WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Give the Drummer Some's 6 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere Barack Obama was elected one year ago tonight, and to celebrate, the Miner feels like going out and pulling the white hoods off a few teabaggers. You betcha! If...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
The 7th Ave. home in the '80s and early '90s of Gil Evans' last orchestra, David Murray's octets, Abdullah Ibrahim's bands, Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy and other avant-gutsy acts closed last night (Oct. 24) without notice or fanfare. Sweet Rhythm nee Sweet Basil was one of the coolest spots to listen, drink and hang out in Greenwich Village, a wood-paneled room with fine sound, sightlines, bookings...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Grammy nominated jazz vocalist Renee Manning is known for her robust voice, rich tones and impeccable time making her truly a musician's vocalist. Her new release, All Grown Up, showcases those attributes in a soothing, quieter set parallel to the powerful big band selections she's known for. Her debut in the jazz world as a singer with the Mel Lewis Orchestra (from 1983-1989) was the longest tenure...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest.Starting off, as we usually do...
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest. Starting off, as we usually do, with a couple of items about Miles Davis , it seems that Kind of Blue drummer Jimmy Cobb 's So What...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
The jazz palette is long and wide. Within any given performance format there exist seminal artists as different as saxophonists {{John Coltrane = 5851}} and {{Lester Young = 11573}}, trumpeters {{Miles Davis = 6144}} and {{Lester Bowie = 5209}}, and pianists {{Art Tatum = 4818}} and {{Gene Harris = 7450...
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest. * Let's start with our usual helping of Miles Davis -related news - specifically, some more details about the upcoming 70-CD set reissue...
Destination: Out (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS OH ALLAH Alice Coltrane Universal Consciousness Impulse : 1971 AC, organ and harp; Leroy Jenkins, violin; John Blair, violin; Julius Brand, violin; Joan Kalisch, violin; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums. String arrangements by AC; transcription by Ornette Coleman. “Is jazz dead? That all depends on what you know.” –Lester Bowie “A higher consciousness...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
The Nu-Art Series, run by trumpeter, gallery owner and former arts administrator George Sams out of his Metropolitan Gallery downtown, is kicking off its fall 2009 season this month with two concerts featuring former St. Louisans who have earned international acclaim in the jazz world.The group Trio...
Bagatellen (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
Nessa NCD-2 While a hallmark of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, wide-open spaces and atomistic sound-rhythms (frequently on found “little instruments”) are an incomplete picture of how AACM groups were aesthetically manifest. Certainly, space was endemic to groups like the Creative Construction Company and records like Joseph Jarman’s As If It Were the [...]...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 14/08/2009
Douglas revives the Lester Bowie post-modern brass band formula, with great invention.
News (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 04/08/2009
Shine! is the second Sunnyside release by saxophonist JD Allen and his trio with bassist {{Gregg August = 15566}} and drummer Rudy Royston. A Detroit native, Allen has been based in New York for quite a few years now, working with bassist {{Ron Carter = 5580}}, saxophonist {{David Murray = 9702}}, trumpeter {{Lester Bowie = 5209}} and drummers {{Jack DeJohnette = 6202}} and {{Cindy Blackman = 5047...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 03/08/2009
The exuberant, New York-based, trombonist Luis Bonilla has been recording as leader since 1998, when he released Pasos Gigantes ("giant steps") on Candid. I Talking Now! is his fourth album. But he is still probably best known for his work with other artists. Currently a member of trumpeter {{Dave Douglas = 2811}}' Brass Ecstasy, Bonilla began the 1990s with trumpeter {{Lester Bowie = 5209}}'s...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 26/07/2009
The St. Louis area is known for having produced many fine jazz trumpeters over the years. Indeed, the legacy of musicians such as Miles Davis, Clark Terry, Lester Bowie and Harold "Shorty" Baker is significant enough that local jazz historian and radio host Dennis Owsley chose City of Gabriels as th...
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