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Jazz This Week: John Pizzarelli, Esfoma, the Cunninghams, a Tribute to Charles Mingus, Bad Luck, and More

Jazz This Week: John Pizzarelli, Esfoma, the Cunninghams, a Tribute to Charles Mingus, Bad Luck, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Autumn is definitely in the air in St. Louis, and it's looking like a fine weekend to get out and hear some live jazz and creative music. Here's a look at some of the most noteworthy performances coming up over the next few days... Tonight, singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli opens a four-night engagement continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. The longtime St. Louis favorite has a new band for this visit, still featuring his brother Martin on ...

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Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Return of the Cunninghams

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Return of the Cunninghams

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

This week, our video spotlight shines on The Cunninghams, a duo comprised of singer, multi-instrumentalist, and former St. Louisan Don Cunningham and his wife Alicia, a singer and pianist. The Las Vegas-based couple are returning to St. Louis for a show next Saturday, October 25, at the Ozark Theatre. Billing themselves as the “Super Jazz Vocal Pair," the Cunninghams' main calling card is their close harmony vocals, delivered in a style that may remind jazz fans of Lambert, Hendricks and ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Poncho Sanchez, Catherine Russell, the Cunninghams, and More

Jazz This Week: Poncho Sanchez, Catherine Russell, the Cunninghams, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

As Jazz Appreciation Month 2014 continues past the halfway point, the live performance calendar this week in St. Louis includes several touring performers visiting our town, the return of a veteran of Gaslight Square, and the usual variety of activity from local musicians. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, percussionist Poncho Sanchez and his band (pictured) open a four-night engagement continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. One of the standard-bearers for mainstream Latin jazz, Sanchez' group over the ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: DMS with George Duke, Marcus Miller and David Sanborn, the Cunninghams, Tony Suggs, and More

Jazz This Week: DMS with George Duke, Marcus Miller and David Sanborn, the Cunninghams, Tony Suggs, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

This weekend's most noteworthy jazz and creative music performances in St. Louis are united by an element of homecoming, as three locals who have made good in the wider world will be back in town to play for the home folks. Here's what's happening: On Friday, the vocal duo The Cunninghams return to St. Louis to perform at the Sheldon Concert Hall, presenting a mix of straight-ahead swinging jazz, Latin percussion, and a bit of exotica. Singer and multi-instrumentalist Don ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Christian McBride and Peter Martin, Hamiet Bluiett, the Cunninghams, Garage a Trois, Ben Sidran, and More

Jazz This Week: Christian McBride and Peter Martin, Hamiet Bluiett, the Cunninghams, Garage a Trois, Ben Sidran, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

The fall presenting season of jazz and creative music in St. Louis gets off to a fast start this week, with season openers from three different concert series; homecoming visits from some St. Louis natives; and two local musicians with international reputations playing on local stages. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, Cabaret St. Louis opens its season with actress and singer Linda Purl's show “Come Rain or Come Shine," which runs through Saturday at the Kranzberg Arts Center. Then ...

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Festival

Jazz This Week: The Cunninghams, Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, St. Louis Ragtimers, Dawn Weber, Erin Bode, and More

Jazz This Week: The Cunninghams, Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, St. Louis Ragtimers, Dawn Weber, Erin Bode, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Though summer vacation season is officially underway, the next few days will offer St. Louis jazz fans a pretty fair number of musical choices during what's usually a relatively slow time of year.Tonight, the Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Orchestra (pictured at left), a select ensemble of mostly teenage musicians from the West Coast that's touring the country this summer, stops in St. Louis for a performance at Jazz at the Bistro. The East St. Louis High ...

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Performance / Tour

Ronnie Laws, the Cunninghams Coming to the Sheldon This Summer

Ronnie Laws, the Cunninghams Coming to the Sheldon This Summer

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

The Sheldon Concert Hall has added a couple of jazz shows to its summer schedule:* Saxophonist Ronnie Laws (pictured at left) and singer Dee Brown will perform at the Sheldon on Wednesday, June 17 in a concert commemorating the 25th anniversary of the National Black MBA Association - St. Louis Chapter. Laws, a native of Houston, TX and the brother of flute player Hubert Laws, is perhaps known for his hit song “Always There" and has been performing ...

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Music Industry

Jazz This Week: The Cunninghams, Tony Desare, "Bag and Beyond," and More

Jazz This Week: The Cunninghams, Tony Desare, "Bag and Beyond," and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

It's a week of homecomings for St. Louis jazz, as performers from both the Gaslight Square era of the early 1960s and the experimental period of the late 1960s return to local venues.The Gaslight Square veteran is singer/percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Don Cunningham, who now lives in Las Vegas and works with his wife Alicia, a singer and pianist, as The Cunninghams. They'll be at the Sheldon Concert Hall this evening with an act that's a mix of cleverly arranged jazz ...

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