of year. So without further ado, let's ...
Webster University Releases Schedule of Fall Jazz Concerts
The music department at Webster University has released their schedule of Monday night jazz concerts for Fall 2012. The series gets started on Monday, September 10 with the Webster University Faculty Jazz Ensemble presenting a program called “Cool Struttin': Soulful Sounds from Blue Note Records." Then on Monday, September 24, guitarist Tom Byrne and his Pat ...
STLJN Audio Archive: Quartette Tres Bien - Stepping Out
For this week's Audio Archive post, we revisit Stepping Out!, a 1966 release by the popular St. Louis group Quartette Trés Bien. A groove-oriented piano-trio-plus-percussionist, the QTB rose to fame during the Gaslight Square era, right around the same time that Ramsey Lewis and Young-Holt Unlimited were successfully purveying similar sounds up in Chicago. The band's ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: David Sanborn and Brian Culbertson's "The Dream" Tour 2012
This week, we focus our video spotlight on saxophonist and St. Louis native David Sanborn and multi-instrumentalist Brian Culbertson, who have been touring together this summer. Sanborn and Culbertson's “The Dream" Tour - the name of which references both the 25th anniversary of the release of Sanborn's song of ...
Jazz This Week: Jeff Coffin and the Mutet Performance and Workshop, Tim Cunningham, Thomas Person, and More
As is usual for the latter half of August, the menu of jazz and creative music for this weekend in St. Louis is light on touring performers and relatively heavy on local musicians. It'll be a few weeks before our town's various not-for-profit presenters and university music programs start their fall schedules and fatten up the ...
Former Owner of Halls Ferry Inn Jazz Cafe Gets Probation in Arson Case
According to a story that went online this afternoon at STLtoday.com, the former owner of the Halls Ferry Inn Jazz Cafe has been sentenced to probation after admitting he set fire to the business last February and pleading guilty to an arson charge. The story, bylined “From Staff Reports," said that “Lozell Stiles, 40, of the ...
