Peter White
The newly reopened Roberts Orpheum Theater downtown (formerly the American Theater) is presenting a variety of concerts, including some upcoming appearances by smooth jazz favorites who might otherwise have played The Pageant.
Spyro Gyra will be at the Orpheum on Thursday, June 9, and on Wednesday, June 22 it's Jazz Attack, a smooth jazz package featuring Peter White, Rick Braun, Jonathan Butler and Richard Elliot. (Parenthetical note: My bandmate Mark Arbogast is friends with Mr. White, and so if schedules permit, I may try to to get him to arrange a brief interview with the very popular guitarist while he's in town. Stay tuned.) Later this summer, Dave Koz and Friends will keep the smooth sounds going at the Orpheum with an appearance on Friday, July 22.
With any luck, the competition between the Orpheum and Pageant will result in more choices for St. Louis concertgoers. I think there's there room in this market for at least two concert venues of this size, but it will be interesting to see what sorts of acts they book and how they jockey for positioning in the public mind over the coming months.
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