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Watch a Live Webcast of the Newport Jazz Festival

August 3, 2010

Desmond a la Francais

August 1, 2010

The French jazz critic Alain Gerber is also a novelist, or vice versa. He published a book in 2007 that may be a biography, a novel, or both. Its title in French is Paul Desmond et le côté féminin du monde, or Paul Desmond and the Feminine Side of the World. That is the extent of ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The David Sanborn Trio with Joey Defrancesco

August 1, 2010

This week, our video spotlight shines on alto saxophonist and St. Louis native David Sanborn, who's coming back to his hometown on Monday, August 16 and Tuesday, August 17 to play at Jazz at the Bistro for the benefit of Jazz St. Louis' education programs.It's something ...

Connee Boswell, 1934: "Isn't It a Shame?"

July 25, 2010

Even though Ella Fitzgerald insisted that Connee Boswell was her first and perhaps greatest influence, Connee hasn't been given her due. Perhaps because there hasn't been a proper reissue of her solo recordings (as opposed to the well-deserved attention given to the recordings she made with her sisters) listeners don't pay enough attention to her solo ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Guitarists of Guitars and Saxes 2010

July 25, 2010

This week, let's take a look at some video clips featuring guitarists Jeff Golub and Peter White, the two men doing the six-string thing for this year's edition of the long running smooth jazz package tour Guitars and Saxophones. They'll be at The Pageant on Friday, August 13, ...

Super Bad Sunday: Derek and the Dominos

July 25, 2010

40 YEARS ON AND STILL FLIPPING WIGS Few albums of any genre possess the undying resonance of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Captured during a tumultuous period in Eric Clapton's life where he was lusting after the wife of a good friend, descending into drug addiction and struggling with the pressures of mega-stardom, the album ...

Weekend Extra: Fun with Chet and Paul

July 24, 2010

Someone who identifies himself on YouTube as “liveacid" went to painstaking trouble to manufacture a video of Chet Baker and Paul Desmond playing “Autumn Leaves." The music track is from Baker's 1974 album She Was Too Good To Me. It was later reissued on the compilation Chet Baker & Paul Desmond Together. From disparate sources, the ...

Amos Bros Media Announce Their New Line Of Mini Jazz Documentaries

July 23, 2010

The new monthly series Milestones Of Jazz chronicles original versions of jazz standards and the most notable remakes. The first release features the Herbie Hancock and the Headhunter's jazz/funk/fusion classic “Chameleon." Milestones Of Jazz is the brain child of New Orleans based jazz musicians Jason and Jamaal Amos. Future releases will include Mr. Magic (Grover Washington ...

Ray Vega and Thomas Marriott Talk About New CD

July 23, 2010

Video: Hadley Caliman at Jazz Alley

July 22, 2010