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Jazz this week: Poncho Sanchez; Cooper-Moore, Abrams & Drake; Glendale Jazz Festival; Willie Akins Jazz Festival; and more

Jazz this week: Poncho Sanchez; Cooper-Moore, Abrams & Drake; Glendale Jazz Festival; Willie Akins Jazz Festival; and more

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

The busy Memorial Day weekend schedule of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis includes the return of a leading light of Latin jazz; an all-star assembly of creative improvisors; a benefit raising funds for scholarships in the name of the late St. Louis saxophonist Willie Akins, and more. Let's go the highlights.... Wednesday, May 23 Percussionist Poncho Sanchez and his band, who are pretty much the gold standard these days for small combo Latin jazz, perform for the ...

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Video / DVD

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Cooper-Moore, Joshua Abrams & Hamid Drake

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Cooper-Moore, Joshua Abrams & Hamid Drake

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

This week, let's check out some videos featuring multi-instrumentalists Cooper-Moore, Joshua Abrams, and Hamid Drake, who will be teaming up for a show presented by New Music Circle next Saturday, May 26 at Off Broadway. All three are veterans of the international creative music scene who have performed in St. Louis previously in different ensembles. Most recently, Drake played here with violinist Iva Bittová last year; with fellow percussionist Adam Rudolph in 2016; and, along with Cooper-Moore, as part of ...

Performance / Tour

Jazz this week: Regina Carter, Iva Bittová & Hamid Drake, and more

Jazz this week: Regina Carter, Iva Bittová & Hamid Drake, and more

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Wondering what's happening this week in live jazz and creative music in St. Louis? Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, January 18 Arguably the premier jazz violinist working today, Regina Carter (pictured, top left) opens a four-night engagement continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Like many a conservatory trained musician, Carter certainly has fluid technique, but what really sets her apart from other equally proficient players are her expressive abilities as an improvisor, her feeling for blues and ...

Festival

Jazz this week: Oliver Lake, Hamid Drake, Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, David Liebman, and more

Jazz this week: Oliver Lake, Hamid Drake, Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, David Liebman, and more

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

It's a fine week to be a fan of jazz and creative music in St. Louis, as the calendar offers a jam-packed schedule of upcoming performances in a variety of styles and genres from big band and straight-ahead swing to free improv and experimental music. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, April 20 The Bad Plus Joshua Redman finish their two-night engagement at Jazz at the Bistro. While some tickets may remain for the 9:30 performance, call ahead to check ...

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Crowdfunding Campaign

Kickstarter: Inner-Attunement With Hamid Drake & William Parker

Kickstarter: Inner-Attunement With Hamid Drake & William Parker

Source: Michael Lucio Sternbach

What is Inner-Attunement? Inner-Attunement is a documentary film by Michael Lucio Sternbach about the musical brotherhood of bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake. Known worldwide as of one of the premier rhythm sections of jazz, the two discuss their musical kinship and the shamanistic sound ceremonies they deploy worldwide. Inner-Attunement is a comprehensive look into their music, which becomes a conversation about the substantial lessons we learn in life. Why is this film important? I first saw William and ...

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Recording

Akira Sakata, Pete Cosey, Hamid Drake, Bill Laswell - Two Releases Out On M.O.D. Technologies As Part Of Incunabula Digital Series

Akira Sakata, Pete Cosey, Hamid Drake, Bill Laswell - Two Releases Out On M.O.D. Technologies As Part Of Incunabula Digital Series

Source: hubtone PR

Akira Sakata with Bill Laswell, Pete Cosey, Hamid Drake KAIGARABUSHI - BILL LASWELL REMIX Japanese free jazz icon Akira Sakata in collaboration with the legendary guitarist Pete Cosey (Miles Davis, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf), drummer Hamid Drake and bassist Bill Laswell. A remix of a track from the album fisherman's.com released in 2001, it offers traditional Japanese folk art meets funk and free improvisation. Mix- construction by Bill Laswell. TRACK: 1. Kaigarabushi Return (11:44) BILL LASWELL'S BILMAWN - LITTLE VILLAGE ...

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Music Industry

Atvenu Rakes in over $100 Million from 4.2 Million Units of from Merch

Atvenu Rakes in over $100 Million from 4.2 Million Units of from Merch

Source: HypeBot

atVenu launched in January 2013 offering merchandise management via the web and mobile apps, including warehouse and trailer inventories and Soundscan reporting, and have gone on to great initial success. This week they reported their sales to date having settled 25,000 shows, moving 4.2 million units of merch and grossing over $100 million in sales revenue. Given the importance of merch to touring artists and the complexities of handling tour demands for major artists, atVenu seems to have found its ...

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Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Peter Brotzmann, William Parker and Hamid Drake

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Peter Brotzmann, William Parker and Hamid Drake

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Today, we focus our video lens on the trio of saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, bassist William Parker and percussionist Hamid Drake, who are coming to St. Louis to perform in a concert at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 4 at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center as part of LNAC's 20th anniversary celebration. Bound by a web of musical associations stretching back more than 20 years, they first recorded and toured together under the name Die Like A Dog, and in the ensuing ...

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Recording

DKV Trio (Drake, Kessler, Vandermark): Past Present, 7-CD Limited Edition Box Set

DKV Trio (Drake, Kessler, Vandermark):  Past Present, 7-CD Limited Edition Box Set

Source: Cezary L. Lerski

Newest release from Not Two Records. DKV Trio Past Present - 7-CD's limited edition box-set. None of this material has ever been previously released) “The whole approach of modern artists is in this will to trap, to possess something that constantly slips away." Alberto Giacometti This collection of music isn't an attempt to “trap" a past that “constantly slips away" (to use Giacometti's words), it's a way to show the willingness of Hamid, Kent, and I to keep looking forward. ...

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