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Jazz this week: Gateway Jazz Festival, Ptah Williams, Emily Wallace, and more

Jazz this week: Gateway Jazz Festival, Ptah Williams, Emily Wallace, and more

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Due to some temporary time constraints and computer-related difficulties here at StLJN HQ, this week's survey of upcoming live jazz and creative music performances in St. Louis may be a day later than usual, but there still are shows worth noting, so let's go straight to the highlights... Thursday, July 27 This week's performance wrapping up the Jazz at Holmes “Jazz in July" series of free concerts at Washington University will feature a trio with pianist Ptah Williams, drummer Stephen ...

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Music Industry

CD Baby, Music Gateway Partner To Provide New Sync Opportunities For Indie Artists

CD Baby, Music Gateway Partner To Provide New Sync Opportunities For Indie Artists

Source: HypeBot

CD Baby is partnering with Music Gateway and its newly launched Sync Portal which allows 300+ global advertising agencies and 700 music supervisors to easily license tracks from CD Baby’s sync catalog of 2 million songs film, TV, commercials and video games. A new CD Baby and Music Gateway partnership hopes to exploit the advantages that indie artists have in the competitive sync market: speed (all the rights are held by a single entity) and price (fewer mouths to feed ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz this week: Dave King Trucking Company, Gateway Jazz Festival, a benefit for Willie Akins, Dave Easley, and more

Jazz this week: Dave King Trucking Company, Gateway Jazz Festival, a benefit for Willie Akins, Dave Easley, and more

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Though it's still before Labor Day, the fall presenting season would seem to be already getting underway this week, with several noteworthy touring musicians visiting St. Louis, plus the customary variety of jazz and creative music from local performers. Let's go to the highlights... Thursday, September 3 Erin Bode concludes her two-night engagement singing standards at Jazz at the Bistro, and guitarist Dave Black and friends will perform at Nathalie's. Friday, September 4 The Dave King Trucking Company will make ...

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Jazz This Week: Gateway Jazz Festival, Moaje Jam Session, and More

Jazz This Week: Gateway Jazz Festival, Moaje Jam Session, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

As the dog days of August wind down and we look forward to the start of the fall presenting season, here's a look at some of the more noteworthy live jazz performances happening in and around St. Louis this Labor Day weekend. On Friday night, singer Ann Dueren's trio will provide the music for the annual Queeny Park Art Fair; The Sidemen will play at Evangeline's; guitarist Tom Byrne's trio will perform at Thurman Grill; saxophonist Kendrick Smith leads a ...

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Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend Announces Final Lineup, Tix On Sale Now

Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend Announces Final Lineup, Tix On Sale Now

Source: Ed Bride Associates

LEE, Mass. — The summer jazz season opens in the Berkshires June 5-8, when the third annual Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend brings marquee performers and local jazz musicians to downtown Lee. Sponsored by Berkshire Gateway Preservation, Inc., in collaboration with Berkshires Jazz, Inc., the weekend event will be highlighted by the appearances of Sonny & Perley; The Sounds of Shearing; and the New Black Eagles Jazz Band. Festivities also include a jazz brunch, an outdoor art show, and “jazz about ...

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Jazz This Week: Red Baraat, Gateway Jazz Festival, Tom McDermott, and More

Jazz This Week: Red Baraat, Gateway Jazz Festival, Tom McDermott, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

This Labor Day weekend in St. Louis offers fans of jazz and creative music an eclectic mix of sounds from traditional to experimental, with numerous gradations in between. Let's go to the highlights... On Thursday, “bhangra funk" band Red Baraat returns to St. Louis to take the stage at The Gramophone. Led by drummer Sunny Jain, the group's instrumentation resembles a New Orleans brass band, but their music blends in a variety of other sounds, including funk, go-go, and elements ...

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Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend Debuts Phil Woods Compositions

Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend Debuts Phil Woods Compositions

Source: Ed Bride Associates

Four-day Festival Featured Phil Woods, Freddie Bryant, Greg Caputo and Dozens of Local Musicians and Associated Events. By Ed Bride How do you give wobbly knees to 300 strong? Aside from using a metaphor, you put a legendary alto saxophonist in front of a kickass big band and let them wail. At least, that’s the evidence provided at last Saturday’s (July 28) headline event of the second annual Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend. The participants: 4-time Grammy winner and NEA Jazz ...

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Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend Adds Free Events, Tix On Sale For July 25-28 Event In Lee, Mass.

Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend Adds Free Events, Tix On Sale For July 25-28 Event In Lee, Mass.

Source: Ed Bride Associates

LEE, Mass: Several free events, including al fresco performances. a jazz brunch and an art exhibit, have been added to the Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend, in downtown Lee, July 25-28. Berkshires Jazz, Inc. and Berkshire Gateway Preservation, Inc. have teamed-up to bring a full weekend of marquee performers, a jazz documentary film, and appearances by local jazz musicians to the town. The weekend kicks off at 6pm on Thursday, July 25 with the screening of “A Life in E Flat, ...

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Festival

Berkshire Gateway To Feature Phil Woods, Freddie Bryant, Greg Caputo Big Band

Berkshire Gateway To Feature Phil Woods, Freddie Bryant, Greg Caputo Big Band

Source: Ed Bride Associates

Berkshires Jazz, Inc. today announced the second annual Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend, bringing marquee performers and local jazz musicians to downtown Lee, Massachusetts, July 25-28. In collaboration with Berkshire Gateway Preservation, Inc., Berkshires Jazz presents the {Greg Caputo Big Band, Phil Woods, and the Freddie Bryant Quartet in the striking performance space at First Congregational Church, 25 Park Place, and other venues. In addition to the headline performances on July 26 and 27, the weekend will include “jazz about town,” ...

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Recording

Six Gateway Jazz Albums for Rock Elitists

Six Gateway Jazz Albums for Rock Elitists

Source: All About Jazz

Growing up on a strict musical diet of pop and rock, I once viewed jazz as this formless gunk that intellectuals would roll around in to make themselves feel superior to the unkempt masses. It was art for intimidation’s sake: indulgent, self-congratulating and worst of all, boring. Something tells me I wasn’t alone in that view. People deride jazz not so much for its musicianship, but more so for those insufferable assholes who listen to it. Turtleneck-wearin’, finger-snappin’, rock ‘n’ ...

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