The Young Friends of Jazz St. Louis and Young Friends of the Saint Louis Science Center are teaming up once again to host the 2nd annual Jazz Under the Stars on January 26, 2012 from 6 – 9 pm. This “see-and-be-seen” event will be held in the James S. McDonnell Planetarium at [...]
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Jazz St. Louis Residency Podcast #1 – An Interview with Sherman Irby
October 20, 2011 – 1:15 pm
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Director of Education Phil Dunlap and JazzU instructor Andy Ament sit down with saxophonist Sherman Irby to discuss his upcoming Jazz St. Louis Residency and performances at Jazz at the Bistro. Irby is one of three residency artists this year that will come to St. Louis for a full [...]
Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts
July 22, 2011 – 10:49 am
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 [...]
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 perform together in this one-night-only Bistro exclusive. In the great tradition of players from Clifford Brown to Milt [...]
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, [...]