St. Louis Jazz Notes: December 2012

Monday, December 31, 2012

StLJN 2012 year in review

As 2012 winds down, let's take a look back at some of the most newsworthy, noteworthy, popular and/or interesting items posted here on St. Louis Jazz Notes over the past 12 months:

January 2012

February 2012

March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

August 2012

September 2012

October 2012

November 2012

December 2012

Thanks to all of you who have read and/or contributed information, links, comments, and more to this site during this past year. Here's hoping that your New Year is a good one.

(Edited 12/31/12 to fix some formatting issues.)

Saturday, December 29, 2012

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase:
Spotlight on Gregory Porter

This week, let's get acquainted with singer Gregory Porter, who will be making his St. Louis debut with performances starting next Thursday, January 4 through Sunday, January 7 at Jazz at the Bistro.

Porter's 2010 debut album Water created something of a sensation in the jazz world and beyond, and the response to Be Good, the follow-up record released earlier this year, only has helped fuel the buzz. At a time when plenty of male jazz singers are content to simply re-hash standards and emulate a Rat Pack vibe, Porter brings to the stage and studio his own original material, energy, and set of influences.

Raised by a single mother who was a minister, Porter was steeped in gospel music as a child, and that background clearly is an important component of his sound. He also has spoken frequently of Nat "King" Cole as an early influence, but his baritone voice, weightier than Cole's, often draws comparisons to Lou Rawls and Joe Williams, too, and to these ears, there seems to be a bit of Andy Bey in there as well.

A California native, Porter attended San Diego State University, studying urban planning on a football scholarship until a shoulder injury ended his athletic career. He began singing in local jazz clubs, where he met saxophonist, pianist, and composer Kamau Kenyatta and through him, flutist Hubert Laws. Porter wound up singing one song on Laws' 1998 album Remembers the Unforgettable Nat King Cole, and soon after, the flutist's sister Eloise Laws helped him get cast in the musical theater production It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues.

The show premiered in Denver (where Porter later mounted a one-man play paying tribute to Nat Cole), then moved to New York to play Off-Broadway and then on Broadway. Once in NYC, Porter began sitting in on jam sessions, including one at Jazz at Lincoln Center that eventually brought him to the attention of Wynton Marsalis. Porter then was asked to do a gig with Marsalis and the JALC Orchestra, which helped him get a foothold in the city's highly competitive scene.

Porter continues to live in Brooklyn, and does weekly gigs at the NYC club Smoke when he's in town. For the past two years, though, he's spent a lot of time on the road, playing clubs and festivals in the USA and Europe. He's become especially popular in Great Britain, where he's appeared on national television several times, been touted by Jamie Cullum and Jools Holland, and toured extensively again earlier this year.

In today's first video, recorded at the studios of radio station WNYC, you can see Porter performing "On My Way To Harlem," an original tune included on Be Good. Down below, there's the official music video for the title track of Be Good.

That's followed by live versions of two songs from Porter's first record. "Water" was recorded in 2011 at the Elbjazz festival in Hamburg, Germany, while the rendition of "Illusion" comes from one of Porter's appearances on Jools Holland's TV program Later.

Below that, you can hear Porter tackle the blues standard "Let The Good Times Roll," recorded for Holland's program last New Year's Eve. The final clip is a video interview with Porter, recorded earlier this year for the music site Out Da Box TV.

For more about Gregory Porter, check out these recent interviews published on AllAboutJazz.com and iCrates.org, and this radio program he did earlier this year with Jamie Cullum for the BBC.

(And if you're wondering, "What's with the hat?", the answer, according to comments in several different interviews with Porter, is that it's simply an easily recalled visual signature, sort of like Dr. Lonnie Smith's turban.)

Friday, December 28, 2012

So What: Local News, Notes & Links

Here's the latest wrap-up of assorted links and short local news items of interest:

* With the 30th anniversary of his first broadcast on KWMU coming up in the new year, radio host, author and photographer Dennis Owsley last weekend was the subject of a profile written for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch/STLtoday.com by Steve Giegerich.

* Legendary trumpeter Clark Terry has posted a message of holiday greetings on his blog.

* Drummer Dave Weckl (pictured) was interviewed by drummer/podcaster Joe Crabtree about his sound, the craft of recording, and his new crowd-funded album project with keyboardist Jay Oliver.

