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All That Tap XXI Scheduled for Saturday, July 28 at the Touhill

June 28, 2012

The connections between jazz music and tap dancing will be on display once again during All That Tap XXI, the grand finale of the week-long St. Louis Tap Festival that will take place at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, July 28 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Pianist Carolbeth True's trio (pictured) will provide the music for a ...

News: Radio

STLJN Audio Archive: Hamiet Bluiett - Endangered Species

June 25, 2012

For this edition of the Audio Archive, we continue this weekend's focus on the great baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett by spotlighting Endangered Species, his recording debut as a leader. Originally issued in 1976 by the now-defunct India Navigation label and out of print for many years, Endangered Species has been preserved online thanks to the efforts ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Hamiet Bluiett Sampler

June 24, 2012

This week, we focus our video spotlight on baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett, who will be performing a rare local date next Wednesday June 27 at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The free outdoor concert, part of the Garden's Whitaker Music Festival, will feature Bluiett fronting an all-star band including pianist ...

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Pop up Project Seeks Musicians for Experimental Jam Session This Friday

June 22, 2012

This just in: The POP UP project, co-curated by local artists Kate King and Sam Davis, is looking for musicians to participate in an “Experimental Music Jam" starting at 6:30 p.m. this Friday, June 22 at 7411 S. Broadway in the Carondelet neighborhood. King tells StLJN that the POP UP project “was created to stimulate a ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Charlie Hunter, Hamiet Bluiett, "Cool Like That: A Tribute to Miles Davis," and More

June 22, 2012

It's the first official week of summer, and there are plenty of jazz-related events coming up in and around St. Louis over the next seven days. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the inaugural St Lou Fringe Festival opens with an evening of performances that will include the first of four stagings of Cool Like That: ...

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First-Ever St Lou Fringe Festival to Include Tribute to Miles Davis

June 20, 2012

The first-ever St Lou Fringe Festival, taking place this weekend in four Midtown venues, will include a show honoring Miles Davis (pictured), the legendary jazz trumpeter who was born in Alton, IL and grew up in East St. Louis. Cool Like That, A Tribute to Miles Davis, a production of Black Poet Ventures of Phoenix, AZ, ...

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Grandmothers of Invention to Perform Saturday, August 4 at Old Rock House

June 19, 2012

Attention, St. Louis area Zappaphiles: The Grandmothers of Invention (pictured), featuring four key ex-members of Frank Zappa's Mothers, will perform at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, August 4 at the Old Rock House. Three of the The ex-Mothers in question are singer and saxophonist Napoleon Murphy Brock, saxophonist Bunk Gardner, and keyboard player Don Preston. The ORH's announcement ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Return of Charlie Hunter

June 17, 2012

After a couple of Saturdays presenting historic videos, this week we're back on the straight-up “coming attractions" tip, and the featured artist is guitarist Charlie Hunter, who's returning to St. Louis next week to perform Friday, June 22 and Saturday, June 23 at Jazz at the Bistro. Hunter's been ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Tim Cunningham, Funky Butt Brass Band, Erin Bode, and More

June 15, 2012

Though it's a slow week for touring musicians coming to St. Louis, there are plenty of jazz and creative music performances featuring local players happening over the next few days that are worthy of your attention. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, bassist Dave Troncoso leads a trio at the Wine Press; and trombonist/bassist Wayne Coniglio ...

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Nevermore Jazz Ball and St. Louis Swing Dance Festival to be Held November 1-4

June 13, 2012

Local terpsichoreans will have the opportunity to strut their stuff during the second annual Nevermore Jazz Ball & St. Louis Swing Dance Festival, which will take place starting Wednesday, November 1 through Saturday, November 4 at several venues around town. Announced this week and billed as “the most unique jazz dance and music festival in the ...