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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Four from Richard Elliot

June 12, 2011

Whether headlining his own show, playing with the Jazz Attack package tour, teamed with trumpeter Rick Braun in the group RnR, or in some other configuration, it seems like saxophonist Richard Elliot has turned up in St. Louis every summer in recent years for a gig of some sort. ...

Neil Peart on Letterman

June 11, 2011

Sing Along with Horace

June 10, 2011

Woke up this morning (no, that is not going to be the beginning of a blues lyric)... ...and made this the background music to preparations for the day. I chose it because I wanted something that had solos I could sing, hum and whistle along with as I fixed breakfast. Every note of Horace Silver's second ...

Roy Haynes on David Letterman Show

June 10, 2011

One Track Mind: Bill Summers on "God Make Me Funky," "Watermelon Man," Others

June 10, 2011

On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews' One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to percussionist Bill Summers. As he and the rest of the Headhunters are set for the June 14 release of Platinum—a multi-faceted new release that blends jazz, funk, hip hop and Afro-Cuban sounds—Summers remembers a previous Headhunters reunion, then looks ...

Viklicky and Printup in Olomouc

June 8, 2011

New video has surfaced from an engagement that trumpeter Marcus Printup played with the Emil Viklický Trio during Printup's visit to the Czech Republic in 2007. YouTube identifies the first piece as “In Holomoc Town," but that is likely a misspelling or alternate spelling of “Olomouc," the name of Viklický's Moravian hometown. And where is Olomouc, ...

Living Room Spin: The New Gary Burton Quartet

June 8, 2011

I recently had the great pleasure of hanging out with the new Gary Burton Quartet in support of their recording. To prepare for the video shoot and interview, I listened to the new CD at least five times straight through and the music captured on Common Ground was even better than I expected. The band of ...

Saxophone Powerhouse Bob Reynolds on Mastery, John Mayer, and More

June 8, 2011

In a very special video piece for Best. Saxophone. Website. Ever., NYC saxophonist and music entrepreneur Marc Plotkin interviews saxophonist, composer, educator and sideman to John Mayer, Bob Reynolds. For those of you who only know him as John Mayer's sax man, you're only getting a small slice of Bob Reynolds' musical world. Michael Bublé, Nellie ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Six Favorites from the Jazz Crusaders

June 5, 2011

Today, let's check out some clips of the Jazz Crusaders, who will be in St. Louis next Saturday, June 11 to play a concert at the Touhill Performing Arts Center under the auspices of Jazz St. Louis. The four original Crusaders - pianist Joe Sample, saxophonist Wilton Felder, trombonist ...

Lady Gaga Says Albums Only Worth 99 Cents, Not Every Artists Needs a Label [video]

June 3, 2011

When if asked if her new album wasn't worth more than 99 cents that Amazon charged, Lady Gaga responded, “No. I absolutely do not, especially for MP3s and digital music. It's invisible. it's in space. If anything, I applaud a company like Amazon for equating the value of digital versus the physical copy, and giving the ...