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News: Website

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May 1, 2014

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Article: Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum

May 2014

by Mr. P.C.
May 1, 2014

Dear Mr. P.C.: Why do pianists do so much more with their right hands than their left hands? --Leftist Dear Leftist: It's a gesture of cultural understanding. In some eastern cultures the left hand is considered “dirty" because it's used to cleanse the butt after evacuating. For ...

Article: Album Review

Orrin Evans' Captain Black Big Band: Mother's Touch

Read "Mother's Touch" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 2014

New York-based pianist / composer (and two-time Grammy Award nominee) Orrin Evans served notice with his first big-band album for Posi-Tone Records that there was an impressive new ensemble on the scene, a message that is firmly underscored by the second, the cryptically named Mother's Touch, whose tone and temperament mirror Evans' contemporary point of view. ...

Article: The Doorman's Diary

Kissing Cousins: Jazz + poetry = jazz poetry

by Jeff Winke
May 1, 2014

Believe it or not there have been times when jazz and poetry intertwine. The music inspires the poetry and creates a non-mainstream style of writing... jazz poetry. Innovations in music and poetics in the early part of the 20th century surfaced in the 1920's. The simultaneous evolution of poetry and jazz music was not ...

News: Radio

Swinging At The Pearl: Catherine Russell, Dick Hyman & The Jim Cullum Jazz Band

May 1, 2014

For this week’s Riverwalk Jazz radio show, bandleader Jim Cullum welcomes two guest artists. One is piano master and old friend Dick Hyman, a guest on our first radio show in 1989. The second is a new friend, making her Riverwalk Jazz debut in 2010—jazz singer Catherine Russell. The program is distributed in the US by ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Joe Lovano and Us Five, Cornet Chop Suey, Jeff Anderson and Chad Evans, Sarah Jane and the Blue Notes, and More

May 1, 2014

Though it's the last day of Jazz Appreciation Month and some local not-for-profit presenters already have wound down their seasons, there's still some interesting jazz and creative music to be heard in St. Louis this week, including the long-awaited return of one of the top tenor saxophonists working today. That would be Joe Lovano, who will ...

News: Recording

European And American Jazz Meets In DLC Project "Into The Unknown"

May 1, 2014

The title of the latest album by DLC Project, Into the Unknown, could easily have been called “Nothing ventured, nothing gained". The driving concept behind this collection of compositions is one of exploration and the imagining of possibilities - the taking of risks, and the anticipation that goes hand-in-hand with the redefining of parameters. Into the ...

News: Recording

Erik Scott To Release Second World Music Album, And The Earth Bleeds

May 1, 2014

San Francisco, CA - Much to the excitement of music aficionados worldwide, bassist/composer Erik Scott will be releasing his sophomore CD 'And The Earth Bleeds' on May 8, 2014. Best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Sonia Dada, and Flo & Eddie, Erik's newest release takes the listener on an aural voyage through ethereal and ...

News: Recording

In The Tradition Of Keith Jarrett And Lyle Mays, Solo Pianist Jim Robbins Releases "Only Two Things"

May 1, 2014

Jim Robbins, professional solo pianist and recording artist, has released his newest CD—Only Two Things. In the tradition of Liz Story, George Winston, Lyle Mays and Keith Jarrett, listeners have described his music as “beautiful," “remarkable," and “compelling." One Amazon reviewer remarked, “It is, quite simply, one of the most unique and beautiful listening experiences I ...

News: Event

United Nations Celebrated The International Jazz Day With Rhythms Of Balkans, Samba And Bossa Nova

May 1, 2014

The annual International Jazz Day was celebrated at the United Nations Headquarters in New York with a concert of Dimitrije Vasiljević, award-winning jazz pianist and composer from Serbia. April 30th was first introduced in 2011 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), on the initiative of one the jazz greats, pianist and composer ...