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Interview: Allen Toussaint

Interview: Allen Toussaint

Singer-songwriter Allen Toussaint has written dozens of hit songs. Many have what I call the Allen Toussaint bounce—a jumping New Orleans feel that's part blues and part zydeco. His hits include Mother in Law, Southern Nights, Whipped Cream, Get Out of My Life Woman, Working in the Colemine, What Do You Want the Girl to Do?, ...

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Video: History of Soul

Video: History of Soul

What is soul music, when did it start and how did it differ from R&B and rock and roll? Even if you think you know the answers to these questions, this BBC documentary is hands down one of the finest chronologies of the music's rise and the critical role Ray Charles played in making it popular. ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2013 Jazz Preview, Part 4

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2013 Jazz Preview, Part 4

Our preview resumes at the beginning of November with guitarist Peter Bernstein, who will be appearing with pianist Peter Martin on Saturday, November 2 at the Sheldon Concert Hall as part of Martin's eponymous concert series there. Bernstein, whose notable credits include stints with Diana Krall, Lou Donaldson, the all-star Blue Note 7, and many others, ...

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Video: Ray Brown, Germany 2000

Video: Ray Brown, Germany 2000

In the following rare video of the Ulf Wakenius Project in 2000 at the annual Jazz Baltica Festival in Salzau, Germany, the Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius was joined by Michael Brecker (tenor sax), Ray Brown (bass), Niels Lan Doky (piano) and Terri Lyne Carrington (drums). If the name Ulf Wakenius doesn't ring a bell, he was ...

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World Without Walls Reunion Video and Live Streaming Concert 10/16/2013

Ancient Future Concert to Stream on ConcertWindow.com 'World Without Walls' Reunion Concert Streams Live October 16 at 8 PM PDT In a first for Ancient Future, their upcoming 'World Without Walls' reunion concert at the Freight & Salvage will be available for viewing anywhere in the world as a live stream. This is a very rare ...

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Benny Golson: Germany, 2000

Benny Golson: Germany, 2000

Benny Golson is one of jazz's most lyrical tenor saxophonists and among its most gifted songwriters. His astonishing catalog of jazz standards includes I Remember Clifford, Stablemates, Whisper Not, Along Came Betty, Blues March, Killer Joe and so many others. His large number of albums recorded in the 1950s show off his composing gifts and his ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2013 Jazz Preview, Part 2

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2013 Jazz Preview, Part 2

Today, it's part two of StLJN's Fall 2013 jazz preview, with videos spotlighting the various jazz and creative music performers who will be coming to town over the next few months. In part one, posted a week ago, we covered most of the month of September; today's segment takes up where that one left off, on ...

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Video: Ben Webster, 1972

Video: Ben Webster, 1972

In the early and mid-1940s, there were three tenor saxophonists who radically changed the instrument's role in a solo setting—Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Ben Webster. Each had his own distinct sound—bossy and fluid on up-tempo tunes and seductive on ballads. Webster played with a range of bands in the early 1930s, joining Duke Ellington in ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2013 Jazz Preview

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2013 Jazz Preview

Today, we offer part one of StLJN's 2013 fall jazz preview, with a look at some of the touring jazz and creative music performers who will be coming to St. Louis to perform in September. First up is singer Roseanna Vitro, with an interpretation of “Mama Told Me Not To Come," the Randy Newman song that ...

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Weekend Extra: Bing and Trane

Weekend Extra: Bing and Trane

I don’t know whether “Love Thy Neighbor” is the most unlikely song John Coltrane ever recorded, but his 1958 version is one of the most delightful. Mack Gordon and Harry Revel wrote it for the 1934 movie We’re Not Dressing, a classic of the shipwreck survivor genre. Bing Crosby sang it beautifully in a contrived sequence ...


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