St. Louis Jazz Notes

John Coltrane Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest: * Former Police Guitarist Andy Summers Reminisces On Montserrat Sessions In ‘Under The Volcano’ (Fo...

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This week, let's take a look at some more performances of video by musicians who topped the "Rising Star" categories in this year's DownBeat Critics Poll . As with any article or feature based o...

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Here's StLJN's weekly wrap-up of assorted links and short news items of local interest: * Singer and bassist Janet Evra will provide the musical entertainment for “Wine and Jazz Under the S...

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Gerald Cleaver Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest: * Gerald Cleaver about Griots, Ghost Orbits and Modular Synthesis (15Questions.net) * De La Soul Hav...

https://stljazznotes.blogspot.com/2021/08/sunday-session-august-15-2021.html

This week, let's take a look at some live performances from some of the musicians who won awards in the "Rising Star" categories in this year's DownBeat Critic's Poll . As with any poll, the res...

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Here's StLJN's weekly wrap-up of assorted links and short news items of local interest: * St. Louis music venues this week continued to adjust their admission policies to cope with the regiona...

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Stevie Wonder Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest: * Snug Harbor canceling performances due to rising Covid cases (Offbeat) * Don Marquis, esteemed jazz ...

https://stljazznotes.blogspot.com/2021/08/sunday-session-august-8-2021.html

This week, let's continue with a look at live performances from some of the winners in this year's DownBeat Critics Poll. (You can see music from some of the other top vote-getters in part one ,...

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Here's StLJN's weekly wrap-up of assorted links and short news items of local interest: * The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony, the seven-CD set drawn from the archives of saxophonist ...

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It's the start of another new month, which means it's time once again to check in on StLJN's sibling site Heliocentric Worlds , where each day there's a new online music video posted, drawing on...

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Billie Holiday Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest: * Charles Mingus: An Essential Top Ten Albums (AllAboutJazz.com) * Laura Nyro: the phenomenal singer...

https://stljazznotes.blogspot.com/2021/08/sunday-session-august-1-2021.html

Today, we interrupt our look at this year's poll-winning musicians begun last week to celebrate the birthday of a local favorite, saxophonist David Sanborn , who turned 76 years old yesterday. ...

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Here's StLJN's weekly wrap-up of assorted links and short news items of local interest: * Trumpeter Keyon Harrold (pictured) spoke about his new role as creative advisor to Jazz St. Louis in ...

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Multi-instrumentalist Brian Culbertson will return to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, November 21 at The Pageant . Culbertson (pictured) has a new album, The Trilogy: Red, set for r...

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Terri Lyne Carrington Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest: * The Strange Magic Of YouTube's '80s Remix Culture (NPR) * Meet Terri Lyne Carrington (AllAb...

https://stljazznotes.blogspot.com/2021/07/sunday-session-july-25-2021.html

The most recent issue of DownBeat contains the results of the magazine's annual Critics Poll , and while it's never a good idea to take any such poll too seriously, they at least can offer a sna...

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Here's StLJN's weekly wrap-up of assorted links and short news items of local interest: * Keyboardist and Metro East native David Garfield is set to release Stretchin' Outside The Box, the si...

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The J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts at Lindenwood University today announced the 2021-22 season schedule for their touring artists series , and there are at least a couple of shows of potent...

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Juini Booth Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest: * Rhodes returns: iconic electric piano brand is back with the promise of new keyboards (MusicRadar.com) ...

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Each year since 1925, Harvard University selects a well-known artist to deliver what are called the Norton lectures, named for Charles Eliot Norton, a celebrated professor, university president,...

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Here's StLJN's weekly wrap-up of assorted links and short news items of local interest: * Bassist Tom Kennedy (pictured) was interviewed on a recent episode of NoTreble.com's podcast "Groove."...

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Drummer, composer, bandleader and U City native Ronnie Burrage is coming home this month for a series of events including a musical memorial for a family member, an open jam session, and two ni...

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Susie Ibarra Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest: * Gatemouth Brown memorialized on the road he traveled, in the town where he lived (Nola.com) * The Ur...

https://stljazznotes.blogspot.com/2021/07/sunday-session-july-11-2021.html

Thus week, let's take a look at some of the most recent performances live-streamed by the the "Open Air" series at the Grandel Theatre, along with a special online presentation staged by Jazz St...

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Here's StLJN's weekly wrap-up of assorted links and short news items of local interest: * Merci, Miles! Live at Vienne, the newly released album of previously unheard recordings from Miles Dav...

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