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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Dafnis Prieto Trio
July 6, 2011 – 2:38 pm
Sponsored by Garden View Care Centers
Read what critics and musicians say about Cuban-born drummer, Dafnis Prieto, and you keep coming to superlatives: “awesome virtuosity,” “incredible chops,” “extremely talented,” “extraordinary,” “spectacularly proficient,” “revolutionary drumming techniques,” “easily the most impressive young drummer to come on the jazz scene during the past decade.” No surprise that the Jazz [...]
Anat Cohen Quartet
July 1, 2011 – 11:14 am
Sponsored by Lodging Hospitality Management
Everyone who hears her is impressed by virtuous reed artist Anat Cohen. As one critic put it, she is “one of the brightest, most original young instrumentalists in jazz.” Winner of four consecutive Clarinet Player of the Year awards from the Jazz Journalists Association and multiple citations in Downbeat’s readers and [...]
Greg Osby
June 30, 2011 – 11:36 am
Welcome St. Louisan Greg Osby home in this exclusive Bistro engagement. After moving to New York in 1983, saxophonist Osby established himself as an in-demand sideman with artists as diverse as Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, and Andrew Hill, and has gone on to build his reputation as an adventurous player, bandleader, and composer [...]
Jeff Lorber Fusion
June 29, 2011 – 3:29 pm
featuring Jimmy Haslip and Eric Marienthal
Sponsored by Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, P.C.
Since the late 1970s, when he put his special spin on the blend of jazz, rock, R&B, and funk known as jazz fusion, GRAMMY®-nominated keyboardist and composer Jeff Lorber has come to be considered one of modern music’s most adventurous players and performers. [...]
Young Friends of Jazz St. Louis featured on KMOV.com
November 9, 2009 – 10:18 am
The Young Friends of Jazz St. Louis were recently featured in “Kristen in the City”, Kristen Cornett’s blog on KMOV’s website. Read the blog here!
Young Friends of Jazz St. Louis Presents “Jazz at the Gramophone” featuring the Bruce Barth Quintet
January 28, 2009 – 12:40 pm
The Young Friends of Jazz St. Louis are hosting a fundraiser to raise funds in support the Jazz St. Louis All-Stars Program.
Join hosts Gilberto Pinela and Ivy Hartman of “Best of the STL”, Jazz St. Louis and the Bruce Barth Quintet in support of the Jazz St. Louis All-Stars, an ensemble of the region’s finest [...]