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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Oikos Ensemble, Craig Pomranz, St. Louis Rivermen, Andy Coco's Rhythm Section Road Show, and More

December 7, 2012

If you feel like combining jazz and Christmas this weekend, you're in luck, as there are several holiday themed performances by local and touring musicians coming up over the next few days around the St. Louis area. And if you're not quite ready to go the full-on holiday music route just yet, you can also find ...

News: Event

Emmanuel Baptist Church Presents A Special Holiday Jazz Vespers Featuring Jimmy Heath

December 7, 2012

Isaac “Ike” Suggs, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Emmanuel Baptist Church, announced today that “another opportunity to experience the presence of God through the sound of Jazz is scheduled for Sunday, December 30th, during an Emmanuel Baptist Church hosted Jazz Vespers.” A special holiday edition of the popular Jazz Vespers series featuring Jimmy Heath will ...

News: Performance / Tour

Michael McNeill With Drew Gress & Phil Haynes Tonight In Brooklyn

December 7, 2012

Michael McNeill’s trio with the bassist Drew Gress and the drummer Phil Haynes explores the pianist’s original compositions, which range from lyrical ballads, to hard-driving jazz, to avant-garde soundscapes. Gress and Haynes are a seasoned rhythm team — their collaboration goes back nearly three decades, and they appear together on some 18 albums — and with ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Sam Rivers - Reunion: Live in New York" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

December 7, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Pi Recordings “Sam Rivers - Reunion: Live in New York“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on January 7th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Sam Rivers at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) ...

News: Performance / Tour

Craig Pomranz to Perform December 7 and 8 at Kranzberg Arts Center

December 6, 2012

Cabaret singer and St. Louis native Craig Pomranz (pictured) is returning home this weekend to perform “The Break-Up Show" at 8:00 p.m. Friday, December 7 and Saturday, December 8 at the Kranzberg Arts Center. Pomranz, who's currently based in NYC, recently was nominated for Best Male Vocalist in the 2012 BroadwayWorld.com Awards. He performed in St. ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Christmas 2012, Part I: Seraphic Fire

by C. Michael Bailey
December 6, 2012

The vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire hails from the warm climes of southern Florida. Brainchild and progeny of Patrick Dupré Quigley, the group assembles a passel of singing smarty pants who have been making their way through the standard vocal repertoire since their founding in the early 2000s. Since that time, the group, recording for the Seraphic ...

Article: Album Review

Claudio Scolari: Synthesis

Read "Synthesis" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 6, 2012

When the personnel credits on an album list more than four times as many instruments as players, it's almost certain that said recording will be an interesting ride; it's also likely be met with pre-listening scepticism by those who question the wisdom, cohesiveness and musicality inherent in we-play-everything outings. The “everything but the kitchen sink" path ...

Article: Album Review

Perelman - Morris - Cleaver: Living Jelly

Read "Living Jelly" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
December 6, 2012

It may take some stamina to keep up with Brazilian avant-garde tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman, as he often releases several albums in unison. Living Jelly, featuring guitarist Joe Morris and drummer Gerald Cleaver, marks one of three concurrent albums produced for Leo Records. Offering ensemble and stylistic contrasts, Perelman garners the support of pianist Matthew Shipp ...

Article: Album Review

Ligeia Mare: 1

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 6, 2012

Ligeia Mare is a loose, intuitive aggregation of musicians within the Boulder/Denver, Colorado area, headed by multi-instrumentalists Farrell Lowe and Dave Wiley. Farrell and Wiley formed this outfit after collaborating successfully in a modern dance production. The five musicians (plus a few guests) in this versatile outfit, named after a lake in the ...

News: Radio

Unplugged Jazz With Guitarist Marty Grosz This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

December 6, 2012

Riverwalk Jazz this week features a giant of jazz rhythm guitar—Marty Grosz. His career spans over 60 years. Equal parts showman, jazz scholar and raconteur, Marty is a virtuoso in a playing style that’s both timeless and so far off the radar it’s all but lost in today’s music world. The program is distributed in the ...