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Happy Birthday, John Lewis!

May 3, 2010

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Investigating the Orchestrion

May 2, 2010

Guitarist Pat Metheny's Orchestrion tour comes to St. Louis next Saturday, May 8 for a concert at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, and though StLJN has been following related news for a while, today we've got some video clips that offer a closer look at Metheny and his ...

Saturday Eye Candy: Willie Nelson

May 1, 2010

HAPPY 77TH BIRTHDAY, RED HEADED STRANGER!!! Willie Nelson is a treasure, pure and simple. One of the strongest, coolest voices to ever emerge from the country world, Nelson is also a ferociously talented guitarist, top notch songwriter, tireless performer and an inspired interpreter of other's material on par with greats like Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. ...

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense DVD & VOD Release Due May 11

April 29, 2010

Pre-order it now at shop.allaboutjazz.com BUY IT AT shop.allaboutjazz.com Theatrical Length Documentary Explores Contemporary Jazz Luminaries Including Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding & Bill Frisell “[Icons] depicts jazz as a living, breathing and ever-evolving musical art form, and ...

Dexter Gordon - "Loose Walk" (1964)

April 28, 2010

A Love Letter to Latin Jazz

April 26, 2010

Calle 54 is clearly the work of an enraptured lover of Latin jazz, and the film looks marvelous. This 2000 documentary was directed by Spaniard Fernando Trueba, who also directed the wonderfully sexy film Belle poque (1992), starring Penelope Cruz. Here, he films some of the all-time greats of Latin jazz playing their music, including Tito ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Legacy of Count Basie

April 25, 2010

With the Count Basie Orchestra set to appear in the St. Louis area next weekend, this seems like the perfect opportunity to present some vintage video of Basie and his band. The present-day Basie Orchestra, currently under the direction of trombonist Bill Hughes and featuring St. Louis native ...

Sarah Vaughan - "Sometimes I'm Happy" (1958)

April 21, 2010

Vocalist Denise King Video

April 19, 2010

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: King Sunny Ade and His African Beats

April 18, 2010

The subjects of this week's video feature are King Sunny Ade & His African Beats, who will be in St. Louis this coming Tuesday, April 20 to perform at the Old Rock House. Since visa problems forced the band to cancel the first several dates of their tour, ...