Thursday, August 04, 2005

Jazz this week: Smooth, swung and sung


Tim Cunningham will be in somewhat swankier surroundings
this weekend when he performs Saturday night at Finale.


It's still summer vacation season, which means there are really no touring jazz acts of note in town this week. But as usual, there's still some good St. Louis-based talent to be heard.

On Thursday night, if you head to suburban Webster Groves, you can choose from two fine trios, as bassist Tom Kennedy will be holding forth at Crossings, while pianist Kim Portnoy and his group perform at Cookie's. On Friday, saxophonist Lew Winer III brings his smooth jazz group to Cookie's, Erin Bode sings at Crossings, and Mae Wheeler will vocalize at Brandt's in University City. And on Saturday, saxophonist Tim Cunningham brings his smooth jazz sound to Finale in Clayton.

As always, you'll find more of this week's events listed in the St. Louis Jazz Notes calendar. And if you're a musician or venue who would like to get your gigs listed here, please send me your schedule information via an email to stljazznotes at yahoo dot com.

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