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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: "Seeing Sound" with New Music Circle

March 31, 2013

Next Friday, April 5, New Music Circle will present a program in conjunction with the Webster University Film Series called “Seeing Sound: Visual Music Films." Curated by Cindy Keefer of the Center for Visual Music in Los Angeles, the event will feature 15 short abstract and experimental films that blend audio and visual elements in a ...

Beverly Kenney After Dark

March 27, 2013

As you'll soon see, only Playboy's Hugh Hefner could pour out champagne and then rest his forearm across the top of the bottle. On Hef's Playboy's Penthouse TV show in late 1959 or early 1960, one of his guests was singer Beverly Kenney. Amazing Kenney could remember the lyrics with her host staring at her so ...

Astrud Gilberto: Holland '65

March 25, 2013

In the summer of '65, Astrud Gilberto made a fast trip to the Netherlands to appear on Dutch TV. The show—See Jazz—was produced by pianist and host Pim Jacobs. Flush off the release of Getz/Gilberto and the success of her single of The Girl From Ipanema, Gilberto sang a long list of songs with a bossa ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Clark Terry and His Famous Friends

March 24, 2013

This week, we're taking a break from previewing upcoming concerts in St. Louis to spend a little time with legendary trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry. As mentioned here last week, Terry is up for election this year to Jazz at Lincoln Center's Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of ...

Urbie Green: Trombone Master

March 18, 2013

If you love the jazz trombone, imagine getting a private lesson with Urbie Green. Well, in the summer of 1968, students of Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Ill. Were lucky enough to have that opportunity when Green—on tour to promote his new album 21 Tromones, Vol 2 (Project 3) and his King 2-B Trombone—paid a ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Taste of Joe Sample

March 17, 2013

This week, we check in on pianist Joe Sample, who's coming to St. Louis to perform with his trio starting Wednesday, March 27 through Saturday, March 30 at Jazz at the Bistro. Now 74, the Houston native first gained fame in the early 1960s, blending jazz with soul, R&B and pop influences as a founding member ...

Must Watch: Dave Grohl's SXSW 2013 Keynote [video]

March 16, 2013

Roy Haynes, 88

March 15, 2013

I’ve been busy in my continuing battle with the tech monster you see on the right. He won’t leave my computer system alone. I was so occupied with his depredations that I didn’t realize until the day was all but gone that this isRoy Haynes’ 88th birthday. It would be wrong to let it go by ...

Giants of Jazz: Denmark 1971

March 13, 2013

Back in July 1972, at age 16, I caught what was touted at the time as The Giants of Jazz at the Newport Jazz Festival in New York. Sounds like a bland term today—like “world's best pizza" or “trial of the century." But these guys actually were jazz giants, and together they brought me as close ...

The Lisa Young Quartet lauches "The Eternal Pulse" Official Music Video in celebration of International Women's Day

March 12, 2013

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Lisa Young Quartet, launches it’s official music video release, featuring the single “Tha Thin Tha" (Ta Din Ta) from their new album The Eternal Pulse. Filmed on a winter’s day at Ferdydurke in Melbourne, director Tabata Piccinelli’s vision was to weave the creation of the Eternal Pulse album artwork by ...