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Brubeck: Things Ain't What They Used to Be
With Dave Brubeck’s passing, interesting bits of arcana about his life and music are rising to the surface. BBC Radio 4 replayed a portion of an interview from 2000 on the network’s Front Row program with John Wilson. Brubeck tells Wilson about the role of vitamin B-6 in saving his hands and the unusual use of ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/Spring 2013 Jazz Preview
As we head into the final weeks of 2012, let's take a look at some of the touring jazz and creative musicians who will be coming to St. Louis during the first part of 2013. Though there will be more extensive previews here of many of these performances as we go along, this post and its ...
Americana Artist Shows Humorous Side On New Video
It was merely three years ago that indie-folk artist Agnes Ingarra decided to enter the fitness world. She lost nearly 40 pounds and won fifth place at the Washington State Iron Man in 2011. Since then, Ingarra has used YouTube to offer advice and inspiration to everyone who is having difficulties getting in shape; with her ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Welcome Back, Potter
This week, our video spotlight shines on saxophonist Chris Potter, who will be returning to St. Louis to play Wednesday, December 12 through Saturday, December 15 at Jazz at the Bistro. Potter, one of the most in-demand saxophonists around these days, was here most recently in March 2011, performing ...
Artie Shaw: 'Second Chorus'
Artie Shaw hated movie studios. As early as the late 1930s, he detested the way studio bosses abused stars and the seemingly inane demands they made on actors, writers and musicians. He also found that the hours spent waiting around studios between filming takes was a waste of time, and he abhorred how the studios sucked ...
Rhythm and Blues Revue
Back in 1955, R&B was already rock and roll. Little Richard, Chuck Berry and other artists were pioneering a new form that was highly theatric, distantly integrated in appeal, and loaded with sexual overtones. What isn't well documented is the battle brewing within R&B. As rock and roll expanded, the form not only began crowding out ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: 50 Years with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, who will be in St. Louis to perform their “Creole Christmas" show on Sunday, December 9 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. This is the seventh year PHJB has done “Creole Christmas," though the first ...
Seattle Singer/Songwriter Agnes Ingarra Offers Soulful Rendition Of New Bruno Mars Single "Young Girls"
The R&B-fueled pop style of Top-40 staple Bruno Mars is given a soulful, heartbreaking take by Seattle-based singer/songwriter Agnes Ingarra. “Young Girls," the new promotional single from Mars' latest album, Unorthodox Jukebox, has its unapologetic confession of a player unable to change flipped upside down, this time capturing the emotional wounds of the woman. This is ...
Savion Glover's Fours With Tyner, Palmieri, Haynes, DeJohnette Out On Half Note
Jam # 1 McCoy Tyner Jam # 2 Eddie Palmieri Jam # 3 Roy Haynes Jam # 4 Jack DeJohnette FOURS ON HALF NOTE AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE NOW! New York - Universally regarded as the best tap dancer on Earth (though only 39 years old, at this writing), ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Deep in the Shed with Marcus Roberts
More so than many jazz pianists of his generation, Marcus Roberts shows the distinct influence of pre-WWII piano players such as Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Fats Waller and others who helped shape the music's first few decades. St. Louis jazz fans will get a chance to experience ...
