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Jazz This Week: Stanley Clarke Trio, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the Dead Kenny Gs, Glendale Jazz Festival, and More
Memorial Day weekend is always a busy time, and there's lots to do in St. Louis over the next several days, including the annual Bluesweek Festival, which this year has moved from fall to spring. Fortunately, that packed calendar of events also includes a number of jazz and creative music performances worth checking out. Let's go ...
Alton Announces Plans for Statue of Miles Davis
The city of Alton, Illinois has announced plans to build a statue honoring jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, who was born there in 1926. Alton mayor Tom Hoechst made the announcement at yesterday's Miles Davis Jazz Festival, held at Lewis and Clark Community College in nearby Godfrey, IL. The life-sized statue of Davis would be placed on ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: "Punk Jazz" with the Dead Kenny Gs
If the seminal punk bands Black Flag or the Dead Kennedys were to jam with members of Sun Ra's Arkestra, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and James Brown's JBs, the end result might sound a bit like the Dead Kenny Gs, who are coming to St. Louis next Saturday, ...
Jazz This Week: Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo, Madeleine Peyroux, Eastern Blok, Marcus Lewis, Miles Davis Jazz Festival, and More
The week's schedule of jazz and creative music in St. Louis offers a wide variety of sounds and sights, including Balkan-tinged guitar, funk trombone, fusion harp, saxophone-playing twins, a festival featuring St. Louis musicians paying tribute to our area's most famous jazz icon, and much more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, guitarist Goran Ivanovic and ...
Terence Blanchard Commissioned to Write New Work for Opera Theatre St. Louis
Trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard (pictured) has been commissioned to write a new work called Champion for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. The opera will get its world premiere during OTSL's 2013 season, with six performances taking place between June 15, 2013 and June 30. Based on the story of professional boxer Emile Griffith, Champion is ...
Sheldon Announces "Buy One, Get One Free" Offer on Tickets for Madeleine Peyroux
The Sheldon Concert Hall and MetroTix have announced a “buy one, get one free" offer on tickets for the upcoming concert by singer, songwriter and guitarist Madeleine Peyroux (pictured). Peyroux will make her St. Louis debut at the Sheldon at 7:30 p.m. this coming Sunday, May 20. Regular ticket prices for the concert are $45 and ...
Previewing New Music Circle's Next Season
New Music Circle ended their current presenting season on Friday night with a concert and combination wrap party/fundraiser, and as part of the event, the organization also revealed the roster of musicians they're bringing to St. Louis to perform during the 2012-13 season. While NMC board member Jim Hegarty cautions that the dates and venues are ...
Thollem McDonas to Perform Wednesday, May 23 at Laumeier Sculpture Park
Pianist Thollem McDonas, a frequent visitor to St. Louis in recent years, is coming back again this spring to perform at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 23 at Laumeier Sculpture Park. McDonas (pictured) will play an hour-long set outdoors at Laumeier with multi-instrumentalist Arrington de Dionyso and electronic musician Eric Hall as part of Hall's year-long gig ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo
Today, let's sample a half-dozen video clips featuring the guitar duo of Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo, who will be in St. Louis next week to perform Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19 at Jazz at the Bistro. Vignola also will be presenting a guitar workshop on Saturday ...
Benjamin Cawthra, Author of Book on Jazz and Photography, to Speak Sunday, June 3 at the Missouri History Museum
Author, jazz historian and former St. Louisan Benjamin Cawthra is coming back to his old hometown for an event promoting his book Blue Notes in Black and White: Photography and Jazz. Cawthra will speak and sign copies of the book (pictured) starting at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, June 3 in the Des Lee Auditorium at the Missouri ...
