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Nu-Art Series Announces Oliver Lake Exhibit, Eddie Henderson Concert
The Nu-Art Series has announced two events this month as part of their ongoing efforts to spotlight connections between jazz and visual arts. A new exhibit featuring paintings by saxophonist Oliver Lake (pictured, above left) and collages by S. Scott Davis III, who's a cousin of bassist Charles Mingus, will open with a reception at 5:30 ...
2012 Whitaker Music Festival Downplays Jazz for Multiple Musical Genres
The Whitaker Music Festival, the series of free concerts held on Wednesday nights during the summer at the Missouri Botanical Garden, has announced its schedule for 2012, and more than ever, this year's lineup downplays the series' jazz origins in favor a sampling of multiple genres. The unquestioned highlight for local jazz fans will be the ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Catching up with Vijay Iyer
This week, let's catch up with the latest on pianist and composer Vijay Iyer, who will be returning to St. Louis with his trio to perform Wednesday, March 14 through Wednesday, March 17 at Jazz at the Bistro. This will be the second time headlining at the Bistro for ...
Ernie Watts Joining Laurence Hobgood for Bistro Gig on Thursday, April 5
This just in: Veteran saxophonist Ernie Watts (pictured) will join pianist Laurence Hobgood for the latter's previously announced performance on Thursday, April 5 at Jazz at the Bistro. Watts has played with Hobgood in singer Kurt Elling's band, and also is known for his work as a solo artist and with Charlie Haden's Quartet West, the ...
Jazz at the Bistro: Marlena Shaw Postponed, Russell Malone and Cyrus Chestnut Added
This just in: Jazz St. Louis has announced that due to “circumstances beyond their control," singer Marlena Shaw's upcoming engagement at Jazz at the Bistro, scheduled for Wednesday, April 11 through Saturday, April 14, has been postponed. JSL director of operations and artistic administration Bob Bennett says they're working with Shaw's representatives to reschedule for next ...
R.I.P., Eddie Fritz
Though there's been no published obituary or other official announcement, StLJN has learned that longtime St. Louis jazz pianist Eddie Fritz has died at age 70. The news of his passing comes from guitarist Steve Schenkel, who on Tuesday posted a message on Facebook with remembrances of Fritz. The pianist, who lived in Webster Groves, apparently ...
Jazz This Week: Freddy Cole, Claudia Quintet with Theo Bleckmann, Koplant No, and More
It's another busy week for live jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with performances from both touring and local acts ranging from ragtime, traditional New Orleans jazz, and swing to thought-provoking modern jazz influenced by a variety of contemporary genres. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, singer and pianist Freddy Cole returns to St. Louis ...
STLJN Audio Archive: Oliver Lake - Ntu: The Point from Which Creation Begins
As Black History Month winds down for this year, it seems an appropriate time to revisit an historic session involving musicians from St. Louis' original Black Artists Group of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Recorded in 1971 here in St. Louis, saxophonist Oliver Lake's album Ntu: The Point From Which Creation Begins was issued in ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Claudia Quintet Sampler
Today, let's take a look at some video clips featuring the Claudia Quintet, who will be making their St. Louis debut in a concert sponsored by New Music Circle at 7:30 p.m. next Friday, March 2 at the 560 Music Center. Formed by drummer John Hollenbeck in the late ...
Jack Wright to Perform Thursday, March 8 at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center
Saxophonist Jack Wright is returning to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m. Thursday, March 8 at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center. The free-improvising reedman (and occasional pianist) has played here a number of times since the mid-1990s, both at LNAC and at various venues under the auspices of New Music Circle, but this will be his ...
