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STLJN Audio Archive: Hamiet Bluiett - S.O.S.
This week's Audio Archive entry features S.O.S., a 1977 session from the great baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett. Recorded live at an NYC performance space called Axis, S.O.S teams Bluiett with a stellar rhythm section comprised of Don Pullen on piano, Fred Hopkins on bass and Famoudou Don Moye on percussion. When originally issued as an LP ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: George Benson, Guitar Player
For this week's video showcase, we train our gaze on guitarist and singer George Benson, who will be back in St. Louis to play next Sunday, October 2 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center as part of Jazz St. Louis' “Legends of Jazz" concert series. Before Benson became a ...
Jazz This Week: Take 6, David Torkanowsky and Peter Martin, U City Jazz Festival, and More
As fall officially begins, it's another fairly busy week for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, so let's go straight to the highlights: Tonight, the vocal group Take 6 will make their debut at Jazz at the Bistro, continuing with two sets a night through Saturday. Though primarily known as gospel and pop performers, Take ...
STLJN Audio Archive: Pow! Jeanne Trevor Sings!!
For this week's Audio Archive post, we reach back to 1965 for the first full-length recording by one of St. Louis' longtime favorites, singer Jeanne Trevor. Pow! Jeanne Trevor Sings!! originally was released on the Mainstream label and is revived here courtesy of the music-sharing blog Soundological Investimigations. Drawing inspiration from the classic tradition of female ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2011 Jazz Preview, Part Three
This week, we offer the third and final installment of our video overview of the fall 2011 schedule of touring jazz and creative music performers coming to St. Louis. (Part one can be seen here, and part two is here.) On Friday, October 28, New Music Circle will present ...
Jazz This Week: Joe McPhee, Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival, St. Louis Jazz Club's Annual Picnic, and More
There's a touch of fall in the air here in St. Louis, and along with cooler weather, this weekend also will feature plenty of noteworthy jazz and creative music performances. Let's go the highlights: Tonight, guitarist Daryl Darden, back home from the West Coast for an extended visit, plays a free concert for the Jazz at ...
STLJN Audio Archive: Human Arts Ensemble - Whisper of Dharma
This week's Audio Archive post comes to us once again from the fine avant-jazz music sharing blog Nothing Is v2.0, and features Whisper of Dharma, a rare album by the Human Arts Ensemble that originally was issued in 1972 on the Committee for Universal Justice label (pictured, above left), and later reissued in 1977 on Arista ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Improvisations of Joe McPhee
This week, let's take a look at some video clips of multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, who will be performing next Saturday, September 17, at the Kranzberg Arts Center in a concert presented by New Music Circle. The show will feature McPhee with his band Survival Unit III, which also includes Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and electronics and ...
Jazz This Week: Funky Butt Brass Band Opens the Bistro's 2011-12 Season, a Musical Trip Back to 1961, and More
The fall season of presenting jazz and creative music in St. Louis gathers some momentum this week, as Jazz at the Bistro and Webster University open their 2011-12 seasons. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, saxophonist and East St. Louis native Andre Delano will perform with Good 4 The Soul at the Sheldon Concert Hall as ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2011 Jazz Preview, Part Two
Today, we continue with part two of our video sampler previewing some of the touring jazz and creative music performers who will be visiting St. Louis this fall. (For part one, see this post.) First up is guitarist Stanley Jordan, who will be here with his trio to perform ...
