Duke Ellington

Miles and the Duke

Assorted Offerings: Relive past moments through dance, music and still imagery

Steve Penn, Fired Columnist, Sues Kansas City Star, Says He's Not a Plagiarist

Former Kansas City Star columnist Steve Penn filed a ballsy little lawsuit this week. First off, as a journalist, Penn surely knows how difficult it is to prove that his former employer defamed him, as it is with all defamation cases. But the crux of his complaint is even more controversial. Penn ... More >>

The Castle Ballroom, an Historic Dance Hall, Lies Vacant in Midtown

The Castle Ballroom - one of St. Louis' few remaining links its jazzy musical past - is in need of a buyer. And despite some challenges, boosters see potential to rehabilitate the facility to its former glory. Located at 2839 Olive St., the Castle Ballroom was one of the first dance halls that targ ... More >>

The Vijay Iyer Trio combines math, diplomacy and dancing

Six Worst Musical Thefts by White People

Keith Richards early in his career. ​February is Black History Month, the mere existence of which is a reminder that white people have spent a majority of America's existence being total dicks. When it comes to popular music, Caucasians are like a race comprising Winona Ryders who have no prob ... More >>

Finding Hip-Hop in Kazakhstan and Country in India: American Voices Sets Up in St. Louis

Diplomacy between nations doesn't always involve dignitaries or high-level negotiations. A group with a presence in St. Louis engages in "cultural diplomacy," which involves exchanging musical expertise between Americans and countries often hit hard by conflict. Since it became incorporated as a non ... More >>

The Bad Plus at Jazz at the Bistro: Review

The Bad Plus Jazz at the Bistro 7:30 p.m., January 6, 2012 Last time The Bad Plus rolled through Jazz At The Bistro, the trio played with the fire of a group intent on proving itself. This time around, pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson and drummer David King appeared comfortable and rela ... More >>

Vaclav Havel's Four Biggest Musical Influences

​This weekend, two world leaders passed. One, North Korea's Kim Jong-Il, is remembered as an eccentric but dangerous dictator, a man who suppressed dissent and kept his people in a perpetual state of war and famine. The other, Vaclav Havel, played a key role in freeing Czechoslovakia from Comm ... More >>

Nutcracker Now!

It Girl: Sutton Foster is the face of Broadway musical theater

Robbie's House of Jazz Opens in Webster Groves

To the casual observer, the quiet, tree-lined streets of Webster Groves probably do not suggest a jazz hotbed. Yet over the years the St. Louis suburb has become home to the independent label MAXJAZZ; a respected jazz studies program at Webster University; and two music stores - Euclid Records and W ... More >>

When A Woman Loves A Man

Mr. Holland's Opus: An ex-bassist in Miles Davis' quintet brings his own band to the Sheldon

The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scene ... More >>

Celluloid Cool

Movies with that certain something

Best of the West

B-Sides gets our oontz-oontz-oontz on with Canadian DJs MSTRKRFT.

Then we check out a book about Edwardsville's legendary Mississippi River Festival.

Sumatra Gayoland coffee

Typo Café at the Tin Ceiling, 3159 Cherokee Street; 314-910-7321.

Last Year's Model

It might be the last dance for St. Louis' independent record stores.

Let's Get It Started

B-Sides cops to liking the Black Eyed Peas, talks to local-boy-done-good Marty Ehrlich and dreams up some new logos for American Idol contestants

The United Colors of America

Contribute to William Pope.L's Black Factory this Saturday at the Contemporary

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of April 6, 2005

Arch Madness

A rough guide to St. Louis

It Was an Accident

Kathryn Blume tries to change the world

Gideon's Trumpet

Is younger than Clark Terry's flugelhorn

Tunes in June

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

Watch 'Em Bounce

It's Swing! time at the Fox

Various Artists / Duke Ellington

Secret Ellington (True Life Entertainment) / 1969: All-Star White House Tribute (Blue Note)

Russell Gunn

Ethnomusicology, Vol. 2 (Justin Time)

Madcap Noir

Scorpion is fun if familiar, one of Allen's typical Manhattan riffs

Webster University Traditional Jazz Ensemble

Tuesday, Feb. 20; Eliot Unitarian Chapel (216 E. Argonne Dr.).

Giant Steps

Enthusiasm fueled Ken Burns' new documentary on jazz, but the pursuit of profit also looms large

Mingus Big Band

Sunday, Oct. 15; Edison Theater

Best Record-Store Clerk

Jim Lovins, Wherehouse Music

Bring Us Mingus

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

He-Blew

Cantor Ronald Eichaker jazzes up worship at Chesterfield's United Hebrew Congregation

Body and Soul

Renowned jazz artist David Murray teams with the Urban Bush Women dance troupe

NEEM THE THING

The Neem offer up 29 songs on their self-titled debut

Listening Post

Lights Out

Despite the efforts of rehabber Patrick Schneider, the notion of a Gaslight Square revival seems to be running short on both time and money

Public Affairs

Listening Post

This Week

Sound Checks

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

Sound Checks

Teenagers in Love

Sound Track

Buggin' Up