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Joe Mancuso
Mancuso’s debut album Cut to the Chase won “Best Album” (2014) and he earned “Best Musical Act” (2014) from the Riverfront Times (RFT) Readers Poll -- the premier entertainment news of St. Louis. After taking a 15 year hiatus from live performances, tragic events inspired Joe to return to music in 2011. Within months of his comeback, Mancuso won “Best Vocalist” (2012) in the RFT Readers Poll and his popularity has sky-rocketed ever since!
Whether performing a ballad, bossa nova, blues or up-tempo swing tune, Joe Mancuso is a crowd-pleaser that takes the audience on an emotional ride every time. Very active in and around the bi-state St. Louis area, Joe performs well over 100 shows each year at private and public functions, including jazz festivals, concert halls, clubs and iconic venues. Recently, Joe launched Mancuso Records, and is working on several record- ing projects, worldwide festival appearances, and concert tours. Mancuso earned his Bachelor’s degree in Jazz Studies from Webster University. He grew up on “The Hill” -- the little Italy of St. Louis -- playing guitar and performing original music in talent shows.
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Jazz This Week: Michael Dease with WGHS Jazz Bands, Javier Mendoza's Latin Jazz Experiment, Montez Coleman, Mary Dyson, Joe Mancuso, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The first part of January typically is time off for a lot of touring musicians who'd just as soon stay home as deal with bad weather, audiences suffering from empty pockets or the post-holiday blahs, and so on. So even though the weather in St. Louis actually has been pretty nice for this time of year, it's no surprise that most of this week's jazz and creative music highlights are once again local in origin. Tonight, the jazz/funk/R&B combo Good ...
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Jazz This Week: Bhob Rainey, Dogtown All-Stars, John King, Joe Mancuso, Kasimu Taylor, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Holiday hustle and bustle will be in full effect for the next couple of weeks, but if you've got time to get out and hear some live jazz this weekend, here are some upcoming gigs in and around St. Louis to consider.... Tonight, guitarists Eric Slaughter and Tom Byrne will co-lead a quartet at Troy's Jazz Gallery, the recently opened venue on Olive just west of Taylor in the Central West End . On Friday, the Dogtown All-Stars begin a ...
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Joe Mancuso
