Everette Benton and Marvin Cooper, juniors from East St. Louis, are first-year members of JazzU and play in the rhythm section of our Miles Davis Group. For both young men, working with an ensemble has been a profound learning experience and a great way to meet new people.
Everette, the group’s drummer, began playing in middle [...]
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Meet Everette and Marvin: The 10 in 6 Campaign
May 9, 2011 – 9:53 am
Meet Brady Lewis – The 10 In 6 Campaign
May 2, 2011 – 2:11 pm
Brady Lewis first took interest in music in middle school, singing in the choir before getting involved with the band. The longer he was in the band, the more he enjoyed the onstage experience. With hard work, dedication, and a love for the craft, Brady improved – earning multiple Honor Band [...]
10 in 6 for Youth Education
April 22, 2011 – 1:56 pm
Your Dollars. Your Support. Their Future.
Meet Four Outstanding Young Men Your Gifts Support
The students pictured above are juniors from the East St. Louis Senior High School Jazz Band: Brady Lewis, trumpet, Carlos Brown, Jr., alto saxophone, Marvin Cooper, bass, and Everette Benton, drums. We [...]
Jon Faddis to Give Trumpet Master Class
April 3, 2011 – 12:55 pm
Attention middle school, high school and college musicians! The legendary Jon Faddis will give a free trumpet master class from 1-2 pm on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The session will take place in the Rialto Ballroom, located in the Centene Center for Arts and Education (3547 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO 63103).
Although the master class [...]
Catch a Game to Support Jazz St. Louis
March 29, 2011 – 4:38 pm
To benefit the youth education programs of Jazz St. Louis, we are selling Legends Club tickets to the St. Louis Cardinals vs. Washington Nationals game on Tuesday, April 19 at 7:15PM . These tickets, which include all the amenities found below, are priced at $102 on the Cardinals’ website, but you can [...]
Cyrus Chestnut Trio and Jon Faddis Conclude JSL’s Residency Program
March 28, 2011 – 2:25 pm
Next week we begin our final Residency of the 2010-2011 season. This one is definitely one for the books and features the wonderful Cyrus Chestnut Trio and the equally great Jon Faddis.
This all-star pairing came together in an attempt to combine two headlining personalities to create what is sure to be an amazing educational experience [...]
Gala 2011 Recap
March 16, 2011 – 4:05 pm
The Jazz St. Louis Ain’t Misbehavin’ Gala was a tremendous success! We were able to net $200,000 for our youth education and outreach programs; this allows us to continue offering such programming free of cost to students and schools throughout the region. The generosity of so many people is directly responsible for the arts education [...]
Ronald Carter Residency Preview
March 1, 2011 – 4:39 pm
For those not familiar with our Artist Residency program, it is one that allows us to connect top flight jazz artists/educators with high school students and teachers in small, intense educational settings. Typically a master class with artists of this magnitude consists of a couple of hundred people in an auditorium with the artist on [...]
Congratulations to the East St. Louis Senior High Jazz Band!
February 24, 2011 – 4:51 pm
Anyone familiar with the history of jazz in St. Louis and its neighbor East St. Louis, will regale you with tales of the famed East St. Louis Lincoln High School jazz band program under the direction of saxophonist Ron Carter (now Director of Jazz Studies at Northern Illinois University).
When Carter took over the program in [...]
Stanley Clarke’s Wednesday night shows RESCHEDULED!!
February 2, 2011 – 8:39 am
Jazz St. Louis is pleased to announce that Stanley Clarke & Hiromi have rescheduled their performances from Wednesday, Feburary 2, 2011, for Monday, February 28. Tickets for this past Wednesday evening’s performances will be valid for the newly scheduled date (same set) or can be returned to their original point of purchase for a refund. [...]