Results for "Video / DVD"

Art Ford's Jazz Party: Remastered

March 12, 2014

For years, many of the Art Ford's Jazz Party videos at YouTube have been miserable. The sound of the TV show broadcast in New York in 1958 and featuring jazz greats was fuzzy and there was a disconnect between what you saw and heard. Now, Jimi Mentis in Athens has brought them up to snuff with ...

Mills Brothers: Birth of R&B

March 10, 2014

Vocal harmony groups seemed to be everywhere in the 1930s and 1940s. The Depression played a role, of course, since entertainment was the only way out of harrowing poverty for most people and singing meant you didn't need to buy an instrument. The demand for vocal harmony groups surged during this period, primarily because they were ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Rudresh Mahanthappa's Gamak

March 9, 2014

This week, let's look at some videos of alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, who will be making his St. Louis debut with his group Gamak starting Wednesday, March 19 through Saturday, March 22 at Jazz at the Bistro. The son of Indian emigrants to the United States, the 42-year-old Mahanthappa is known particularly for combining jazz with ...

Bucky Pizzarelli + Pearl Django

March 5, 2014

Sometimes, a YouTube clip says it all. This one's precious: Here's Bucky Pizzarelli visiting NPR station KPLU-FM in Seattle recently to play I'll See You in My Dreams with Pearl Django, a Northwest gypsy jazz band. The result is pure magic. A special thanks to JazzWax reader Duane Peirick. And guys, how about an album?...   ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Metheny Expands Unity Group for New Album and Tour

March 2, 2014

It's been nearly four years since guitarist Pat Metheny was last here in St. Louis, performing in May 2010 at the Touhill all alone on a stage full of instruments as part of his Orchestrion project. Since then, the peripatetic plectrist has toured with several different configurations of musicians, the most recent of which, the Pat ...

Jack Teagarden: Stars of Jazz

March 1, 2014

In 1956, pianist and singer-songwriter Bobby Troup began hosting a Los Angeles TV show for ABC called Stars of Jazz.  On one of the shows (sponsored by Budweiser), Troup featured trombonist Jack Teagarden and other legends of Chicago jazz, including Matty Matlock's Rampart Street Paraders: Matty Matlock (cl), Eddie Miller (ts), Abe Lincoln (tb), Clyde Hurley ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Funky Cosmos of Galactic

February 23, 2014

This week, we've selected for your viewing and listening enjoyment some recent videos of Galactic, who will be back in St. Louis to perform on Thursday, March 6 at The Pageant. Comprised of Stanton Moore (drums), Jeff Raines (guitar), Robert Mercurio (bass), Rich Vogel (keyboards), and Ben Ellman (saxophone), the New Orleans-based funk/jazz/hip-hop band has been ...

Lester Young: September 1958

February 17, 2014

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Joshua Abrams' Natural Information Society

February 16, 2014

This week, let's get better acquainted with Joshua Abrams, the Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist whose group Natural Information Society will perform in a concert presented by New Music Circle at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 22 at Joe's Cafe, the gallery and “house concert" venue at 6014 Kingsbury Ave in the Central West End. As a bassist, Abrams ...

Sid Caesar, 1922-2014

February 15, 2014