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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Marcus Miller Marathon
This week, we've got a whole lot of video featuring bassist Marcus Miller, who's coming to St. Louis to play Sunday, September 9 and Monday, September 10 at Jazz at the Bistro. Miller, now 53, has been an in-demand player, producer and composer on the national and international music ...
Andy Kahn / Bruce Klauber / Bruce Kaminsky Develop "History Of The Jazz Trio" Program
Collectively, pianist Andy Kahn, bassist Bruce Kaminsky and drummer Bruce Klauber have been playing jazz professionally—and have worked in virtually every facet of the entertainment industry—for close to 150 years. As examples, in addition to their acclaimed work as musicians, Andy Kahn wrote and produced the number one hit record, “Hot Shot." Bruce Kamsinky invented—and manufactures—the ...
Jazz Musicians as Pitchmen 2
On August 20, I posted a series of YouTube clips in which well-known jazz and pop artists starred in ads. Well, it didn't take long for JazzWax readers to chime in. Here's another round... Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle from Jeff Helgesen... Ella Fitzgerald and Chuck Mangione from Jeff... Miles Davis for Honda from ...
Dinah Shore's Security Council
In one of the oddest televised summit concepts, pop singer Dinah Shore in 1961 summoned a quintet of entertainers with a range of ethnic backgrounds or “disabilities" to attend her Chevrolet U.N. In attendance for the NBC special: the blind George Shearing, the “mute" Harpo Marx, African-American Louis Armstrong, Italian-American Tony Bennett and Kay Starr, of ...
Jazz Musicians as Pitchmen
Once upon a time, ad-agency art directors dug jazz and the country viewed jazz musicians as exceptional artists. So, to make products seem exciting, Mad Men enlisted musicians to swing the merits of their clients' goods. Or in the case above from the '90s, a Louis look-alike to make its point. Here are a hawker's dozen, ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: David Sanborn and Brian Culbertson's "The Dream" Tour 2012
This week, we focus our video spotlight on saxophonist and St. Louis native David Sanborn and multi-instrumentalist Brian Culbertson, who have been touring together this summer. Sanborn and Culbertson's “The Dream" Tour - the name of which references both the 25th anniversary of the release of Sanborn's song of ...
Glen Campbell/Jimmy Webb In Session CD/DVD Coming on Fantasy Records
Glen Campbell’s recordings of Jimmy Webb’s songs have resulted in timeless, chart-topping hits like “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” and “Where’s the Playground Susie,” among others. The two have performed countless times together over the years, though recordings of their live appearances have been a scarcity — until now, with the ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Exploring the Great Barrier Reefs
This week, let's take a look at a few video clips from The Great Barrier Reefs, an up-and-coming funk/fusion/jam band from the Nashville, Tennessee area that will be in St. Louis to perform at 10:30 p.m. this coming Thursday, August 9 at Pop's Blue Moon. Led by steel pan ...
Sara Gazarek on "Jazz'n With J'Rodd"
Jazz vocalist Sara Gazarek sits down for an interview on “Jazz'n With J'Rodd", the web's first (and only) live streaming jazz showcase. About Blossom & Bee Hailed as the next important jazz singer (Don Heckman, LA Times), Sara Gazarek recently recorded Blossom & Bee, her debut for the Palmetto Records label. Blessed ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Grandmothers of Invention 2012 Tour
This week, let's take a look at some videos of the GrandMothers of Invention, who will be in St. Louis to perform next Saturday, August 4 at the Old Rock House. As their name, evoking Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, suggests, the GrandMothers are a tribute band performing Zappa's ...
