Jazz at Holmes series resumes this week

Washington University's Jazz at Holmes series, which offers free jazz concerts most Thursday nights while school is in session, resumes this week with a performance by Chicago-based singer Typhanie Monique (pictured). Monique has played St. Louis a couple of times in recent years, performing at the now-closed Finale Music and Dining with guitarist Neal Alger, with whom she also has released two CDs.

No word yet on who else is booked for the rest of this semester's concerts, which take place in Ridgley Hall's Holmes Lounge. A press release on Wash U's Web site suggests that a schedule for winter/spring 2008 may be found online, but as of this writing the link leads to a blank page. StLJN will have more on the Jazz at Holmes schedule as soon as details are made public.

UPDATE - 1/24/08, 4 p.m.: Terry Perkins, swell fella that he is, emailed with more info on the Jazz At Holmes schedule (which I still haven't received directly from Wash U despite repeated requests to the powers-that-be over there). Here's the rest of the winter/spring 2008 lineup:

January 31 - Mike Karpowicz Quartet

February 7 - Dave Black Group
February 14 - Danny Sher
February 21 - Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass featuring Jan Shapiro, William Lenihan and Kara Baldus
February 28 - Kara Baldus Trio

March 6 - Anita Rosamond Group
March 20 - BAG Trio with Zimbabwe Nkenya, Gary Sykes and Mike Nelson
March 27 - Jeanne Trevor & Carolbeth True

April 3 - Jerry Green plays the music of John Coltrane
April 17 - Tribute to Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra featuring Tony Viviano
April 24 - Amina Figarova Group (jazz pianist from Azerbaijan via The Netherlands)

In other Washington University-related news, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra will give a free performance on campus next month including works by two 20th century American composers with a reputation for experimentation. The SLSO's concert at 7:30 p.m., Monday, February 4 in May Auditorium, Simon Hall will feature George Crumb's "Vox balaenae (Voice of the Whale)," scored for electric flute, electric cello, and amplified piano, and Steve Reich's "Different Trains," which mixes recorded speech with train sounds and music from a string quartet. The concert is open to the public; for more information, go here.