The Gramophone, Jazz St. Louis teaming up for Tuesday night series

From the weekly email sent out by the The Gramophone:

"The Gramophone and Jazz St. Louis will partner on a weekly Tuesday night jazz series beginning Tuesday, June 17th, at The Gramophone.

Through this partnership, Jazz St. Louis and The Gramophone will co-present and co-promote local, regional and national acts. Universal Sound Ensemble, an eclectic five-piece instrumental group playing jazz standards ranging from bebop to fusion, will kick off the series. Raw Earth will round out the month of June."

Sounds like a logical collaboration to me, as The Gramophone gets the benefit of Jazz St. Louis' expertise and contacts, while JSL gets to extend its outreach to a new venue, on a night they when they usually don't have any competing programming. Also, given that Tuesday isn't normally a big night for live music in St. Louis, any new options to hear some quality music are always welcome. It will be interesting to see which bands and musicians get booked for these Tuesday night shows, and if any of them eventually show up on weekends at The Gramophone or perhaps even at JSL's flagship venue Jazz at the Bistro.