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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Mirth and Melancholy with Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo
This week, our video spotlight shines on saxophonist Branford Marsalis and pianist Joey Calderazzo, who will be in St. Louis for a duo performance on Sunday, January 22 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. In June of last year, Marsalis and Calderazzo released Songs of Mirth and Melancholy, a duo ...
Jazz This Week: Legacy Jazz Quintet Plays Art Blakey, a Tribute to Fran Landesman, and More
Assuming that drivers in the St. Louis area recover from the havoc caused by today's snowstorm, there are a number of jazz and creative music performances happening over the next few days that may reward those who choose to venture out into the mid-January cold. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, pianist Ken Kehner, who teaches ...
Ligertwood, Garfield and Stevens to Perform Thursday, February 9 at BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups
Singer Alex Ligertwood, who's worked with big names including Santana and Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, is coming to St. Louis to perform with keyboardist David Garfield and saxophonist Jim Stevens at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, February 9 at BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups. Garfield, a St. Louis native who's lived in Los Angeles since the 1970s, was ...
Cory Pesaturo to Play Friday, February 17 at Cyrano's
Jazz accordionist Cory Pesaturo (pictured) is coming to St. Louis to perform at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Friday, February 17 at Cyrano's, 603 E. Lockwood in Webster Groves. Based in Boston, Pesaturo is a 24-year-old graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music. He performs and has recorded two CDs with saxophonist George Garzone and ...
Steve Tyrell to Perform in Benefit Concert on Thursday, April 26 at the Sheldon
Singer Steve Tyrell is returning to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m., Thursday, April 26 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. The event is a benefit for Hope Happens, which raises money for research at the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders at Washington University. Tyrell, a former record company and film executive turned performer who's become ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Catching up with Ravi Coltrane
This week, our video spotlight shines on saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, who's returning to St. Louis to perform Wednesday, January 18 through Saturday, January 21 at Jazz at the Bistro. Coltrane, the son of legendary saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist/harpist Alice Coltrane, played here most recently in 2009 at the ...
Webster Records to Close January 31
According to a story by Deb Peterson published Wednesday on STLtoday.com, Webster Records will close permanently on January 31. The story says the store has been in operation for 58 years, which would make it St. Louis' longest-running independent music retailer and one of the more long lived businesses in the Old Webster business district of ...
U City Jazz Festival Seeks Young Musicians for 2012 Event
As organizers gear up for a second year, the U City Jazz Festival is looking for young musicians who want to take part in its Young Lions Jazz Education initiative for 2012. Festival co-founder Mike Silverman, who's also the keyboardist for Bach to the Future, is seeking jazz groups whose members are all under the age ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/Spring 2012 Jazz Preview, Part 3
Today, we end 2011 with the third and final part of our preview of jazz and creative musicians who are coming to St. Louis in the first part of 2012. (You can see part one here and part two here.) First up are Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, who ...
Jazz This Week: New Year's Eve and More
The week between Christmas and New Year's usually is fairly quiet for live jazz in St. Louis, and New Year's Eve, contrary to what you might think, hasn't been an especially busy night either in recent years. Nevertheless, there are a few noteworthy shows coming up, and a handful of NYE jazz performances as well. Let's ...