* The new downtown music venue Voce is the subject of a feature story by the Post's Kevin Johnson.

* Electronic musician Joe Raglani's new album Real Colors of the Physical World was reviewed by the Riverfront Times' Christian Schaeffer.

* Drummer Montez Coleman will ring in the new year playing with saxophonist Sherman Irby at Jazz at Lincoln Center's new club in Doha, Qatar. Irby's group, which also features trombonist Vince Gardner, pianist Ricky Germanson, and bassist Gerald Cannon, will be featured next Thursday, January 3 in a live webcast on JALC's web site.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Rounding up the "Best Jazz of 2012" lists

Jazz this week: Marcus Baylor, Larry Johnson CD release, Good 4 The Soul, New Year's Eve jazz, and more

As we head into the final days of 2012, you've still got opportunities to catch some live jazz and creative music around St. Louis before the year is done. Here are a few suggestions for this weekend and New Year's Eve:

Tonight, drummer Marcus Baylor, the native St. Louisan and former longtime member of Yellowjackets who's also played with Kenny Garrett, Cassandra Wilson and others, returns home for a gig at the Bistro at Grand Center.

Billed as "The Sons of St. Louis Reunion," the show also will feature his wife Jean Baylor on vocals and keyboardist Shedrick Mitchell, who's recorded and toured with a number of high-profile R&B and jazz performers. (Note that while some of the information published erroneously suggests that Jazz St. Louis is involved, in fact the show is an independent production of the Baylors, and advance tickets are available only via Metrotix.)

Elsewhere this evening, it's the monthly Avant Garde Arts Night, featuring live improvised music, at the Tavern of Fine Arts; and the MM&W-ish funk trio Downstereo will be laying down a groove late into the night at Atomic Cowboy.

Tomorrow night, saxophonist Larry Johnson will celebrate the release of I'm Just Sayin' , his second CD as a leader, with a performance at the Sheldon Concert Hall. He'll be joined by most of the musicians who performed on the CD, including pianist Carolbeth True, trumpeter Jim Manley, trombonist/keyboardist Jim Owens, percussionist Scott Collier, bassists Glen Smith and Marc Torlina, drummers David True and Joe Weber, and the Rosewood String Quartet, as well as guitarist Randy Bahr and singer Christi Jon Bye. For more about this, check out this article about Johnson written by Terry Perkins for the St. Louis Beacon.

Also on Friday, the jazz/funk/R&B quartet Good 4 The Soul returns for the first of two nights at Jazz at the Bistro; drummer Kaleb Kirby's trio plays at Robbie's House of Jazz; and guitarist Eric Slaughter will lead a quintet at the Cigar Inn.

On Saturday, saxophonist Willie Akins and his group will present a late-afternoon matinee at Troy's Jazz Gallery, and that evening, singer Sarah Jane and saxophonist Jerry Greene perform at Robbie's.

On Sunday, Dizzy Atmosphere brings their gypsy jazz sound to the Schlafly St. Louis Brewery & Tap Room for an early evening performance.

Monday is, of course, New Year's Eve, and as usual, the city's premier venue Jazz at the Bistro goes dark for NYE while the surrounding Grand Center neighborhood hosts the annual First Night celebration. However, the alcohol-free, family friendly event does feature some music of potential interest to jazz fans, including Clave Sol, Wack-A-Doo and Farshid Etniko, as well live theater and dance performances, visual art, various participatory activities (mostly aimed at the kids), and fireworks.

Elsewhere on New Year's Eve, Willie Akins will take the stage at Robbie's House of Jazz; Erin Bode will do two shows at Cicero's; Miss Jubilee will perform at Three Kings (the former Riddle's) in U. City; and the St. Louis Big Band is playing at St. Matthias The Apostle Catholic Church, 796 Buckley Rd.

For more jazz-related events in and around St. Louis, please visit the St. Louis Jazz Notes Calendar, which can be found on the left sidebar of the site or by clicking here. You also can keep up with all the latest news by following St. Louis Jazz Notes on Twitter at http://twitter.com/StLJazzNotes or clicking the "Like" icon on the StLJN Facebook page.

(If you have calendar items, band schedule information, news tips, links, or anything else you think may be of interest to StLJN's readers, please email the information to stljazznotes (at) yahoo (dot) com. If you have photos, MP3s or other digital files, please send links, not attachments.)

