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Coming Attractions Include Jimmy Herring, Snarky Puppy, Bett Butler
Catching up with the contents of the email inbox here at StLJN HQ, here's info on three upcoming shows by touring musicians coming to town to promote new releases that may be of interest to StLJN readers: Guitarist Jimmy Herring will be coming to St. Louis to perform at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 29 at the ...
Music for Lifelong Achievement (MFLA) Annual Drive for Musical Instruments, Donations to Begin October 1
This year's Music for Lifelong Achievement instrument drive will begin Monday, October 1 and continue through Sunday, November 4. MFLA is a not-for-profit organization based at the Sheldon Concert Hall that donates used and new musical instruments to school and community music programs serving disadvantaged young people. MFLA also raises funds for instrument repair and musical ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Jazz Film Festival 2012
As we did last year around this time, this week we're taking a break from the usual routine of previewing upcoming shows and showcasing St. Louis musicians for a sort of summer vacation post, featuring a half-dozen full-length jazz films for your late summer viewing and listening pleasure. Our ...
Jazz This Week: The Great Barrier Reefs, St. Louis Cabaret Festival, Don Schroeder's Happy-Go-Lucky Jazz Band, and More
This week's jazz and creative music calendar in St. Louis features some Caribbean-flavored jazz-fusion, three nights of cabaret, and some traditional prewar jazz, plus much more. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, the aforementioned Caribbean flavor manifests itself in the form of the Nashville-based funk/fusion band The Great Barrier Reefs (pictured), who are playing at Pop's ...
Matt Ulery's Loom Trio to Perform Friday, September 28 at Saint Louis Art Museum
Chicago bassist and composer Matt Ulery is bringing his group LOOM Trio to St. Louis to perform at 7:00 p.m. Friday, September 28 in the Grigg Gallery of the Saint Louis Art Museum. According to the news release sent out by the museum, the gig also will feature members of the Chicago-based new music group eighth ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Exploring the Great Barrier Reefs
This week, let's take a look at a few video clips from The Great Barrier Reefs, an up-and-coming funk/fusion/jam band from the Nashville, Tennessee area that will be in St. Louis to perform at 10:30 p.m. this coming Thursday, August 9 at Pop's Blue Moon. Led by steel pan ...
Jazz This Week: Grandmothers of Invention, Chip McNeill Quartet, Free Outdoor Concerts, and More
If you're looking for live jazz or creative music in St. Louis during the dog days of August, the pickings can seem kind of slim. The city's most prolific not-for-profit presenter, Jazz St. Louis, has completed its summer season at Jazz at the Bistro, which will be dark until September. That's around the same time that ...
Bonerama Returning to the Gramophone on Friday, September 14
New Orleans' Bonerama (pictured) is returning to St. Louis to perform at 9:00 p.m. Friday, September 14 at The Gramophone. The group, which features a front line of four trombone players, has played here a number of times in the last few years, most recently in February 2012 at the Old Rock House. Tickets for Bonerama ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Grandmothers of Invention 2012 Tour
This week, let's take a look at some videos of the GrandMothers of Invention, who will be in St. Louis to perform next Saturday, August 4 at the Old Rock House. As their name, evoking Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, suggests, the GrandMothers are a tribute band performing Zappa's ...
Jazz This Week: Ronnie Burrage, Musica Slesa, All That Tap, Della Reese, and More
It's another week of extreme heat here in St. Louis, and yet the work of presenting jazz and creative music goes on unabated, with a homecoming gig for drummer and U City native Ronnie Burrage; the annual All That Tap festival; and several other noteworthy events. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, trumpeter Kasimu Taylor debuts ...
