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Jeff Oster: An Emotional Journey into Sound
by Jakob Baekgaard
Everything begins with sound. It is no coincidence that one of the theories of how the universe was created is called The Big Bang. You can almost hear the thunder in the name. Sound is creation. Sound is life. One way of defining a musician is to say that it is a person ...
Jazz this week: Terence Blanchard and the E-Collective, Funky Butt Brass Band, and more
This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music performances in and around St. Louis features the return of a famed trumpeter with a brand-new band and sound, plus a varied assortment of gigs from local favorites. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, June 10 Tonight, trumpeter Terence Blanchard opens a four-night engagement with his new ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Terence Blanchard and the E-Collective
When we last saw Terence Blanchard here in St. Louis back in February 2014, the New Orleans-born trumpeter was playing on short notice at the Sheldon as a substitute for pianist Chucho Valdes, who had canceled his long-scheduled performance there due to a mid-tour injury. Blanchard also spent a good amount of time here the previous ...
Bruce Lundvall, Longtime Blue Note President, Dies At 79
It's with great sadness that we announce the passing of beloved music man & longtime President of Blue Note Records, Bruce Lundvall. He was 79 years old. The cause was complications from a prolonged battle with Parkinson’s disease. Born in Englewood, New Jersey in 1935, Bruce was a lifelong jazz lover whose passion for the music ...
Terence Blanchard Named Visiting Scholar At Berklee College Of Music
Berklee College of Music has named world-renowned trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and Blue Note recording artist Terence Blanchard as a visiting scholar in the Jazz Composition department beginning in the fall of 2015. Blanchard will also work in the Film Scoring and Brass departments, and for the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. “Coming to Berklee feels like I’m ...
Film Scores
by Nathan Holaway
Ah, the cinema. We know so many cliches, certain scenes, and can even quote entire passages of movies. Music in film works the same way. As people who are conditioned through a dominantly visual culture, we tend to remember certain themes alongside certain movie scenes. This subject deserves much more attention! Film composers are often underrated ...
Alexander Hawkins: Alexander Hawkins Trio
by Karl Ackermann
Oxford, UK native Alexander Hawkins continues to chart a course that will inevitably place him in the creative category of pianist/composers of the caliber of Cecil Taylor and Andrew Hill. It is simply a matter of time before this is a young artist--who has an abundance of time--along with a distinctive, broad and progressive vision, comes ...
Miles on Monday: Memorial statue sculptor to speak at Lewis and Clark CC, and more
This week for “Miles on Monday," we have some recent news items involving the legendary trumpeter: Preston Jackson, the sculptor creating the statue for the Miles Davis Memorial Project that will be placed in downtown Alton, IL later this year, will give a presentation for Lewis and Clark Community College’s Visiting Artist Lecture Series at noon ...
Tech & Jazz Communities Unite In Dallas To Help Build Technology Careers For U.S. Veterans
Dallas, TX – NPower, 7-Eleven, PepsiCo and the greater North Texas tech community are proud to present multiple Grammy Award- winning trumpeter Terence Blanchard for a benefit concert at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on April 7, 2015, at 8 p.m. Tickets on sale now at TicketDFW.com or see event sponsorship opportunities at npower.org Over ...
Alan Hampton Releases Sophomore Album "Origami for the Fire"
Alan Hampton is a busy man. When he's not on the road, playing bass and singing with Andrew Bird, Gretchen Parlato Meshell N'Degeocello, and Robert Glasper, he might be in the studio laying down tracks for Sufjan Stevens, Luke Temple, Derrick Hodge, Kendrick Scott, Esperanza Spalding, or The New Pornographers. But somehow, in between tours and ...
