StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2018 jazz preview, part four

Here's part four of StLJN's Fall 2018 jazz preview, featuring videos of the jazz and creative music performers who will be visiting here in the next several months. You can see part 1 of the preview here, part 2 here, and part 3 here.

Continuing this week in chronological order from where last week's post left off, first up is singer and actress Faith Prince, who will be performing as part of the Gaslight Cabaret Festival on Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27 at the Gaslight Theater. In the video up above, Prince is seen singing "Suddenly Seymour" from the musical Little Shop of Horrors.

After the jump, you can see a video of singer, songwriter and pianist Jimmy Webb, who will follow Price at the Gaslight Cabaret Festival with performances on Sunday, October 28 (already sold out) and Monday, October 29 at the Gaslight Theater. The clip features Webb doing his song "If These Walls Could Speak" in 2016 at a soundcheck for a gig in the UK.

Next is pianist David Thomas Roberts, who will perform in a concert presented by the Friends of Scott Joplin on Sunday, October 28 at the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site's Rosebud Cafe. Roberts can be seen in the video premiering a new composition called "Victorian Gardens" at the 2017 West Coast Ragtime Festival in Rancho Cordova, CA.

That same week, vibraphonist Stefon Harris and his band Blackout will be in town to play starting Wednesday, October 31 through Sunday, November 4 at Jazz St. Louis. The next video is an episode of the online program "The Pace Report," recorded in January 2018 and featuring an interview with Harris plus some short musical excerpts.

Also that same week, singer Carrie St. Louis will perform on Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3 at the Gaslight Theater. She's seen in today's fifth clip singing three songs from roles on her "Broadway bucket list": Clara in The Light in the Pizza, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, and Fantine in Les Miserables.

After that, it's singer and trumpeter Lonnie McFadden, who will perform for one night only on Thursday, November 8 at the Gaslight Theater. Today's sixth video shows an excerpt from a performance by the Kansas City native last October at The Phoenix piano bar in his home town.


The next-to-last clip shows composer and instrument builder Ellen Fullman performing on her custom-built Long String Instrument (LSI)  in 2016 at a concert in Paris, France. Fullman and the LSI will be here in St. Louis for a performance presented by New Music Circle on Friday, November 9 at 560 Music Center.

The final video features funk and fusion band Tauk, who will be back in town to perform on Tuesday, November 13 at the Old Rock House. The video shows a full set of the band, recorded in April 2018 at the Woodlands Tavern in Columbus, OH.

Look for part five of StLJN's Fall 2018 jazz preview next week in this space. You can see the rest of today's videos after the jump...