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Jazz St. Louis Wins 2011 Missouri Arts Award
Jazz St. Louis will receive a 2011 Missouri Arts Award from the Missouri Arts Council. The Missouri Arts Council is a state agency and division of the Department of Economic Development that provides over $8 million a year in grants to nonprofit organizations to stimulate the growth, development, and appreciation of the arts in Missouri. The ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: John McLaughlin and 4th Dimension
Today, let's look at some video clips of guitarist John McLaughlin and his band 4th Dimension, who will be in St. Louis to perform on Friday, November 19 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Also including keyboardist/drummer Gary Husband, drummer Mark Mondésir, and bassist Étienne Mbappé, 4th Dimension came together ...
Jazz This Week: Regina Carter's Reverse Thread, Banu Gibson, Dave Pietro, Christopher McBride, and More
This week's jazz and creative music offerings in St. Louis would seem to have something of a nostalgic bent, with several shows recalling early New Orleans or Swing Era jazz, and one headliner who's reaching all the way back to the music's African roots. However, there also are some more modern sounds happening around town; you ...
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Ron Carter to Headline 2011 Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival
The Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival has announced that the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (pictured at left) and bassist Ron Carter will be the featured performers for the 2011 GSLJF, which will be held Thursday, April 14 through Saturday, April 16 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. The VJO will headline the concert on Friday, April 15 ...
Steve Ross to Preview New Show "Rhythm and Romance" on November 26 and 27
Pianist and singer Steve Ross (pictured) will preview his new cabaret show “Rhythm and Romance" in St. Louis over Thanksgiving weekend before taking it NYC's famed Algonquin Room in January. Ross will perform “Rhythm and Romance" at 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 26 and Saturday, November 27 at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 N. Grand Blvd. The ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet
This week, let's take a look at some video clips featuring trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet, who will be in St. Louis on Saturday, November 13 to perform at the 560 Music Center under the auspices of New Music Circle. Given that Smith, bassist John Lindberg and drummer ...
Jazz This Week: Reggie Thomas, Lamar Harris, Denise Thimes, Classical Jazz Quartet, and More
If you can evade the ghosts, ghouls, zombies, vampires, werewolves and assorted other creatures of the night that no doubt will be stalking the streets of St. Louis this Halloween weekend, there's plenty of jazz and creative music to be heard around town over the next few days. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, singer Denise ...
Eric Person Releases New CDs, Readies for European Tour
Saxophonist, composer and St. Louis native Eric Person has just released his latest CD The Grand Illusion (pictured) via his own Distinction Records label. Recorded with his electric band Metamorphosis, the disc is Person's eighth CD as a leader. The Grand Illusion features 13 original compositions in what Person calls his “rhythm and groove" style, and ...
HEC-TV Seeks Student Composers to Write Music for I Love Jazz
HEC-TV is seeking student composers to write new music for the program I Love Jazz. Beginning this Friday, October 22, the cable channel is holding a contest in which St. Louis area music students are invited to submit recordings of short original compositions (two minutes or less) for possible use on I Love Jazz, which is ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Regina Carter's Reverse Thread
Regina Carter's latest project Reverse Thread represents something of a departure for the Detroit-born jazz violinist. With the unusual front line instrumentation of Carter's violin; an accordion, played by either Gary Versace or Will Holshouser; and a kora, a 21-string West African harp/lute played by Yacouba Sissoko; Reverse Thread ...
