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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Jazz Documentary Film Festival, Part 2
Our jazz video showcase continues in vacation mode for another week, with six more full-length documentaries vying for your late-summer attention. First up is a concert film from the Jazz Icons DVD series, Duke Ellington Live In Holland 1958, It's an 80-minute concert performance from Ellington's big band, which ...
Jazz This Week: Kapsalis and Ivanovic, St. Louis Stompers, and More
We're now officially in the “dog days" of August, and though the start of the fall season for most of the local not-for-profit jazz presenters is a few weeks away, there still are some noteworthy performances in the next several days that may be of interest to St. Louis area jazz fans. While some temporary time ...
Single Tickets on Sale for Jazz at the Bistro 2011-12 Season
Single tickets go on sale at 10:00 a.m. today for Jazz St. Louis' 2011-12 season shows at Jazz at the Bistro. Among the musicians performing at the Bistro next season will be Ramsey Lewis, John Scofield, Kurt Elling, Greg Osby (pictured), The Bad Plus, Robert Glasper, Joshua Redman with Brad Mehldau, and Stanley Clarke. (Tickets for ...
Acclaimed Jazz Pianist Peter Martin Launches Unique Approach To Music Lessons
SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI—Renowned jazz pianist, composer, educator and arranger Peter Martin has announced his new online approach to music education at petermartinmusic.com/lessons. Through his innovative method of musical education, Mr. Martin provides eager jazz students the opportunity to fine-tune their musical mastery, offering full-length video lessons online in addition to one-on-one Skype lessons, a monthly Online ...
STLJN Audio Archive: Quartette Tres Bien - Boss Tres Bien
Today's Audio Archive post features the Quartette Tres Bien's debut recording for a national label, and comes to us via the blog Soundological Investimigations. QTB were one of the better known groups of St. Louis' Gaslight Square era, and were sometimes compared with Ramsey Lewis, the Three Sounds, and other piano-based groups playing groove-oriented music. The ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Jazz Documentary Film Festival for a Summer's Day
This week, we're taking a break from the usual routine of previewing upcoming shows and showcasing St. Louis musicians for a sort of summer vacation post, featuring a half-dozen full-length jazz documentaries for your late summer viewing and listening pleasure. Kicking off our little film festival up above is ...
Jazz This Week: Tim Cunningham, Rodney Lancaster's St. Louis Trombone Ensemble, "Dreamscapes" at the Pulitzer, and More
With various summer concert series wrapping up and the fall presenting season yet to begin, the middle of August usually is a relatively slow time with regard to touring jazz and creative music performers visiting St. Louis. However, that doesn't mean the scene is entirely devoid of activity, as there still are some noteworthy shows over ...
Sheldon Concert Hall, Metrotix Offering Online Presale of Single Tickets for 2011-12 Season
Single tickets for the Sheldon Concert Hall's 2011-12 season go on sale at 10:00 a.m. this Saturday, August 13, but the Sheldon and Metrotix are offering a presale that gives online buyers a couple of days worth of head start. Beginning at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 11, online buyers can purchase single tickets for concerts in ...
New Music Circle Announces 2011-12 Season Schedule
New Music Circle has announced their 2011-12 season schedule, confirming preview information released earlier this summer and covered by StLJN here. To reiterate the bottom line of that post, “it looks to a very impressive season, balancing improvised music and free jazz, intermedia performances, and contemporary composed music," and now all the particulars have been finalized. ...
Review: DMS at the Touhill Performing Arts Center
Much like blockbuster action films and mystery thrillers suitable for beach reading, summer tours by big-name musicians tend to be geared toward providing popular entertainment, not profound artistic statements. Such was the case with the concert by the jazz “supergroup" DMS on Sunday at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, as George Duke, Marcus Miller and former ...
