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News: Performance / Tour

Robert Glasper Cancels Shows at Jazz at the Bistro; Houston Person Booked to Perform October 7-10

September 5, 2009

Jazz St. Louis has announced another change in the fall schedule for Jazz at the Bistro. Pianist Robert Glasper, who had been scheduled to perform at the Bistro Wednesday, October 7 through Saturday, October 10, has canceled.Saxophonist Houston Person (pictured), who was in town this past weekend to perform at Harris-Stowe State University as ...

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News: Festival

Jazz This Week: Scott Alberici and Reggie Thomas, St. Louis Jazz Club Picnic, Big Muddy Blues Festival, and More

September 3, 2009

It looks like we'll have some good weather in St. Louis leading up to and during the Labor Day weekend, and there are plenty of opportunities to get out and hear live jazz, both indoors and outdoors, over the next few days. Here's a look at some highlights in chronological order:Tonight, the City of ...

News: Technology

amazon.com Offering Free Downloads of 30 Different "World Music" Samplers

September 3, 2009

While the term “world music" is more of a marketing turn of phrase than a useful description, there's no doubt that a lot of interesting sounds get included in the category. Now Amazon.com is trying to encourage everyone to do a bit of audio globetrotting by offering free MP3 downloads of 30 different sampler albums of ...

News: Performance / Tour

New Music Circle Announces 2009-10 Season Schedule

September 3, 2009

New Music Circle has announced its lineup of concerts for the 2009-10 season, which marks NMC's 51st year of presenting contemporary and experimental music in St. Louis. This year's schedule once again has a number of multimedia events, mixing music with film, dance and spoken word performance.Pianist, composer and electronic musician James Hegarty kicks ...

News: Technology

#Jazzlives Twitter Campaign to Draw Attention, Demonstrate Support for Live Jazz

September 3, 2009

The latest eruption of the recurring “is jazz dying? controversy, prompted in part by a recent article in the Wall Street Journal (see previous posts here and here for more) got veteran jazz journalist Howard Mandel thinking about ways to demonstrate the current vitality and diversity of jazz music.Last week, Mandel emailed an assortment ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz at Holmes Series Sets Schedule for Fall 2009

September 3, 2009

The Jazz at Holmes series of free Thursday night concerts at Washington University in St. Louis has announced its schedule for Fall 2009.The series kicks off with what seem like a couple of odd musical choices: a jazz tribute to Woodstock, led by guitarist and Wash U director of jazz performance William Lenihan and ...

News: Technology

Site News: A New Look For St. Louis Jazz Notes

September 3, 2009

If you're reading this post directly on the St. Louis Jazz Notes site (as opposed to via RSS, email or another site aggregating StLJN's posts), you'll notice that it has a new look, and some new features as well.If only for cosmetic reasons, a change was long overdue, as StLJN has had the same ...

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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Three Views of Chris Botti

August 30, 2009

This week, we've got three videos featuring trumpeter Chris Botti, who's returning to St. Louis to perform on Friday, September 18 at the Fox Theatre. First up is an undated clip of “Streets Ahead," the sort of pop/funk tune that was a mainstay for Botti early ...

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News: Radio

More on the Potential Sale of KFUO, Changes at Wsie

August 28, 2009

The fate of classical music, jazz, and local St. Louis arts coverage on radio station KFUO (99.1 FM) remains in doubt, as the station's owners consider whether or not to sell.St. Louis Post-Dispatch classical music critic Sarah Bryan Miller has been doing good work on this story since rumors of a possible sale first ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: "A Night of Jazz Greats" with Clark Terry; Eastern Blok; Free Outdoor Concerts; and More

August 27, 2009

Vacation season is winding down, and there are a number of noteworthy jazz and creative music performances over the next few days in St. Louis, including several free concerts. Let's take a look at the shows in chronological order:Tonight, saxophonist Willie Akins and his group will give a free concert as part of a ...