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2012 Stories by Dean C. Minderman

• Ronnie Burrage, the Multi-Tasking Drummer and Penn State Hip-Hop Professor, Comes Home

  published Jul 26, 2012

  Jazz music has a history of drummers who have made their mark at a young age. In the 1960s, the late Tony Williams was barely old enough to qualify for a driver's license when he was hired to join Mil... More >>

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  Bluesweek triples in size, attracting its strongest lineup yet

  published May 24, 2012

  Can St. Louis support a roots-music event on the scale of New Orleans' famed Jazz & Heritage Festival? Mike Kociela intends to find... More >>

• Sara Gazarek Talks About Blossom Dearie and Covers Ben Folds

  published May 04, 2012

  For jazz singer Sara Gazarek, satisfying an audience isn't necessarily about dazzling them with displays of virtuosity. "The truth is, I think what people generally want walking away from a musical ex... More >>

• Tia Fuller on Backing Beyonce and Her Fourth Album Angelic Warrior

  published Apr 25, 2012

  7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 25 through Saturday, April 28, Jazz at the Bistro, 3536 Washington Avenue, 63103. $25 Wednesday and Thursday, $30 Friday and Saturday, $10 for students with I... More >>

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  St. Louis' only jazz radio station rises from its deathbed

  published March 8, 2012

  I don't stay out late, nowhere to go I'm home about eight, just me and my radio Ain't misbehavin', saving my love for... More >>

• A Conversation with the Claudia Quintet's John Hollenbeck

  published Mar 02, 2012

  If the music of the Claudia Quintet seems somewhat genre-ambiguous to the first-time listener, it's likely by design. "I kind of like the mystery of listening to music and not knowing what it is or ho... More >>

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  Jeff Konkel helps document the dying juke joints

  published February 16, 2012

  As founder of the independent St. Louis-based blues label Broke & Hungry Records, Jeff Konkel has been a determined chronicler of Mississippi... More >>

• Inside Cirque Du Soleil's Michael Jackson Tribute with St. Louis Trumpeter Keyon Harrold

  published Feb 06, 2012

  Trumpeter Keyon Harrold has spent much of his professional life in the relatively laid-back atmosphere of jazz clubs and recording studios. But when the St. Louis native performs in his hometown this ... More >>

• Wee Trio Plays Bowie at the Bistro

  published Jan 26, 2012

  The music of David Bowie might seem an unlikely subject for a tribute by an all-instrumental jazz group, but on its new CD Ashes To Ashes -- A David Bowie Intraspective, the Wee Trio digs into the Thi... More >>

• Chris Corsano

  published January 26, 2012

  Chris Corsano is a versatile drummer whose improvisations incorporate both frenzied energy and subtle shaping of sound, sometimes augmenting or... More >>

• Ravi Coltrane Overcomes Writer's Block and Talks About His New Quartet

  published Jan 19, 2012

  It's shaping up to be a year of changes for saxophonist Ravi Coltrane. For starters, Coltrane, who opened yesterday and performs through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro (3536 Washington Avenue, 314-534... More >>