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 [...]
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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. [...]
Now Available: 2011-2012 JazzU and JSL All-Stars Audition Info
January 31, 2011 – 3:43 pm
Jazz St. Louis announces auditions for the 2011-2012 JazzU and Jazz St. Louis All-Star programs. Auditions will be held on Monday, June 13 and Monday, June 20 with a third date to be added as necessary.
Click HERE to learn more about the Jazz St. Louis All-Stars and to download an application and audition requirements.
For information [...]
Spring Spotlight Series
December 23, 2010 – 1:44 pm
Jazz St. Louis has added shows for the 2011 Spotlight Series. This series features the best talent that the St. Louis area has to offer as well as some special engagements from touring artists. We are happy to have Javier Mendoza back after his Latin jazz debut at the Bistro 2 years ago, while Mardra [...]
Bob’s Favorite Non-Jazz Albums
December 23, 2010 – 9:58 am
PREFACE: I have been informed that Devin doesn’t want us listing a whole lot of multiple albums by one artist [ED. I didn't say that, I just said that I was going to try to avoid it myself]. Sorry, but that’s just not happening. These are supposed to be our favorite albums, and if that’s [...]
JazzU and JSL All-Star Students Make All-State
December 7, 2010 – 4:25 pm
We want to congratulate those students in Missouri and Illinois who made their respective All-State jazz bands! The All-State process takes the top student musicians in each state and puts them together for a special concert. The audition process is rigorous and it is an honor to announce that one-third of the Missouri All-State jazz [...]