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Family Concert
Part of the 2011 JSL Youth and Family Concerts [...]
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Get Hip! Featuring Metta Quintet
July 20, 2011 – 1:18 pm
Joshua Redman/Brad Mehldau Duo
July 19, 2011 – 12:44 pm
Sponsored by Jon and Barbara Topp and Beck/Allen Cabinetry
Since they first performed together in the 1990s, Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau have earned international acclaim (and GRAMMY nominations) for their trend-setting, generation-topping creativity and charisma. As a duo, they demonstrate that players who are powerful improvisers with their own voices can also collaborate masterfully, [...]
Dianne Reeves and Ahmad Jamal
July 19, 2011 – 12:35 pm
Sponsored by World Wide Technology, Inc. and Centene Charitable Foundation
At the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Dianne Reeves is the pre-eminent jazz vocalist in the world today. As a result of her virtuosity, improvisational prowess and unique jazz and R&B stylings, Reeves received the [...]
An Evening With Herbie Hancock and His Band
July 19, 2011 – 10:23 am
Sponsored by World Wide Technology, Inc. and Centene Charitable Foundation
At the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while maintaining his unmistakable voice. With an [...]
DMS: George Duke, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn
July 15, 2011 – 10:54 am
Sponsored by World Wide Technology, Inc.
Jazz St. Louis and Jazz Cruises Present
DMS: George Duke, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn
At the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Fans of the crossroads where funk and jazz intersect mark your calendars for an explosive evening! Keyboardist George Duke, bassist Marcus [...]
Stanley Clarke Trio
July 6, 2011 – 2:42 pm
Sponsored by Tim & Debbie Callihan of the Spectrum Band
Bassist Stanley Clarke returns to the Bistro for another sensational engagement, this time with an acoustic trio. As one critic wrote and almost everyone who hears him agrees, Stanley Clarke “is the greatest living bass virtuous in the world, second to none, hands down, end of [...]
Dafnis Prieto Trio
July 6, 2011 – 2:38 pm
Sponsored by Garden View Care Centers
Read what critics and musicians say about Cuban-born drummer, Dafnis Prieto, and you keep coming to superlatives: “awesome virtuosity,” “incredible chops,” “extremely talented,” “extraordinary,” “spectacularly proficient,” “revolutionary drumming techniques,” “easily the most impressive young drummer to come on the jazz scene during the past decade.” No surprise that the Jazz [...]
Tia Fuller Quartet
July 6, 2011 – 2:13 pm
Don’t miss this chance to hear saxophone phenom Tia Fuller. A soloing member of the all-female band touring the world with R&B star Beyonce, she has also carved out an impressive jazz career as a Cannonball- and Coltrane-inspired improviser, composer, and band leader who has played with likes of Jon Faddis, T.S. Monk, and Sean [...]
Nicholas Payton
July 6, 2011 – 11:16 am
Hearing what GRAMMY-winner Nicholas Payton is up to musically is always worthwhile. The “ferociously gifted trumpeter” (NYT), who also sings and plays piano, bass, and drums on his latest recording, is a master of multiple styles and genres as a player, arranger, composer, and leader. Expect to be entertained and excited by the work of [...]
Anat Cohen Quartet
July 1, 2011 – 11:14 am
Sponsored by Lodging Hospitality Management
Everyone who hears her is impressed by virtuous reed artist Anat Cohen. As one critic put it, she is “one of the brightest, most original young instrumentalists in jazz.” Winner of four consecutive Clarinet Player of the Year awards from the Jazz Journalists Association and multiple citations in Downbeat’s readers and [...]