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All That Tap XX Set for Saturday, July 30 at the Touhill
As noted here before, jazz music and tap dancing have been connected throughout the history of both art forms, and tap dancing has been an interest of a number of notable jazz musicians, including drummers such as Buddy Rich (who started in show business as a child tap dancer), Max Roach and Louis Bellson. St. Louis ...
Business Journal Says Jazz St. Louis to Launch Major Fundraising Drive for New Building, Endowment
In a story in this week's edition (July 1- 7), the St. Louis Business Journal reports that Jazz St. Louis plans to launch a major fundraising effort to create an endowment and build a new headquarters and performance facility. The report by E.B. Solomont of the Business Journal staff says that with a price tag estimated ...
Jazz This Week: A Tribute to Mae Wheeler, Legacy Jazz Quintet, Dave Black, Ritmo Caliente, and More
It's not a big week for name-brand touring jazz musicians in St. Louis, but local and regional players are keeping area stages relatively well-stocked with a variety of musical projects in styles ranging from straight-ahead to Latin jazz to original compositions in several different genres. Let's see what's coming up over the next few days... Tonight, ...
STLJN Audio Archive: Oliver Nelson - Black, Brown and Beautiful
This week's StLJN Audio Archive post comes once again via the Flying Dutchman blog, which has preserved most of the output of that once vibrant, now defunct jazz imprint of the 1960s and 1970s. Saxophonist, arranger/composer and St. Louis native Oliver Nelson made a number of albums for Flying Dutchman, and today we feature Black, Brown ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: New Orleans Comes to St. Louis
From big names like Dr. John, the Neville Brothers and Harry Connick Jr. to lesser-known acts, New Orleans musicians usually seem to do well in St. Louis. Longtime readers may remember yr. humble editor's half-baked theory, advanced several times before in this space, that this is in part because ...
Rebirth Brass Band to Play Saturday, July 23 at Bandwagon Hall
New Orleans' Rebirth Brass Band (pictured) is returning to St. Louis for a concert at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 23 at Bandwagon Hall, 2151 Lemay Ferry Rd. in south county. While they're in town, RBB also will appear as guest performers with the Compton Heights Concert Band at two free outdoor concerts, on Sunday, July 24 ...
Jazz This Week: Eric Slaughter Trio with Jason Swagler, Ally Hany and Addison Frei, and More
The live jazz offerings are a bit sparse around town this long Independence Day weekend in St. Louis, but there still are a few shows worthy of your attention coming up over the next few days. On Friday and Saturday, guitarist Eric Slaughter will bring his trio (pictured) plus saxophonist Jason Swagler to Jazz at the ...
STLJN Audio Archive: Facets: The Legend of Leon Thomas
Today, we introduce a new recurring feature, the StLJN Audio Archive, that will appear occasionally on Sundays. As the name implies, the idea is spotlight out-of-print recordings by St. Louis artists that are available as free downloads somewhere on the Internet. StLJN has featured this sort of thing before at irregular intervals, but after doing some ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Dave Black Sampler
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring guitarist Dave Black, who was just voted “Best Jazz Artist" in St. Louis by readers of the Riverfront Times in balloting for the weekly paper's 2011 Music Awards. Black, who's originally from Indiana, has been living, teaching and performing ...
Peter Martin Reissues First CD the Answer
Pianist Peter Martin has just re-issued his very first CD, making it widely available for the first time in several years. Titled The Answer, it was recorded back in 2000, while Martin was still living in New Orleans and before he made his debut CD for the St. Louis based MAXJAZZ label in 2001. The self-produced ...
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