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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Dave Holland Quintet, Jeremy Davenport, "Funky Dog Gumbo Ball," Bosman Twins, and More

January 30, 2013

This week's picks in live jazz and creative music around St. Louis include a multi-night gig featuring one of the top small groups in modern jazz, the return of a local “favorite son" to headline at one of our town's most prestigious concert venues, and much more. Let's go to the highlights.... Tonight, bassist Dave Holland ...

News: Performance / Tour

Snarky Puppy Returning for Performance on Thursday, May 9 at the Demo

January 30, 2013

The Texas-based funk/jazz/world music band Snarky Puppy is coming back to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m. Thursday, May 9 at The Demo. (The Demo is the new venue at 4144 Manchester in the Grove neighborhood, next to Atomic Cowboy, that's being programmed jointly by the music bookers from Lola and the Firebird. At this ...

News: Recording

Singer-Songwriter Brian Dolzani Evokes Early Neil Young, Jules Shear, Freedy Johnston On Stunning New CD "If I Don't Speak A Word"

January 30, 2013

With Vocals That Evoke Early Neil Young, and Stinging, Intimate Lyrics, Singer-Songwriter Brian Dolzani Crafts a Relationship Album For Those Who’ve Lost Their Voice Along the Way Addressing the Question “What Might Happen if I Keep Quiet”, and the Dissatisfied Life That May Follow Singer-songwriter Brian Dolzani crafts an impressive, intimate collection of personal stories on ...

News: Event

Columbus Jazz Orchestra Performs Side By Side Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra In Ragtime, Blues & Beyond Featuring Tia Fuller & Lewis Nash

January 30, 2013

Columbus - The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) returns to the historic Southern Theatre to showcase over 100 years of toe-tapping jazz in “Ragtime, Blues & Beyond: A Short History of Jazz,” February 7 – 10. The Columbus Jazz Orchestra will perform side by side the Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra in this tribute to the ...

Article: Interview

Sara Serpa: A Musical Journey

by Hrayr Attarian
January 29, 2013

Vocalist and composer Sara Serpa is one of the most original and innovative musicians to emerge since the turn of the century. She has already made an indelible mark on the modern music scene in the span of a mere four years. Her unique style of vocalese allows her to utilize the full range of her ...

Article: Album Review

Ryan Blotnick: Solo, Volume I

Read "Solo, Volume I" reviewed by Matt Marshall

by Matt Marshall
January 29, 2013

Solo, Volume I finds guitarist Ryan Blotnick returning to his roots. Not only has he scaled back to his bare, musical minimum--a man and his guitar--but he's also relocated from New York City to the Amherst/Northampton area of Massachusetts, all in an attempt to get closer to the life and music he knew growing up in ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Wayne Shorter Quartet: Without a Net

by John Kelman
January 29, 2013

Since convening a new quartet for the 2001 tour that resulted in Footprints Live! (Verve, 2002), soon-to-be-octogenarian saxophonist Wayne Shorter has found himself in the company of a group that's not just turned out to be, hands-down, his most exciting and exploratory acoustic ensemble in a career well into its sixth decade, but now, a dozen ...

Article: Album Review

Masha Campagne: Like Water, Like Air

Read "Like Water, Like Air" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
January 29, 2013

Moscow-born/San Francisco-based vocalist Masha Campagne's highly anticipated Like Water, Like Air follows her exciting debut, Caminhos Cruzados--Crossroads (Self Produced, 2007), building on a strong foundation of gorgeous Brazilian music. A devotee of the genre, Campagne continues her longtime association with piano master Weber Iago--a guiding force of her first endeavor and co-producer of this date--in crafting ...

Article: Album Review

Negroni's Trio: On The Way

Read "On The Way" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
January 29, 2013

Pianist José Negroni and his son, drummer Nomar Negroni, showcase their cross-genre versatility on On The Way--its unifying theme, a mélange of European melodic motifs and Latin romanticism, giving cohesion to this, their seventh release. “Matices" opens with José Negroni's harp-like flowing lines, dramatically echoing in the silent pauses. It evolves into a ...

Article: Album Review

Gabriel Alegria Afro Peruvian Sextet: Ciudad De Los Reyes

Read "Ciudad De Los Reyes" reviewed by Skip Heller

by Skip Heller
January 28, 2013

Trumpeter Gabriel Alegria has all but issued a mission statement to establish and cultivate a Peruvian/jazz style. Unlike most styles of Latin music, like montuno-based Afro-Cuban and bossa nova, Peruvian music does not stem from the clave rhythm, but instead from 12/8 (or 6/8, depending on who is your resident self-proclaimed expert). In short, it's a ...