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Wadada Leo Smith / Douglas Ewart / Mike Reed: Sun Beans Of Shimmering Light
by John Sharpe
Three significant forces spanning two generations of the forward-thinking Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians meet in a poised recital on Sun Beans Of Shimmering Light. Although recorded in 2015 at drummer Mike Reed's Constellation arts space in Chicago, the concert's genesis lies some five years earlier and 700 miles to the east. When Reed's band People, Places & Things played the 2010 Vision Festival in NYC on the same evening as Wadada Leo Smith, the ...
read moreSonic Communion: Sonic Communion
by John Sharpe
In one of the more appropriately titled releases, three French improvisers encounter two Americans in concert, captured during a short tour of France. Heading up the US contingent is underexposed AACM stalwart reedman Douglas Ewart, accompanied by another Windy City denizen in drummer Michael Zerang. Bassists Joelle Leandre and Bernard Santacruz thicken the ensemble sound, while trumpeter Jean Luc Capozzo completes the unit. Ewart's instrumental choices and Zerang's percussive nous mean a world music feel pervades the five selections from ...
read moreJazz this week: Jane Monheit, Douglas Ewart and the STL Free Jazz Collective, Battle Trance, holiday jazz begins, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's busy calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis includes a return engagement from one of the most popular female vocalists in jazz; a couple of shows featuring adventurous woodwind players; the first few of what will be many holiday-themed concerts for the season; and more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, November 29 Singer Jane Monheit returns to St. Louis for the first of four nights at Jazz at the Bistro. Monheit last performed here ...
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Jazz This Week: Branford Marsalis, Douglas Ewart, Charles "Bobo" Shaw, Mardra and Reggie Thomas, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It looks to be a busy few days for live music in St. Louis, with plenty of events this weekend that will be of interest to fans of jazz and creative music. Let's go to the highlights:Tonight, saxophonist Dave Stone and trumpeter Randy Holmes play the music of Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry in a free concert for Washington University's Jazz at Holmes series. Also, actress and singer Tyne Daly, accompanied by pianist and St. Louis native John ...
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Douglas Ewart to Perform Saturday, February 13 at Webster University Community Music School
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Multi-instrumentalist Douglas Ewart (pictured) has rescheduled his St. Louis performance for 7:30 p.m., Saturday, February 13 at the Webster University Community Music School, 535 Garden Ave (behind the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis).Ewart originally was supposed to have played in St. Louis this past weekend in a duo with bassist Zimbabwe Nkenya. His appearance was postponed when presenters New Music Circle turned the event into a benefit for Nkenya, who suffered a stroke last fall. For the February ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Three from Douglas Ewart
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's check out some videos featuring Douglas Ewart, a multi-instrumentalist and instrument builder who will be in St. Louis on Saturday, January 30 to perform in a duo concert with bassist Zimbabwe Nkenya at the Kranzberg Arts Center.Born in Jamaica in 1956, Ewart moved to Chicago as a teenager and became involved with the city's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. He would eventually go on to ...
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