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 [...]
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 [...]
2009-2010 JazzU and Jazz St. Louis All-Stars Auditions
April 14, 2009 – 12:19 pm
Jazz St. Louis is proud to announce auditions for the 2009-2010 JazzU and Jazz St. Louis All-Stars program! Auditions will be held beginning at 4 pm, Monday June 1 and Monday June 8. Auditions will take place at Jazz at the Bistro where applicants will perform with a house rhythm section.
Both programs offer a wealth [...]