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Denise Thimes to Perform at Benefit for United Way on Saturday, September 8
Singer Denise Thimes will perform once again this year for the annual “Chocolate, Wine and All That Jazz" event kicking off the fall campaign for the Tri County Division of United Way. The fundraiser will take place starting at 6:30 p.m., Saturday September 8 at the Yacht Club of St. Louis, 105 Lake Village Dr in ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Sampler of St. Louis Big Bands
Continuing with our recent informal sampling of St. Louis jazz and creative music by genre, this week let's check out some video clips of several of the big bands from around the area. The video up top features one of the newer entries in the local field, the Dave ...
Post-Dispatch Reports Plans for David Sanborn Jazz Festival in St. Louis
This just in:The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Kevin Johnson has reported that plans are underway for a new jazz festival in St. Louis. The event would bear the name of, and be headlined by, saxophonist and St. Louis native David Sanborn (pictured) and would take place in September 2013 in the Grand Center neighborhood. The story reports ...
Marco Benevento to Perform Wednesday, September 26 at Old Rock House
Keyboard player Marco Benevento (pictured) is coming to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 26 at the Old Rock House. Benevento, who's originally from New Jersey and now lives in Brooklyn, has connections to both the jazz and jam band scenes. He studied music at Berklee and first began to gain wide recognition ...
Jazz This Week: Dan White Sextet, Willie Akins-Montez Coleman Quartet, Freddie Washington's Coltrane Tribute, and More
This week's menu of noteworthy jazz and creative music shows around St. Louis includes headlining appearances by two longtime local favorite tenor saxophonists, as well as the local debut of an up-and-coming touring band. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the Dan White Sextet from Columbus, Ohio will be in St. Louis for the first time ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Swingin' St. Louis
Last week in this space, we served up a six-pack of videos from St. Louis-based musicians working in the experimental and free improv genres. This week, we journey to the polar opposite end of the musical spectrum with a sampler of six local groups working in early, pre-WWII swing ...
Jazz This Week: Good 4 the Soul, Sandy Weltman, a Benefit for Stacy Johnson, and More
Ready to hear some live jazz this weekend in St. Louis? Well, it's been a hectic week here at StLJN HQ, the result being that this post is going to be a rather minimal names-days-and-places kind of thing, without much in the way of additional commentary or recommendation. Since all the touted gigs involve St. Louis ...
Sonny Rollins Reschedules St. Louis Concert to Saturday, June 22, 2013
St. Louis jazz fans who are eagerly anticipating another chance to hear the man known as the “Saxophone Colossus" will have to wait a bit longer. Jazz St. Louis has announced that saxophonist Sonny Rollins (pictured) has rescheduled his performance at the Touhill Performing Arts Center from Friday, October 12 of this year to Saturday, June ...
Fred Tompkins Releases New Album Flute Settings
St. Louis based composer and flautist Fred Tompkins has released a new album, Flute Settings. Local musicians joining Tompkins in performing on the album include keyboard player Jim Hegarty, drummer Charlie Dent, saxophonist and clarinetist Dave Cheli, and steel pan player Boyd F Becker-Nunley. Flute Settings features five of Tompkins' original compositions, one piece each by ...
Dan White Sextet to Perform Wednesday, July 18 at Robbie's House of Jazz
The Dan White Sextet, an up-and-coming jazz group based in Columbus, OH, will make their St. Louis debut with a gig at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 18 at Robbie's House of Jazz. Comprised of five current or former Ohio State students, plus one member who's still matriculating at Juilliard, the group put out their first album, ...
