Carmen Lundy
There's a nice variety of touring jazz acts in St. Louis this week, plus the usual spate of appearances by your local favorites. Let's get right to the highlights:
On Wednesday, saxophonist and St. Louis native Eric Person makes a tour stop in his hometown with his band Meta-Four to perform two sets at Finale. On Thursday, Cyclo, a five-piece group from Rome, Italy, plays a free show as part of Washington University's Jazz at Holmes series. I wasn't able to find much information about them on the Web, but Terry Perkins' column this month does mention that they're tied to guitarist Bill Lenihan, who teaches at Wash U. Another tidbit from Perkins' article: The group will also play a concert at the Sheldon next Wednesday, November 16, as part of the Notes From Home series
For the weekend, saxophonist Javon Jackson checks into Jazz at the Bistro to play Friday and Saturday nights. On Sunday, the St. Louis Jazz Club is presenting a matinee performance by Vegas-style local favorites Wild Cool and Swingin'. And on Sunday night, the elegant vocalist Carmen Lundy brings her group to the Sheldon on Sunday night for a concert benefitting Community Women Against Hardship.
Finally, looking ahead to next Monday, big band fans might want to make plans to head to Winifred Moore Auditorium at Webster University, where Webster's student big band and mini-big band will team up with the Air National Guard Big Band for a free concert.
To see who else is playing this week, check the St. Louis Jazz Notes calendar. I'm still getting the last of the November club schedules online, but the full update should be done by mid-day on Wednesday. And as always, if you're a band, musician or venue who'd like to get your event on the calendar, please email your information to me at stljazznotes at yahoo dot com.
No comments:
Post a Comment