Jazz St. Louis confirms additional Bistro bookings for fall 2010

Jazz St. Louis has confirmed the schedule of local and regional talent that will perform this fall at Jazz at the Bistro, filling the alternate weeks still open after the Bistro's 2010-11 schedule of touring artists was announced back in May.

Guitarist Eric Slaughter will make his Bistro debut as a leader on Friday, September 10 and Saturday, September 11, with the Funky Butt Brass Band set to return on October 1 and 2.

Two weeks later, percussionist Craig Russo (pictured) and his Latin Jazz Project venture down the road from their home in Champaign/Urbana to perform on October 15 and 16 at the Bistro. Multi-instrumentalist Lamar Harris will play on October 29 and 30, with Trio Trés Bien scheduled for November 12 and 13, and Good 4 The Soul wrapping things up on December 10 and 11.

Single tickets for all of these performance go on sale at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 17 via Metrotix and the Jazz St. Louis box office.