Results for "Video / DVD"

Recent Viewing: Art Blakey

December 6, 2009

Art Blakey, Live in '65 (Jazz Icons). The Blakey entry in the new Jazz Icons DVD release will come as a surprise even to many of the drummer's most persistent fans. The band it presents in France was not an edition of Blakey's celebrated Jazz Messengers, but a short-lived quintet billed in the opening credits as ...

Sat Eye Candy: Velvet Underground

December 6, 2009

IF THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH FOR PHISH, BECK AND THE CROWES THEN THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH FOR US! The Velvet Underground seems to be experiencing a bit of a resurgence these days, with indie bands returning to their brual/pretty template and big rock acts covering their tunes (sadly, no good video of “Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" or ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Miles Davis, the Electric Years

December 6, 2009

In recent weeks, this Saturday video feature has been focusing almost exclusively on previewing musicians who are coming to St. Louis in the near future. Today, let's change pace - it's been at least six months since we've featured any Miles Davis video here, and in that time, ...

The Beatles 3000: An Historic View from the Future

December 1, 2009

Sun Spin: Bohemian Rhapsody

November 30, 2009

IS THIS THE REAL LIFE OR JUST FANTASY? There are some songs that cut across time, distance, nationality and genre to touch the vast majority of people worldwide. There's no formula to it or artists would pump out such universal numbers like clockwork. But some songs, whenever and wherever they are played, trigger off a kind ...

Dylan: It Must Be Santa Video

November 30, 2009

WILD HOUSE PARTY IN OL' SAINT NICK'S HONOR While we still approach Bob Dylan's new holiday collection, Christmas In The Heart (released October 13 on Columbia Records), with genuine trepidation, we gotta admit that this video for first single, “It Must Be Santa," is pretty righteous. Bob's rockin' a cheap blond wig, elves are getting crazy, ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Kurt Elling Sampler

November 29, 2009

This week, our video lens is trained on singer Kurt Elling, who will be in town starting Wednesday, December 2 through Saturday, December 5 to perform at Jazz at the Bistro. Elling's sets during this trip to St. Louis will focus on material from Dedicated to ...

On the Plus Side...

November 22, 2009

After all of the angst and financial mess following the Festival Productions-Festival Network LLC transaction nearly three years ago, one positive has emerged. Ben Ratliff had the details this month in the New York Times in his article Historic Sounds of Newport, Newly Online.Before Festival Network essentially collapsed from its self-inflicted financial woes, the ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Party Time with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band

November 15, 2009

This week, we turn our spotlight on New Orleans' Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who will return to St. Louis this Thursday, November 19 to perform at the Broadway Oyster Bar. The DDBB have been frequent visitors to St. Louis since the 1980s, with this appearance coming as part ...

Wolfgang's Vault, Now the Home of Newport Jazz, Features Count Basie & His Orchestra

November 14, 2009

New York, November -- Wolfgang's Vault, longtime home of the rarest archive of live music recordings for free streaming and for download, has announced the addition of the Newport Jazz collection and posted Count Basie and His Orchestra, the first release among them. Beginning with the swinging big band performance of Count Basie and His Orchestra ...