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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Rashad Becker and Eli Keszler

October 26, 2014

This week, let's take a look at Rashad Becker and Eli Keszler, two musicians who will be sharing a bill playing separate sets in a concert presented by New Music Circle on Saturday, November 8 at The Luminary. The German-born Becker is known in the music industry as a mastering and cutting engineer with more than ...

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Ray Anthony: Big Band Story

October 23, 2014

In 1963, bandleader and trumpeter Ray Anthony hosted a TV show from Hollywood called The Ray Anthony Show. In the following six-part video series, Anthony pays tribute to the swing bands of the late 1930s and '40s. What's fascinating about this showcase is that you get to see how the bands voiced their individual sounds as ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Return of the Cunninghams

October 19, 2014

This week, our video spotlight shines on The Cunninghams, a duo comprised of singer, multi-instrumentalist, and former St. Louisan Don Cunningham and his wife Alicia, a singer and pianist. The Las Vegas-based couple are returning to St. Louis for a show next Saturday, October 25, at the Ozark Theatre. Billing themselves as the “Super Jazz Vocal ...

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Bandcamp CEO on the Best Way to Support Artists, Bootstrapping a Profitable Startup

October 15, 2014

Six years ago, Ethan Diamond co-founded Bandcamp to offer musicians an affordable way to stream and sell their music directly to fans. By starting small and determined to stay independent, Bandcamp has built something uniquely pure and useful for both artists and fans. Already a profitable company, Bandcamp pays out $3 million monthly to artists and small ...

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Trombonology: 8 Videos

October 15, 2014

Yesterday, I was listening to a wide variety of jazz trombone players. So I did a little YouTube digging to ensure you wouldn't miss out. Here are eight superb videos featuring top trombonists... Here's J.J. Johnson in 1961... Here's Urbie Green with Bobby Hackett in 1962... Here's Kai Winding with the Giants of Jazz ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The World of Weckl

October 12, 2014

This week, our video spotlight shines on drummer Dave Weckl, the St. Charles native who's made a name for himself in the jazz world over the past 20+ years both as a solo artist and bandleader and as a standout sideman to Chick Corea, Mike Stern, and others. Weckl will be back home in St. Louis ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Chick Corea Plays Solo

October 4, 2014

Chick Corea has been considered one of the top pianists in jazz for 50 years now, and he's played in St. Louis numerous times over the years. Corea was here most recently in 2008 with Return to Forever at the Fox Theatre and in 2013 in a duo concert with banjo player Bela Fleck at the ...

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Motown 25: Yesterday Today Forever

September 30, 2014

In 1983, music was consumed very differently than it is today. For one, personal computers and cell phones didn't exist in the mass market, and iTunes wouldn't be available for another 18 years. For another, the CD was in its infancy, and only the wealthy owned expensive players and the handful of discs that had been ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2014 Jazz Preview, Part 5

September 28, 2014

This week, we finally wrap up StLJN's multi-part video preview of visiting jazz and creative music performers coming to St. Louis this fall. (You can see parts one through four here, here, here and here.)As the Christmas and New Year's holidays approach, the month of December here in St. Louis usually has ...

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Three Musicians; Three Days; One Magnificent Obsession

September 25, 2014

Take a journey into the creative minds of one of the most adventurous bands of today. The Rocktronix capture on film the birth and evolution of their band including in depth interviews, unedited rehearsal footage, live performances and a full length music video. The Rocktronix came together for the NAMM Bass Bash in 2013. They are ...