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John King to Record Live DVD on Friday, December 21 at BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups
Bassist John King (pictured), known for his work with Good 4 The Soul, saxophonist Jim Stevens, and numerous other St. Louis musicians and groups, will launch his new solo project with the recording for DVD of a live performance at 7:00 p.m. Friday, December 21 at BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups. The gig, billed as “John ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Old and New Standards from John Pizzarelli
Once again, this week we're taking a look at some fresh video footage of a musician very familiar to St. Louis fans. That's guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli, who's coming back at the end of the month to perform Wednesday, November 28 through Saturday, December 1 at Jazz at ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Six from Joey Defrancesco
Today, we're checking in once again with organist Joey DeFrancesco, who will be back in St. Louis to perform Wednesday, November 14 through Saturday, November 17 at Jazz at the Bistro. At this point, most St. Louis jazz fans likely are familiar with DeFrancesco, who's played here numerous times ...
Herb Ellis + Barney Kessel (Late '80s)
What do Herb Ellis and Barney Kessel have in common—in addition to being among the finest jazz studio guitarists? Both were working members of the Oscar Peterson Trio—Kessel from 1952 to '53, when he was replaced by Ellis, who remained with the pianist until 1958. Here's Ellis and Kessel together in the late 1980s on Club ...
Henry Jacobs and Shorty Petterstein
With Hurricane Sandy bearing down on New York, I thought it only fitting to visit with another Sandy—Henry Sandy Jacobs. He's a sound artist and humorist who in the 1950s all but invented the hipster comedy album on the West Coast. His Wide Weird World of Shorty Petterstein featured funny fictional conversational encounters between clueless squares ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Terell Stafford Sampler
As mentioned earlier here in this space, it's been a good fall season in St. Louis for fans of jazz trumpet, with gigs from the likes of Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Christan Scott and Mike Metheny already completed and more to come. More specifically, last week we featured some ...
Nat King Cole in the U.K. (1963)
Make yourself a nice cup of tea, grab a few cookies and get comfortable. You're about to be transported back 50 years to a different era, when only talented, optimistic entertainers had access to television and their charm was a welcome guest in your home. The following clip runs about 40 minutes and features An Evening With ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Meet the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet
This week, let's get acquainted with the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet, who will be making their St. Louis debut in a concert presented by New Music Circle on Saturday, November 3 at Luminary Center for the Arts. Bynum, a 37-year-old cornet and trumpet player from Boston, first became widely ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Wynton Marsalis' "Swing Symphony"
This week, we're taking take a look at, and a listen to, a single extended composition: Wynton Marsalis' “Swing Symphony," written by the trumpeter to be performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra plus a full symphony orchestra. Completed in 2010, the work was premiered by Marsalis, JaLCO ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Evolution of Christian Scott
This week, we take a closer look at the latest phase in the career of trumpeter Christian Scott, who will be in St. Louis to perform Wednesday, October 17 through Saturday, October 20 at Jazz at the Bistro The 29-year-old New Orleans native a couple of months ago released ...
