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Dizzy Gillespie

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Six Best Songs Under One Minute Long

    Last week, we counted down the best songs over thirty minutes long, essentially a list of weirdos. On the opposite side of the spectrum, it is rare for an artist to call a song complete before it enters triple digits on the time counter. But great works have been made under the sixty second mark, be ... More >>

  • Music

    September 15, 2011

    After 52 years, the New Music Circle still lives up to its name

    Last week, we counted down the best songs over thirty minutes long, essentially a list of weirdos. On the opposite side of the spectrum, it is rare for an artist to call a song complete before it enters triple digits on the time counter. But great works have been made under the sixty second mark, be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Interview: Max Weinberg on His New Big Band and Feeling "1000 Percent" After Heart-Repair Surgery

    courtesy of ​The percussive power of legendary E. Street Band drummer Max Weinberg provides the backbone for an endless soundtrack of Bruce Springsteen classics, the results of a creative partnership that's spanned nearly 40 years. In the early '90s, Weinberg was introduced to a whole new gene ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 29, 2008

    Let's Get Musical: The Color Purple lives large while Pippin charts a more modest course

    courtesy of ​The percussive power of legendary E. Street Band drummer Max Weinberg provides the backbone for an endless soundtrack of Bruce Springsteen classics, the results of a creative partnership that's spanned nearly 40 years. In the early '90s, Weinberg was introduced to a whole new gene ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2008

    The Sheldon Presents Jazz, Rock, and Soul: 40 Years of Music in St. Louis, 1968-2008

    courtesy of ​The percussive power of legendary E. Street Band drummer Max Weinberg provides the backbone for an endless soundtrack of Bruce Springsteen classics, the results of a creative partnership that's spanned nearly 40 years. In the early '90s, Weinberg was introduced to a whole new gene ... More >>

  • Music

    May 14, 2008

    B-Sides takes a Jazz Journey and says hello to Ne-Yo

    courtesy of ​The percussive power of legendary E. Street Band drummer Max Weinberg provides the backbone for an endless soundtrack of Bruce Springsteen classics, the results of a creative partnership that's spanned nearly 40 years. In the early '90s, Weinberg was introduced to a whole new gene ... More >>

  • News

    March 30, 2005

    Arch Madness

    A rough guide to St. Louis

  • Music

    January 26, 2005

    Roy Hargrove

    Saturday, January 29; Sheldon Concert Hall (3648 Washington Avenue)

  • Music

    December 15, 2004

    Arturo Sandoval

    Wednesday, December 15, through Saturday, December 18; Jazz at the Bistro

  • Calendar

    December 10, 2003

    Gideon's Trumpet

    Is younger than Clark Terry's flugelhorn

  • Music

    June 18, 2003

    Tunes in June

    The Dave Holland Big Band is just one of the highlights of the 2003 U.S. Bank St. Louis Jazz Festival

  • Music

    February 13, 2002

    More Than a Woman

    A local transgender protests the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival's less-than-welcoming entrance policy

  • Music

    May 23, 2001

    Aisles of Miles

    The Missouri History Museum pays tribute to East St. Louis legend Miles Davis

  • Calendar

    May 9, 2001

    Ultimate Milestone

    One of St. Louis' most famous (but least-celebrated) exports is honored on the 75th anniversary of his birth

  • Music

    April 18, 2001

    Ron Carter, Curtis Fuller and the NIU Jazz Ensemble

    Sunday, April 22; United Hebrew Congregation

  • Calendar

    March 28, 2001

    Gateway to West Africa

    The St. Louis African Chorus' Fred Onovwerosuoke brings to fruition the Festival of African and West African Music in St. Louis

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2000

    Bring Us Mingus

    Fans of the late jazzman will find an upcoming Webster University concert to their liking

  • Dining

    April 19, 2000

    North and South

    Goin' to N'Orleans, by way of I-270

  • Music

    December 29, 1999

    Critical Mass

    RFT music critics offer a cut-and-paste compendium of the year in music. Everyone's wrong. Everyone's right.

  • Music

    September 15, 1999

    Chucho Valdés

    Wednesday, Sept. 15; Sheldon Concert Hall

  • Music

    August 18, 1999

    HARMONICA CONVERGENCE

    The Holiday Inn Westport hosts the sixth annual convention of the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica

  • Music

    June 23, 1999

    Listening Post

    The Holiday Inn Westport hosts the sixth annual convention of the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica

  • Music

    April 7, 1999

    Sound Checks

    The Holiday Inn Westport hosts the sixth annual convention of the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica

  • Music

    March 17, 1999

    Banned on the Run

    St. Louis saxophonist Greg Osby returns from New York to showcase and celebrate the past and future legends of Blue Note Records

  • Music

    February 17, 1999

    Rhythm Regatta

    Isaac Hayes performs in the hallowed halls of Powell as part of the Blues, Roots, Honks and Moans Festival

  • Dining

    January 13, 1999

    Jazzed Up

    Isaac Hayes performs in the hallowed halls of Powell as part of the Blues, Roots, Honks and Moans Festival

  • Culture

    January 13, 1999

    Sound Track

    Isaac Hayes performs in the hallowed halls of Powell as part of the Blues, Roots, Honks and Moans Festival

  • Music

    December 9, 1998

    Best Harp Player: Sandy Weltman

    Isaac Hayes performs in the hallowed halls of Powell as part of the Blues, Roots, Honks and Moans Festival

  • Music

    December 9, 1998

    All That Jazz

    There's live jazz in St. Louis -- you just have to know where to look for it

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