This week's jam-packed calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis features performances from two top trumpeters, a cavalcade of cabaret, and more.
Let's go to the highlights...
Wednesday, October 24
Singer
Darius de Haas will present the first of two nights of performances of his cabaret show "A Bernstein Thing" at
Jazz St. Louis.
Also on Wednesday, the
"Grand Center Jazz Crawl" features pianist Jim Hegarty's trio at The Stage at KDHX, along with the jam session led by bassist Bob Deboo at the Kranzberg Arts Center and trumpeter Kasimu Taylor and band at The Dark Room.
Thursday, October 25
Singer
Denise Thimes will be back from her new home in Chicago to headline the
"Mildred Thimes Foundation 14th Annual Benefit Concert" at the
Sheldon Concert Hall. This year's show will feature Thimes and friends interpreting material associated with singers Luther Vandross and Chaka Khan. .
Also on Thursday, Italian drummer
Lecrezio de Seta will be joined by bassist/guitarist William Lenihan and keyboardist Jay Oliver for a free concert for the
Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University; saxophonist
Ben Reece's Unity Quartet returns to The Dark Room; and trumpeter
Jim Manley and guitarist Randy Bahr will head to O'Fallon, MO for a gig at the
Rendezvous Cafe & Wine Bar.
Friday, October 26
Trumpeter
Chris Botti (pictured, top left) returns to St. Louis for the first time since 2015 to perform once again with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at
Powell Hall.
Also on Friday, the revived Nu-Art Series gets underway with a concert featuring trumpeter
Eddie Henderson (pictured, bottom left) with poet Lyah LeFlore, pianist Ptah Williams, and fellow trumpeter and Nu-Art impresario George Sams at
Xavier Hall on the St. Louis University campus.
For more about Henderson, who turns 78 the day of his St. Louis show, plus some videos of recent performances, check out
the post from last Saturday.
Elsewhere around town, bassist
Reuben Rogers, drummer
Ulysses Owens Jr. and saxophonist
John Ellis, joined by St. Louis' own Peter Martin on piano, will wrap up a week-long educational residency for
Jazz St. Louis with the first of two nights of performances at the Bistro;
and the Gaslight Cabaret Festival resumes with Tony Award winning actress and singer Faith Prince performing for the first of two evenings at the
Gaslight Theater/
Saturday, October 27
Singer
Barb Jungr and singer, pianist and St. Louis native
John McDaniel return with a one-night-only performance of their latest cabaret show, "1968 - Let The Sunshine In," at the
Kranzberg Arts Center; and pianist
Mo Egeston is back at
The Dark Room.
Sunday, October 28
Though singer/songwriter Jimmy Webb's two performances for the Gaslight Cabaret Festival are sold out, Sunday offers several other noteworthy musical options, as pianist
David Thomas Roberts will perform at the
Scott Joplin House State Historic Site's Rosebud Cafe, and the eight-piece, Seattle-based Afrobeat band
Polyrhythmics will play at the
Old Rock House
Also on Sunday, trumpeter
Randy Holmes has his
Hard Bop Heritage band back in action at the
Ozark Theatre; and the
Bosman Twins with guest vocalist
Marsha Evans will provide the music for the
"Royal Vagabonds Foundation Scholarship Benefit" at the Sheldon Concert Hall.
Monday, October 29
The Usual Suspects play at
BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, and drummer
Nick Savage leads a quartet in a concert at
Winifred Moore Auditorium on the Webster University campus.
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