Fontella Bass 1940 - 2012

Singer Fontella Bass, the St. Louisan who had a huge soul and pop hit in 1965 with "Rescue Me" but also sang jazz while married to trumpeter Lester Bowie, died Wednesday night in St. Louis of complications from heart failure. She was 72.

"Rescue Me," which Bass co-wrote as well as sang, sold more than a million copies. The song was the No. 1 R&B hit for four weeks, also reached the pop Top 10, and stayed on the charts for a total of nineteen months. In the decades since, it's been used in dozens of TV shows, movies and commercials and inspired numerous cover version, but in all too typical fashion for the music business, it took years for Bass to see any royalties from those uses.

Though "Rescue Me" will remain her best known work, Bass (pictured) was in fact a multi-talented singer and pianist who was raised singing gospel and got her professional start playing the blues with Oliver Sain and Little Milton. Just before hitting with "Rescue Me," Bass teamed with singer Bobby McClure to record Sain's composition "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing," which became a Top 10 R&B hit early in 1965.

She also had a number of credits as a jazz vocalist. Bass made three recordings with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, including the critically acclaimed 1970 album Les Stances A Sophie, while married to Bowie, and also did sessions with David Murray, the World Saxophone Quartet, and others.

After taking time off in the 1970s and 80s to raise a family, Bass eventually began singing in public again and in 1995, her gospel album No Ways Tired was nominated for a Grammy. She continued to tour occasionally, mostly overseas, into the 21st century, and even had another hit, providing guest vocals for the British dance music group Cinematic Orchestra on their 2002 track "All That You Give."

In 2003, Bass performed at the Sheldon Concert Hall in a benefit for the St. Louis Blues Society's Blues Mission Fund, and before that show I interviewed her for a story published in the Riverfront Times, archived online here. In that interview, she alluded to her fight to get her rightful royalties for "Rescue Me," a battle that took more than 25 years, and talked about her musical activities at the time.

It also should be noted that even before her marriage to Bowie, Bass already was part of a distinguished musical family. She was the daughter of gospel singer Martha Bass of the Clara Ward Singers, and her brother David Peaston, who died in Feburary this year, also was a successful professional vocalist who recorded R&B and gospel. Among those carrying on the family's legacy are Bass' youngest son Bonhamous Bowie, a keyboard player, and her son-in-law Tracy Mitchell, a guitarist. Bass has made few public appearances since 2005; sources close to the family have said she was in poor health and had been residing at a local extended-care nursing facility for some time now.

Local Fox affiliate KTVI has coverage of Bass' death here, while CBS Radio affiliate KMOX has a story here. We'll add other relevant links from local and national media to this post as they appear online.

Update, 12/31/12, 7:30 a.m.: A memorial service and tribute for Fontella Bass will be held at 7:00 p.m. this Friday, January 4, Shalom Church (City of Peace), 5491 North Highway 67, Florissant, MO 63034.

* The New York Times noted Fontella Bass' death here.
* The Post-Dispatch's story on Bass, written by Kevin Johnson, is here, and the obituary from the Associated Press is here.
* The Post's Johnson also has a story here with reactions from people involved in the St. Louis music scene.
* KDHX has re-posted Fontella Bass' version of Chuck Berry's "Brown-Eyed Hamdsome Man," recorded for one of the station's promotional compilations.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Happy holidays from St. Louis Jazz Notes

Just a brief update to note that posting will be light around here for a couple of days, but later this week, StLJN will feature our annual roundup of lists of the best jazz of the past year; a "jazz this week" post with a look at musical options around town for New Year's Eve; a recap of 2012's most significant local jazz-related stories; and more.

Until then, here's hoping that you and yours have a happy and peaceful holiday!

Saturday, December 22, 2012

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase:
Winter/spring 2013 jazz preview, part 3

Today, it's part 3 of our video preview offering samples of some of the touring jazz and creative musicians who will be coming to St. Louis during the first part of 2013. (Part 1 of the preview is here and part 2 is here.)

Most of the musicians spotlighted in this week's installment may need little introduction to St. Louis jazz fans, as they've all played here at some point in the recent past, some multiple times.

For example, the bassist John Clayton and his son, pianist Gerald Clayton played here as part of the Clayton Brothers Quintet (co-fronted by John's saxophone-playing brother Jeff Clayton) in April 2010 at Jazz at the Bistro and again in October 2011 at the Sheldon Concert Hall.

