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Sylvaine Helary: Sylvaine Helary Trio
by Anthony Shaw
The French have long had an affinity for the surrealistic and the absurd--didn't they invent both expressions? Among the ranks of the leading left-field artists (from, of course, the left bank--the traditions stretch back to Antonin Artauld, the first to promote the first playable electronic keyboard, the Ondes Martenot, and Pierre Schaeffer, who created the expression “musique concrete." But as a world power the French have also absorbed influences from around the globe, even from across the ...
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's one of the busiest weeks of the year for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with enough activity and musical variety to test both the stamina and the financial resources of even the most devoted music lovers. There's so much going on that the week defies easy summary, so instead, let's go to the highlights.... Wednesday, October 19 Saxophonist Donny McCaslin makes his St. Louis debut as a bandleader in the first of four nights at Jazz at ...
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