StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/spring 2020 jazz preview, part two

Today's post is part two of StLJN's winter/spring 2020 jazz preview, in which you can get a look via video at noteworthy bands and musicians who are coming to St. Louis to perform in the next few months. You can see part one, which covers the month of January, here.

Picking up where last week's installment left off, today's first video features guitarist Pat Martino, who will be playing starting Wednesday, February 5 through Sunday, February 8 at Jazz St. Louis. He's seen here performing a set in October 2019 at a club called Moods in Zurich, Switzerland.

After the jump, there's a clip of pianist Christian Sands who will be "Remembering Erroll Garner" on Saturday, February 8 at Sheldon Concert Hall. Sands is playing "My Funny Valentine," accompanied by bassist Luques Curtis and drummer and East St. Louis native Terreon Gully, and recorded last month at Cadogan Hall in London.

Next up, it's saxophonist Tim Warfield, who's bringing his Organ Band to town to perform starting Wednesday, February 19 through Sunday, February 23 at Jazz St. Louis. There's not a lot of quality video of this particular ensemble online, so the clip here goes back to 2012 to capture the Detroit native and his cohorts performing "Calvary" at La Rose Jazz Club

The following week, the show "Georgia On My Mind: A Celebration of the Music of Ray Charles," featuring vocal group Take 6, singers Clint Holmes and Nnenna Freelon, and saxophonist Kirk Whalum will come to town for one night only on Thursday, February 27 at Touhill Performing Arts Center. The video, recorded a few years back to promote the show's Las Vegas run, explains the concept and features some interview quotes from the artists and brief snippets of them performing.

The next night, New Music Circle will present a double bill, featuring composer/performers Sarah Hennies and Merche Blasco performing separate sets on Friday, February 28 at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.

Hennies is seen in a video from April 2017, performing at the Ende Tymes VII Festival of Noise and Experimental Liberation at the venue Silent Barn in Brooklyn, NY. After that, there's a clip of Blasco showing part of a performance called "FAUNA," a "live improvisation with a set of custom-made instruments used to process field recordings, incorporating body movements and the live exploration of intricate material textures" recorded in October 2018 at the Issue Project Room Brooklyn.

The final video features trumpeter Etienne Charles, who made his St. Louis debut as a bandleader in 2017 at The Sheldon and will return to perform starting Wednesday, March 4 through Sunday, March 8 at Jazz St. Louis. Recorded in June 2019 (by an audience member, so the video quality is a little spotty in places), it shows a full set by Charles and his band at the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival in Wilmington, DE.

You can see the rest of today's videos after the jump. Look for part three of StLJN's winter/spring 2020 jazz preview next week in this space...