They're coming back to play as a duo from Wednesday, March 13 through Saturday, March 16 at the Bistro, and though online footage of just the two of them is scarce, we did manage to find the undated clip embedded up above, which features them together playing a medium-slow blues at the 2009 Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy.

The second clip, embedded just below the text, features another duo, pianist Chick Corea and banjo player Béla Fleck. Corea was here most recently with Return to Forever in August 2011 at the Fox Theatre, while Fleck appeared with the reunited original Flecktones lineup in March of this year at the Sheldon.

They'll be playing together in a concert presented by Jazz St. Louis on Saturday, March 23 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Here you can see them in a clip from 2008, performing "Sunset Road" from their 2007 collaborative album The Enchantment. (It was shot by an audience member, so the video quality is a bit shaky, but the audio is good enough.)

Next, it's pianist Joe Sample, who will lead a trio starting Wednesday March 27 through Saturday, March 30 at Jazz at the Bistro. Sample and singer Randy Crawford performed in 2008 at the now-defunct St. Louis Jazz and Heritage Festival, and Sample also was here with the reunited Jazz Crusaders in June 2011 at the Touhill. This clip shows him playing "Old Places, Old Faces" with Jay Anderson on bass and Lenny Castro on drums

Trumpet fans and players should relish the combination of Jon Faddis, Terell Stafford and Sean Jones, who will join forces to play on Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6 at Jazz at the Bistro. It'll be a rare chance to see these three top trumpeters together on one stage, and all three have headlined their own gigs here in the past few years.

Faddis played St. Louis in 2009 at the Touhill for the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival and again with pianist Cyrus Chestnut in 2011 at the Bistro; Jones headlined at the Bistro in April 2009 and again May 2011, and also did a one-nighter there with Stefon Harris this April as part of the 2012 GSLJF. (You can check out StLJN's previous video features on Jones here and here.)

For his part, Stafford led his own quartet in a week of dates at the Bistro in October (and was the subject then of his own video showcase post). He also played the club in March of this year with drummer Matt Wilson's band Arts and Crafts.

Stafford is shown with Wilson below in today's final clip, but before we get to that, there's Faddis playing "Autumn Leaves" from a 2011 concert paying tribute to Miles Davis at the Prague Castle in the Czech Republic. Below that, you can see Jones working out on "I'll Remember April" in an undated video recorded at Gregory's Jazz in Rome, Italy.

Singer Marlena Shaw is next on the calendar, as she'll be in town the following week to perform Wednesday, April 10 through Saturday, April 13 at Jazz at the Bistro. Shaw last played the club in May 2010, and had been scheduled to return in the spring of 2012, but postponed and was rescheduled for 2013. Here, you can see her performing "Feel Like Making Love" in March 2010 at New Morning in Paris, France.

We close out today's video preview with clips featuring clarinetist Anat Cohen and drummer Matt Wilson, who will be paired for a gig to open the 2013 Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival on Thursday, April 18 at Jazz at the Bistro. Cohen made her St. Louis debut as a leader in February of this year at the Bistro, and also played the club in 2007 with Waverly Seven; Wilson was here most recently in March for a week-long educational residency with Jazz St. Louis that culminated in a two-night stand with his band Arts and Crafts at the Bistro.

The video of Cohen shows her and her quartet - Jason Lindner on piano, Joe Martin on bass, and Daniel Freedman on drums - playing "As Rosas Nao Falam" from her most recent album Claroscuro. It was filmed in June 2012 at at the Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington D.C..

Today's final clip was recorded during Wilson's last visit to St. Louis, when he and Arts and Crafts (with Stafford on trumpet) also did an in-store performance and clinic at Saxquest. Here, you can see them at Saxquest playing "Beija-Flor" by Brazilian samba singer Nelson Cavaquinho, from their 2001 debut album. Then Wilson talks for a bit before they play his original composition "In Touch With Dewey", first recorded on the 2007 album The Scenic Route.

Next week in this space, the plan is to have more about singer Gregory Porter, who will open 2013 at Jazz at the Bistro, with the fourth and final part of StLJN's winter/spring 2013 jazz preview set for two weeks from today. Stay tuned...

(Edited 12/26/12 to fix a typo and a formatting problem.)

