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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Investigating the Orchestrion

May 2, 2010

Guitarist Pat Metheny's Orchestrion tour comes to St. Louis next Saturday, May 8 for a concert at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, and though StLJN has been following related news for a while, today we've got some video clips that offer a closer look at Metheny and his ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Count Basie Orchestra, John Patitucci, Jeff Beck, Curtis Roads and Bryan O'Reilly, Steve Tyrell, and More

May 2, 2010

It's going to be another busy weekend for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with shows on tap ranging from classic big-band swing to experimental electronics, along with several stops in between. Let's go to the highlights:Starting tonight, bassist John Patitucci (pictured) leads his trio for two sets per night through Saturday at ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz St. Louis Announces Summer Schedule for Jazz at the Bistro

April 28, 2010

Jazz St. Louis has announce the summer 2010 schedule for Jazz at the Bistro, and it's a lineup filled with return appearances and weighted toward singers, with vocalists filling four of the nine summer weekends the Bistro will be open.There also will be a couple of less-familiar faces, as smooth jazz saxophonist Tim Cunningham ...

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"New Music, New Works" at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

April 27, 2010

This Sunday, May 2, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and the Mizzou New Music Initiative will present “New Music, New Works," the world premiere of three original compositions created by University of Missouri composition students Stephanie Berg, Michael Strausbaugh, and David Witter and performed by the University of Missouri New Music Ensemble. The Ensemble is ...

News: Performance / Tour

Guitars and Saxes Returning to the Pageant on Friday, August 13

April 27, 2010

According to an article published today on smoothjazznetwork.com, the long-running Guitars and Saxes package tour is taking to the road again in the summer of 2010, and the itinerary includes a stop on Friday, August 13 at The Pageant in St. Louis.The 16th annual Guitars and Saxes tour will feature guitarists Peter White and ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Legacy of Count Basie

April 25, 2010

With the Count Basie Orchestra set to appear in the St. Louis area next weekend, this seems like the perfect opportunity to present some vintage video of Basie and his band. The present-day Basie Orchestra, currently under the direction of trombonist Bill Hughes and featuring St. Louis native ...

News: Technology

STLJN Turns Five

April 25, 2010

Though it may be somewhat difficult to believe, it was five years ago today that St. Louis Jazz Notes first went online. If you subscribe to the notion that “Internet years" are the equivalent of “dog years," that makes this site roughly 35 years old. Either way, StLJN is one of the more long-lived outposts of ...

News: Performance / Tour

Two Spring/Summer Concert Series Announce Schedules

April 26, 2010

The schedules have been announced for the Missouri History Museum's spring Twilight Tuesdays and for the fourth annual Whitaker Urban Evenings series, and while neither has much in the way of straight-ahead jazz, both will offer some concerts of potential interest to jazz fans in the St. Louis area.The Twilight Tuesdays series starts next ...

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News: Event

Tickets Now on Sale for JEN Conference Concerts

April 26, 2010

Single tickets are now on sale for the three evening concerts that will be presented as part of the first-ever Jazz Education Network Conference, which takes place Thursday, May 20 through Saturday, May 22 in St. Louis.All three concerts, as well various other conference events, will be presented at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. ...

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Bob Koester to Speak Saturday, May 1 at the Sheldon Art Galleries

April 22, 2010

Bob Koester, a former St. Louisan who owns the Delmark Records label and Jazz Record Mart in Chicago, will speak on the history of Delmark in St. Louis at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 1 at the Sheldon Art Galleries.Delmark, which is one of the most long-lived and well-respected independent jazz and blues labels currently ...