Sponsored by Ted Wheeler, American Family Insurance Agency
Fresh off a performance at the White House for a State Dinner, New York based drummer and Grammy nominee Matt Wilson is one of today’s most celebrated jazz artists. He is universally recognized for his musical and melodic drumming style as well as being a gifted [...]
Category Archives: Experience
Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts
July 22, 2011 – 10:49 am
Byron Stripling
July 22, 2011 – 10:41 am
Sponsored by Ted Wheeler, American Family Insurance Agency
One of Jazz St. Louis’ 2011-2012 residency artists, Byron Stripling is a major voice on the trumpet. His remarkable career has included stints with the great big bands of Clark Terry, Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman, and Count Basie, solo work with many orchestras, among them the Boston Pops, [...]
Sherman Irby Quartet
July 22, 2011 – 10:33 am
One of Jazz St. Louis’ 2011-12 residency artists, Sherman Irby has a sweet but driving alto saxophone sound and style that is bop-derived, but uniquely his own. A member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, he plays with passion and skill on both ballads and up-tempo pieces. Irby is an accomplished new arrival, sure to [...]
The Christian McBride Big Band
July 21, 2011 – 5:59 pm
Part of the 9th Annual UMSL Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, presented by the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the Touhill Performing Arts Center, & Jazz St. Louis.
If there’s any side or scene of jazz that the still-under-forty Christian McBride hasn’t mastered yet, just wait–he will undoubtedly get around to it, and do it masterfully. Bassist [...]
Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard
July 21, 2011 – 5:48 pm
Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: Poncho Sanchez & his Latin Jazz Band featuring Terence Blanchard
Part of the 9th Annual UMSL Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, presented by the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the Touhill Performing Arts Center, & Jazz St. Louis.
Two Grammy-Award-winning legends combine in this high-energy evening of Afro-Cuban big-band jazz presented by Jazz St. [...]
Stefon Harris and Sean Jones
July 20, 2011 – 2:26 pm
Part of the 9th Annual UMSL Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, presented by the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the Touhill Performing Arts Center, & Jazz St. Louis.
Jazz St. Louis presents two of jazz’s most acclaimed young musicians together in this one-night-only Bistro exclusive. In the great tradition of players from Clifford Brown to Milt Jackson, [...]
Get Hip! Featuring Metta Quintet
July 20, 2011 – 1:18 pm
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Family Concert
Part of the 2011 JSL Youth and Family Concerts [...]
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 [...]