On Sale Now!
Jazz St. Louis is putting the finishing touches on the 2012-13 Jazz at the Bistro Series and will be announcing the lineup soon. In the meantime, JSL is proud to announce the 2012 Summer Series at Jazz at the Bistro.
Tickets for these concerts are now on sale via all Metrotix outlets and online [...]
Category Archives: News & Notes
Summer Series Announced
April 24, 2012 – 1:45 pm
International Jazz Day Jam Session
April 9, 2012 – 2:57 pm
On Sunday, March 18, jazz legend and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Herbie Hancock, sent out a clarion call from the Touhill Performing Arts Center stage to the St. Louis community to join him in celebrating the first-ever “International Jazz Day” on April 30.
Charged with leading the St. Louis region in advancing the uniquely American art of [...]
Auditions for the 2012-13 JazzU Program
April 9, 2012 – 1:39 am
Jazz St. Louis is pleased to announce auditions for the upcoming 2012-13 JazzU program. Auditions will be held on Mondays, June 4 and 11 beginning at 10 am each day. Audition dates and times will be assigned once application materials have been received and processed. ALL materials must be postmarked by Friday, May 4. Late [...]
Setlist: Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau
April 9, 2012 – 1:13 am
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Set 1 – 7:30 pmAlways August – (Brad Mehldau)High Court Jig – (Joshua Redman)In Walked Bud – (Thelonious Monk)Old West – (Brad Mehldau)Easy Living – (Rainger/Robin )Ornithology – (Charlie Parker/Bennie Harris)
Set 2 – 9:30 pmMehlsancholy Mode – (Joshua Redman) To Hold On or To Let Go – (Brad Mehldau)There Is No Greater [...]
Residency Wrap-Up
March 27, 2012 – 4:58 pm
When I woke up this past Sunday morning, something was different. There was no 8 am lobby call, no scheduled school visits, JazzU classes, or artists to shuttle to all corners of the city. It was, after all, Sunday. However, more notable, was that it was the first day in a week that I was [...]
Matt Wilson’s Arts and Crafts to Give Informal “Preview” Performance at Saxquest
March 16, 2012 – 2:01 pm
During Arts and Crafts’s Residency week (March 19 thru 24), the group will be giving an informal “preview” performance at Saxquest (www.saxquest.com), located at 2114 Cherokee Street in St. Louis. A&C, led by Grammy-nominated drummer Matt Wilson, will be joined by Terell Stafford (trumpet), Gary Versace (piano) and Martin Wind (bass).
The concert, which takes place [...]
Join Our Street Team
March 1, 2012 – 3:23 pm
Position Summary:
Jazz St. Louis (JSL) is seeking students to fill street team positions throughout the community and on local college campuses. Street Team members will work in cooperation with JSL to improve the organization’s visibility throughout the area, increasing both student and adult attendance at Jazz at the [...]
JazzU Podcast #2 – Featuring Residency Artist, Byron Stripling
February 13, 2012 – 9:37 am
In this second installment of the JazzU podcast, Director of Education, Phil Dunlap, rants about the importance of listening to jazz. Then, upcoming Residency artist, Byron Stripling, joins Dunlap and JazzU instructor, Andy Ament, for an interview and a blindfold listening test. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Setlist: The Bad Plus
January 9, 2012 – 3:22 pm
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Most nights had the same sets, with the 2nd set changing slightly from night to night. The week featured all original material, both old and new, from The Bad Plus, save for a single performance of Flim by Aphex Twin during Thursday’s 2nd set.
Set 1 – 7:30 pm
Wolf Out – Dave King
Who’s [...]
New Shows Added
December 6, 2011 – 4:45 pm
We are pleased to announce the remaining concerts scheduled for the 2011-12 Wells Fargo Advisors Jazz at the Bistro series. All shows are at Jazz at the Bistro (3536 Washington Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103) and have set times of 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Legacy Jazz Quintet plays the music of Art Blakey [...]