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At the Midwest’s Largest Pagan Event , The St . Louis Pagan Picnic, two leading schools will be testing the knowledge of their students and all comers, as part of the Wizards and Witches Trivia Tournament. This contest will be the first …
Compared to a few years ago, the Post-Dispatch doesn’t seem to review as many of the musicians appearing at Jazz at the Bistro these days. Chalk it up to shrinking budgets, a smaller newshole, and related consequences of the newspaper business’ current woes. However, credit must be given where it’s due, and the P-D’s Calvin Wilson was there for trumpeter Terence Blanchard ‘s opening set Wednesday night; you can read his review of the performance online here .
This week, we’ve got some video clips featuring saxophonist Peter Brötzmann , who will be coming to St. Louis next week to perform on Friday, June 12 at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center . Brötzmann has been a significant force on the free jazz and creative music scene in Europe since the late 1960s, winning a small but enthusiastic following in the USA as well
Here’s the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interes * On the Miles Davis beat, Howard Mandel had a couple of pertinent posts recently on his Jazz Beyond Jazz blog – one covering an NYC performance of music from the recent concept album Miles From India at Iridium and an On The Corner retrospective at Merkin Concert Hall, and another with his program notes for the On The Corner concert
Via the RFT ‘s Annie Zaleski and her blog “A to Z,” news comes that German free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist Peter Brötzmann ( pictured ) will make his long overdue St. Louis debut as the first half of a double-header of shows next Friday, June 12 at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center . Brötzmann and his Full Blast Trio will perform at 7:00 p.m., followed at 9:00 p.m.
The Nu-Art Series has announced three events to wrap up its spring 2009 “Jazz and the Visual Arts” presentations at the Metropolitan Gallery, 2936 Locust St. in downtown St.
The Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University has announced its schedule of free concerts for summer 2009 . Pianist and former St. Louisan Linda Presgrave and her quintet will kick off the series at 8:00 p.m., Thursday, June 11, with concerts to follow on subsequent Thursdays through July 23 (except July 2).
The online tour information service Pollstar has added a listing that shows the inventive trio The Bad Plus ( pictured ) returning to St. Louis in 2010 to perform Wednesday, January 6 through Saturday, January 9 at Jazz at the Bistro .