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Article: Album Review

Jaiman Crunk: Encounters

Read "Encounters" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
December 30, 2012

Seattle-based guitarist Jaiman Crunk hasn't taken half measures on Encounters, his debut as leader. In addition to marshalling over 20 top jazz musicians--cherry picked for specific roles--Crunk employs fourteen brass, woodwind and string musicians from the Seattle Symphony Orchestra on half the compositions. These four numbers in particular underline Crunk's notable compositional and arranging skills and ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Phish: 12/6/97 The Palace of Auburn Hills and Star Lake '98

by Doug Collette
December 30, 2012

As with other Phish archive titles such as Chicago '94 (Jemp, 2012), The Palace of Auburn Hills December 6,1997 and Star Lake '98 offer more than mere comparison and contrast of musicianship: the download/two-CD set and DVD alternately accentuate and complement the band's current activities. And while both titles boast eye-catching graphics (the former eschews generic ...

Article: Album Review

Duke Ellington Orchestra: Big Bands Live

Read "Big Bands Live" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
December 30, 2012

By 1967, the heyday of the big band was over. Rock and Roll ruled as the popular music of the day, and the financial challenges of keeping a large ensemble together for recording--and especially touring--were huge. But Duke Ellington--one of American's finest bandleaders, pianists, and composers--was more than just a genius in the field of music. ...

Article: Year in Review

R.J. DeLuke's Best Releases of 2012

by R.J. DeLuke
December 30, 2012

A ton of fine music came out in 2012, like most years, making these year-end lists very difficult. A lot we don't get to hear, so that limits some. For example, I've not yet heard the 2012 disks of drummer Jack DeJohnette, trumpeter Christian Scott or guitarist John McLaughlin and the Fourth Dimension. Having seen each ...

Article: Album Review

Donny McCaslin: Casting For Gravity

Read "Casting For Gravity" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
December 30, 2012

Incorporating electronic instrumentation into his palette, tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin dishes out a thrusting program that could, to some extent, be nestled within the jazz-fusion genre, but not in the traditional sense. The hard-hitting saxophonist and his band integrate fusion mechanics and spacey treatments to underscore many of the popping grooves, thundering pulses, knotty time signatures ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Gregory Porter

December 30, 2012

This week, let's get acquainted with singer Gregory Porter, who will be making his St. Louis debut with performances starting next Thursday, January 4 through Sunday, January 7 at Jazz at the Bistro. Porter's 2010 debut album Water created something of a sensation in the jazz world and beyond, and the response to Be Good, the ...

News: Festival

Annual Newport Beach Jazz Party Set for Feb. 14-17

December 31, 2012

By Larry Taylor Washington Birthday weekend's coming up Feb. 14 to 16, and that is the time for the 13th Annual Newport Beach Jazz Party, at Newport Marriott Hotel, Southern California. Fans know this is the gathering of some of the world's finest jazz musicians, playing day and night in the hotel's various venues: Jazz breakfasts, ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Lee Konitz: Four Classic Albums

by David Rickert
December 29, 2012

Besides being one of the few altoists that emerged in the 1950s that doesn't sound like Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz was a true musical adventurer whose explorations in free jazz, electronic instruments, and just all around anything goes sessions resulted in some of the most exciting music that came out of the fifties and beyond. His ...

Article: Album Review

The Doors: Live At The Bowl '68

Read "Live At The Bowl '68" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
December 29, 2012

The Doors' Live at The Bowl '68 is a remarkable piece of work, as much for the technical wizardry of the recording it comprises as for the pointed restraint on the part of the iconic band as it performs.Arguably at the height of its popularity at the time of this July 5, 1968 performance ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Marcus Baylor, Larry Johnson CD Release, Good 4 the Soul, New Year's Eve Jazz, and More

December 29, 2012

As we head into the final days of 2012, you've still got opportunities to catch some live jazz and creative music around St. Louis before the year is done. Here are a few suggestions for this weekend and New Year's Eve: Tonight, drummer Marcus Baylor, the native St. Louisan and former longtime member of Yellowjackets who's ...