Friday, December 21, 2012

So What: Local News, Notes & Links

Here's the latest wrap-up of assorted links and short local news items of interest:

* The new book Miles Davis: The Complete Illustrated History was reviewed by Calvin Wilson of the Post-Dispatch/STLtoday.com.

* Elsewhere on the Miles Davis front, Jeff Hyatt of Miles Davis Online has another update on the status of the proposed Hollywood biopic of the trumpeter; a Los Angeles concert paying tribute to Davis was named one of 2012's best by the Los Angeles Times; and the blog London Jazz Collector has an interesting post about acquiring a particularly desirable Davis LP.

* Drummer Marcus Baylor was interviewed by the P-D's Wilson for a brief article about his “Sons of St. Louis Reunion” next week at the Bistro at Grand Center, which you can read online here. (Note, however, that while the article includes the Jazz St. Louis website and phone number, they're not actually producing the show; advance tickets are available only via Metrotix.)

* Bassist John King (pictured) appeared yesterday on the 9:00 a.m. newscast at local Fox affiliate KTVI to promote his show tonight at BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups; you can see a clip online here.

* Last Thursday's performance by pianist Peter Martin and guitarist Romero Lubambo at the Sheldon Concert Hall was reviewed by KDHX's Mike Gualdoni.

* Trumpeter, singer and St. Louis native Jeremy Davenport was interviewed on New Orleans radio station WWNO. Davenport will be back in St. Louis for a concert on Thursday, February 2 at The Sheldon.

* The KDHX website also has up a photo set of the Funky Butt Brass Band's Holiday Brasstravaganza last Saturday, shot by Caroline Philippone. And the FBBB have posted audio of their rendition of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and three other tunes from the Brasstravaganza on SoundCloud.

* Speaking of photo sets, Saxquest has posted one to their Facebook page detailing Chris Potter's visit to the shop while he was in town last week to play Jazz at the Bistro.

* Also, the Route 66 Jazz Orchestra (formerly the Meramec Jazz Band) has documented their recent holiday concert with a photo album here.

* Soul Jazz Records/Universal Sound are reissuing NTU: The Point From Which Creation Begins, the recorded debut as a leader of saxophonist and former St. Louisan Oliver Lake. The record originally was issued in 1971 and has been out of print for many years; the re-release will come in both CD and vinyl LP formats.

* Finally, let's extend all best wishes to author, photographer and "Jazz Unlimited" radio host Dennis Owsley and Sara Serot, who were married a week ago Tuesday at the Ethical Society. Mazel tov to the happy couple!

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Jazz this week: Bhob Rainey, Dogtown All-Stars, John King, Joe Mancuso, Kasimu Taylor, and more

Holiday hustle and bustle will be in full effect for the next couple of weeks, but if you've got time to get out and hear some live jazz this weekend, here are some upcoming gigs in and around St. Louis to consider....

Tonight, guitarists Eric Slaughter and Tom Byrne will co-lead a quartet at Troy's Jazz Gallery, the recently opened venue on Olive just west of Taylor in the Central West End . Update - 3:50 p.m., 12/20/12: This gig has been canceled due to inclement weather.

On Friday, the Dogtown All-Stars begin a two-night engagement at Jazz at the Bistro. On record, the All-Stars (pictured) mostly have made organ-driven groove music with a nod to the Meters and Booker T. and the MGs. For their debut at the Bistro, they'll be augmented by members of the Funky Butt Brass Band, hence the "Funkestra" appellation used in some of the promos. (And just to clear up any possible confusion, though the presence of the FBBB horns and bassist Andy Coco means there's some personnel overlap with the Rhythm Section Road Show gig that took place at the Bistro a couple of weeks ago, the All-Stars are a separate project with their own catalog of songs.)

Also on Friday, bassist John King will debut his new band featuring drummer Kevin Kelley, keyboardist Kyle Kelley and guitarist Steve Johnson in an early evening show at BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups. Although previously announced plans to record a live DVD seem in doubt as of this writing, the bill definitely still will include a number of guest performers such as saxophonist Jim Stevens; singers Denise Thimes, Kim Massie, Cheryl Brown, and Anita Jackson; and others.

Elsewhere on Friday, singer Joe Mancuso will be at Robbie's House of Jazz for a holiday themed performance featuring guest trumpeter and vibraphonist Joe Bozzi; and trumpet player Kasimu Taylor leads a quartet at the Cigar Inn.

