Jazz St. Louis is pleased to announce the Bistro debut of Andy Coco’s Rhythm Section Road Show. The RSRS is live soul-jazz, presented by an ever-changing lineup of St. Louis’s finest live musicians, anchored by bassist Andy Coco, host of KDHX’s “The Rhythm Section.” Friday lineup: Andy Coco (bass), Nathan Hershey (keys), Grover Stewart (drums), [...]
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Dogtown Allstars with the Funky Butt Horns
July 11, 2012 – 3:48 pm
The Dogtown Allstars forge together soul, funk, and jazz with vocal harmony and tight improvisation. For this engagement only, they’re joined by the percussionist and three-man tour de force horn section from the Funky Butt Brass Band. These two bands have dominated the RFT Music Awards Funk/Soul categories for the past seven years, with four [...]
Hip Grease
July 11, 2012 – 3:06 pm
Comprised of members from some of St. Louis’s best and most genre-blending bands – Funky Butt Brass Band, The Feed, and The Dogtown Allstars – Hip Grease sets out to recreate and interpret the soul jazz of the late 1960s & early 1970s. Andy Coco-bass, Dave Grelle-organ, Ben Reece-sax, Kyle Honeycutt-drums, Adam Hucke-trumpet, & Adam [...]
Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio with special guest James Carter
July 10, 2012 – 10:42 am
“When organ master Dr. Lonnie Smith sits down at the Hammond B-3, it’s all about soul. Not speed, not flash, not tricky riffs – just hard-core, deep-down feeling…” Chicago Tribune “Carter…has emerged as one of the brightest stars in jazzdom…” Detroit News Virtuoso saxophonist James Carter joins forces with legendary soul organist Dr. Lonnie Smith for [...]
Joe Sample Trio
July 9, 2012 – 4:43 pm
Exclusively sponsored by “Nothing short of a revelation.” Jazziz One of jazz’s most versatile and popular performers for more than four decades, pianist and composer Joe Sample remains a pioneer of contemporary jazz piano. A founding member of the influential group The Jazz Crusaders, Sample focused on the acoustic piano during the group’s early years [...]
Gregory Porter
June 22, 2012 – 2:40 pm
Sponsored by “The brilliant new voice of jazz.” The Huffington Post No doubt about it: Gregory Porter can flat-out sing…period. With a voice that can caress or confront, embrace or exhort, Gregory Porter exhibits such an incredible degree of vocal mastery that no less a jazz luminary than Wynton Marsalis has called him “a fantastic young [...]
Joey DeFrancesco Trio
June 22, 2012 – 1:38 pm
“The man plays the Hammond B-3 with a fluidity and ease that most organists of his generation would be hard-pressed to match.” The Chicago Tribune Not much in jazz combines the churchy moan and shaking hip like a Hammond B-3 organ, and Joey DeFrancesco is one of its modern masters. He grew up around the [...]
Scratch
July 22, 2011 – 2:23 pm
Plays the music of The Crusaders Taking their name from the classic repertoire of The Crusaders, Scratch embodies the soul, blues, and groove of classic 70s-era soul jazz groups. For this performance, the band focuses on the music of their namesake. Bringing together many of St. Louis’ premier musicians including Adaron “Pops” Jackson (Good 4 the Soul) [...]
DMS: George Duke, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn
July 15, 2011 – 10:54 am
Sponsored by World Wide Technology, Inc. Jazz St. Louis and Jazz Cruises Present DMS: George Duke, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn At the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Fans of the crossroads where funk and jazz intersect mark your calendars for an explosive evening! Keyboardist George [...]