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Kelley Suttenfield To Perform At Jazz At Kitano, Wednesday July 3

June 19, 2013

Kelley Suttenfield To Perform At Jazz At Kitano, Wednesday July 3

Kelley Suttenfield in Concert Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 8 & 10pm Featuring:
Kelley Suttenfield, voice
Michael Cabe, piano
Tosh Sheridan, guitar
Matt Aronoff, bass
Brian Adler, drums Jazz at Kitano
66 Park Avenue (@ 38th St), New York, NY
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Jazz at Holmes Series Announces Dates of Free Summer Concerts

June 16, 2013

Jazz at Holmes Series Announces Dates of Free Summer Concerts

The Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University has announced a summer schedule of three free concerts during the month of July. The summer series starts on Thursday, July 11 with a performance by singer Feyza Eren and her band. Next up, trumpeter Erik Jekabson, who's from San Francisco, will play with a quartet of local ...

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The Grandmothers Of Invention Featuring Legendary Zappa Alumni Don Preston & Napoleon Murphy Brock To Embark On 'one Size Fits All And More' Us Tour

June 15, 2013

The Grandmothers Of Invention Featuring Legendary Zappa Alumni Don Preston & Napoleon Murphy Brock To Embark On 'one Size Fits All And More' Us Tour

Los Angeles, CA - Having just completed a month long European tour of performances in the CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, HOLLAND, SWITZERLAND, the GrandMothers Of Invention, featuring legendary Frank Zappa Alumni Napoleon Murphy Brock and special guest artist Don Preston, once again will tour America. This time around the ensemble will be performing the ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, June 14-20

June 14, 2013

Finally, the weather is heating up, maybe drying out? Making the evenings perfect for getting out an enjoying live music. And the music is surely heating up as well, building up to our end-of-the-month Twin Cities Jazz Festival. Of course, any given weekend typically seems like a jazz festival around here. This weekend, KBEM brings yet ...

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Jazz This Week: Terence Blanchard, Willie Akins and Montez Coleman, Chesterfield Jazz Festival, Voicehandler, and More

June 14, 2013

Though it's not officially summer for another week or so, the steamy weather associated with that season in St. Louis is already here. Fortunately, there's a variety of jazz and creative music events on tap over the next few days, both indoors and out, to help you cool out and beat the heat. Tonight, trumpeter, composer ...

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St. Louis Premiere of Terence Blanchard's Opera Gets National Media Attention

June 12, 2013

St. Louis Premiere of Terence Blanchard's Opera Gets National Media Attention

Trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard's new opera Champion, which will receive its world premiere performance this Saturday, June 15 at Opera Theatre St. Louis, got some national attention today in an article in the Wall Street Journal. Jazz Times magazine recently also ran a short item about the premiere, while Opera News had a more extensive ...

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Sonny Rollins Cancels Summer Concerts Including June 22 Show at the Touhill

June 8, 2013

Sonny Rollins Cancels Summer Concerts Including June 22 Show at the Touhill

This just in: Saxophonist Sonny Rollins has cancelled all his shows for June and July, including a scheduled date on Saturday, June 22 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center here in St. Louis. Here's the complete text of the news release sent out this morning by Jazz St. Louis:“SONNY ROLLINS CANCELS JUNE 22 TOUHILL SHOW ST. ...

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Rondi Charleston And Her All Star Band Perform On June 12th At Catalina Jazz Club - Only Los Angeles Area Performance

June 7, 2013

Rondi Charleston And Her All Star Band   Perform On June 12th At Catalina Jazz Club -  Only Los Angeles Area Performance

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Critically lauded vocalist, songwriter and lyricist Rondi Charleston brings her All Star Band to Catalina Jazz Club in Los Angeles for one show only, on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Charleston is performing ...

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John McLaughlin To Tour The U.S. June 11-23 Including Bonnaroo And A 3-Night Stint At The Blue Note In New York

June 7, 2013

John McLaughlin To Tour The U.S. June 11-23 Including Bonnaroo And A 3-Night Stint At The Blue Note In New York

Los Angeles, CA: World-renowned guitarist John McLaughlin, is set to begin his first U.S. tour in three years. The tour begins on June 11th in Durham, NC and will hit Asheville, DC, Bethlehem, Boston and a 3-night stand in New York City at the Blue Note before ending in Toronto on June 23rd. McLaughlin and his ...

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Jazz This Week: Rick Haydon Quartet, Terence Blanchard, Ragtime at Scott Joplin's House, Oikos Ensemble, and More

June 7, 2013

Jazz This Week: Rick Haydon Quartet, Terence Blanchard, Ragtime at Scott Joplin's House, Oikos Ensemble, and More

If you're looking to get out hear some live jazz in St. Louis, there's there's plenty of local music on tap over the weekend, with some new weekly gigs getting underway, plus some visiting players coming to town to play free concerts next week. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, singer Joe Mancuso and his band ...

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Kermit Ruffins to Perform Wednesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 25 at the Gramophone

June 7, 2013

Kermit Ruffins to Perform Wednesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 25 at the Gramophone

This just in: via the Twitter feed of Basin Street Records, StLJN has learned that New Orleans trumpeter and singer Kermit Ruffins (pictured) will be coming to St. Louis to perform on Wednesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 25 at The Gramophone. Ruffins is a fixture on the New Orleans scene, playing weekly gigs with his ...

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Dirty Dozen Brass Band to Play Sunday, June 23 at off Broadway

June 6, 2013

Dirty Dozen Brass Band to Play Sunday, June 23 at off Broadway

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (pictured) is returning to St. Louis to play at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 23 at a new venue for them, the south side rock club Off Broadway. The best-known popularizers of the modern New Orleans brass band sound, DDBB made their most recent visit to St. Louis in May of last ...

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Concert Paying Tribute to Ross Gentile Set for Sunday, September 8 at Siue

June 5, 2013

A concert paying tribute to the late Ross Gentile is scheduled for 8:00 p.m., Sunday, September 8 in the Meridian Ballroom, located in the Morris University Center on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Gentile (pictured) hosted the “Standards In Jazz" program on WSIE for 15 years, at one point working on-air for the station ...

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Santana Legend Gregg Rolie To Play "Sandstock" Virginia Beach Music Festival - June 22, 2013

June 5, 2013

Santana Legend Gregg Rolie To Play

Houston, TX: Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Gregg Rolie, best known for his vocals and keyboard work with legendary music groups Santana and Journey, will be performing at 'Sandstock' Virginia Beach Music Festival on June 22, 2013. The Gregg Rolie Band will be playing electrifying versions of several Santana classics such as “Evil Ways", ...

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