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CSNY's Historic 1974 Tour
Today it sounds like standard operating procedure, but in 1974, sending a rock band out to play extended sets at 31 stadiums, raceways and arenas that held up to 50,000 fans per venue had never been attempted before. That's exactly what promoter Bill Graham convinced Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to do in July of that ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Patrice Rushen
This week, we turn our video spotlight on keyboardist, singer and composer Patrice Rushen, who will be in St. Louis to perform next Sunday, June 29 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. UPDATE - 12:30 p.m. 6/21/14: Less than an hour after this post went up, a reader got in touch to say she had tried to ...
Sam Donahue's Navy Band
Today, when we think of swing in uniform during World War II, Major Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band (1942-44) most often come to mind. Artie Shaw led the Navy Dance Band starting in 1942, but the orchestra didn't have much of an opportunity to record after deployment to the Pacific. After performing on ...
The Beatles Get Deluxe Mono Vinyl Release [ Watch "Making of" Video]
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If vinyl pressing plants were busy before, they are about to be positively overwhelmed as the Beatles mono recordings get a deluxe vinyl re-release.The Beatles in mono: that's how most listeners first heard the group in the 1960s. In early September of this year, The Beatles’ nine U.K. albums, the US compiled Magical Mystery Tour, and ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: An Evening with Yellowjackets
This week, let's check in on the contemporary jazz group Yellowjackets, who will be back in St. Louis on Saturday, June 28 to headline the Chesterfield Wine and Jazz Festival at the Chesterfield Amphitheater. Now featuring co-founder Russell Ferrante on keyboards, longtime members Bob Mintzer on saxophones and Will Kennedy on drums, plus the latest addition ...
Jazz Singer Sarah Fenwick Releases New Video Clip "Black Orpheus"
Gifted jazz singer Sarah Fenwick and brilliant guitarist Marinos Neophytou have released a stunning music video for the classic Jazz tune “Black Orpheus" (A Day in the Life of a Fool), composed by Brazilian guitarist Luiz Bonfa. The video is produced by Jazz Arts & Communications and beautifully directed by Savvas Hadjigeorgiou. The house that time ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Oliver Nelson in Berlin
Today, we take a break from previewing upcoming shows to pay a slightly belated birthday tribute to one of St. Louis' all-time jazz greats, the late saxophonist, arranger, and composer Oliver Nelson, who was born here on June 4, 1932. Best known these days for the classic album The Blues and the Abstract Truth, which featured ...
Video: Teddy Edwards, 1962
In the tenor sax pantheon, there's Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. But then there are dozens of smaller giants who were solid, fluid, soulful players, including Wardell Gray, Zoot Sims, Stan Getz, Harold Land, Hank Mobley, Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis, Frank Wess and Sonny Stitt. Often forgotten today is Teddy Edwards, ...
Videos: Bossa Nova
I love everything about bossa nova—the sound, the rhythm, the melody, the harmony, the feel and the enthusiasm by artists and fans, especially those in Rio. Like the blues, the bossa nova can wrap itself around virtually anything if it's applied tastefully. In celebration of warmer weather, here are five favorite bossa nova clips... Here's João Gilberto ...