On Saturday evening, singer Feyza Eren fronts a trio at the Wine Press, and saxophonist Jim Stevens will be back at BB's, this time leading his own group for the late shift at the club.

On Sunday, saxophonist Bhob Rainey returns to the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center for his eighth consecutive pre-Christmas gig, headlining a bill that also includes Jack Callahan and epicycle. Rainey is a free improvisor and a prolific collaborator, so don't be surprised if all the musicians present at LNAC end up playing together before the night is done.

For more jazz-related events in and around St. Louis, please visit the St. Louis Jazz Notes Calendar, which can be found on the left sidebar of the site or by clicking here. You also can keep up with all the latest news by following St. Louis Jazz Notes on Twitter at http://twitter.com/StLJazzNotes or clicking the "Like" icon on the StLJN Facebook page.

(If you have calendar items, band schedule information, news tips, links, or anything else you think may be of interest to StLJN's readers, please email the information to stljazznotes (at) yahoo (dot) com. If you have photos, MP3s or other digital files, please send links, not attachments.)

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Larry Johnson to celebrate release of I'm Just Sayin' on Friday, December 28 at The Sheldon

Saxophonist Larry Johnson will celebrate the release of his new CD I'm Just Sayin' with a performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 28 at the Sheldon Concert Hall.

I'm Just Sayin' is Johnson's second album as a leader for the Victoria Records label, and features a lineup of musicians who likely will be familiar to many St. Louis jazz fans. Most of those players will be on hand for the concert at the Sheldon, including pianist Carolbeth True, trumpeter Jim Manley, trombonist/keyboardist Jim Owens, bassists Glen Smith and Marc Torlina, drummers David True and Joe Weber, guitarist Randy Bahr, percussionist Scott Collier, singer Christi Jon Bye, and the Rosewood String Quartet.

With arrangements by Johnson, Owens, Smith, Carolbeth True, and Mark Maher, the album (pictured) includes two of the saxophonist's original compositions - the title track and "Blues for CJ" - amid a mix of material from other writers.

The influential pianists McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock are represented as composers by "Passion Dance" and "Stitched Up," respectively, along with versions of well-known standards including Dizzy Gillespie's "Tin Tin Deo," Miles Davis' "All Blues," the ballads "I Want to Talk About You" and "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes," and the jam session perennial "Cherokee."

Johnson rounds out the set with three covers of contemporary rock/pop tunes: The Police's "Roxanne", Sara Bareilles' "Many The Miles," and Jack Johnson's "Staple It Together."

General admission for Larry Johnson's CD release concert at the Sheldon will be $10 for adults, $7 for children, cash or check only at the door. Copies of I'm Just Sayin' will be on sale at the concert for $15, and available online via CD Baby starting in mid-January.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Bhob Rainey to perform Sunday, December 23 at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

In what's become a holiday tradition, improvising saxophonist Bhob Rainey will be back in St. Louis just before Christmas to perform at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center. The concert at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 23 also will include sets from composer Jack Callahan and epicycle, featuring Travis Snyder and Mark Sarich.

This is the eighth year running that Rainey (pictured) has played a late-December date at LNAC. A prolific collaborator both live and on record, his most recent album is When you talk, you hear from the other side, a limited-edition project with visual artist Nancy Bernardo that features her glass collages along with a vinyl LP of Rainey's music.

Admission for Bhob Rainey, Jack Callahan, and epicycle at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center is $5 at the door.

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Monday, December 31, 2012

StLJN 2012 year in review

Saturday, December 29, 2012

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase:
Spotlight on Gregory Porter

Friday, December 28, 2012

So What: Local News, Notes & Links

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Rounding up the "Best Jazz of 2012" lists

Jazz this week: Marcus Baylor, Larry Johnson CD release, Good 4 The Soul, New Year's Eve jazz, and more

Fontella Bass 1940 - 2012

Monday, December 24, 2012

Happy holidays from St. Louis Jazz Notes

Saturday, December 22, 2012

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase:
Winter/spring 2013 jazz preview, part 3

Friday, December 21, 2012

So What: Local News, Notes & Links

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Jazz this week: Bhob Rainey, Dogtown All-Stars, John King, Joe Mancuso, Kasimu Taylor, and more

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Larry Johnson to celebrate release of I'm Just Sayin' on Friday, December 28 at The Sheldon

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Bhob Rainey to perform Sunday, December 23 at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

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