This week, let's take a look at some videos of New Orleans'
Rebirth Brass Band, who will be coming back to St. Louis to perform on Friday, September 1 at the
Atomic Cowboy Pavilion.
Formed in 1983 by brothers Keith and Phillip Frazier, Rebirth Brass Band is, along with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, one of the longest running of the contemporary groups re-inventing the New Orleans brass band tradition. Their most recent recording is 2014’s
Move Your Body on the Basin Street Records label, which was the follow-up to their 2012 Grammy Award-winning album
Rebirth of New Orleans, and they were here in St. Louis last in September 2016 for a show at the same venue.
Today, you can see a half-dozen videos featuring some fan favorites from RBB's repertoire, starting up above with a version of one of their signature songs, "Do Whatcha Wanna," recorded in 2014 in New Orleans for the web series Jam in the Van.
After the jump, there's a video of "Move Your Body" recorded at the same session, followed by a full set of music recorded in 2012 at the Howlin' Wolf in New Orleans.
The fourth video shows the RBB doing their version of the New Orleans standard "Big Chief," recorded in 2011 at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans.
Next is a medley of two more of their best-known tunes, "Rebirth Groove" and "Feel Like Funkin It Up," recorded in February 2014 at The Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton, FL.
The final clip is a riff on another New Orleans classic, "I Like It Like That," recorded in 2011 for the radio program "Soundcheck" on WNYC in New York City.
For more about the Rebirth Brass Band, check out Keith Frazier's
2015 interview with HollywoodSoapbox.com and this
2012 feature from Gambit.
You can see the rest of today's videos after the jump...
Here's StLJN's latest wrap-up of assorted links and short news items of local interest:
*
Saxquest will celebrate the
grand opening of their new second location in Maryland Heights from noon to 4:00 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, August 12).
The free event will include guided tours of the new facility, free food, giveaways and door prizes, and live music from the Pyle Driver Saxophone Quartet, Renegade Saxophone Quartet, and Al Holliday and The East Side Rhythm Band. The original Saxquest store on Cherokee St. will close for the day so all staff members can help out with the grand opening.
* Trumpeter and Ferguson native
Keyon Harrold (pictured) this week
released two new songs commemorating the anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown three years ago in his hometown. You can hear “MB Lament” and “When Will It Stop” and see the accompanying videos via
this YouTube playlist.
*
Thurman's in Shaw was the subject of
a short article on the website NearSay.com, highlighting the bar's weekly Thursday night jazz gigs featuring pianist Adam Maness' trio.
* Drummer and St. Louis native
Marcus Baylor and his wife, singer Jean Baylor will bring their group The Baylor Project to NYC's
Jazz Standard for the first time on
Sunday, August 20 in support of their album
The Journey. Along with the Baylors, the Project includes trumpeter Freddie Hendrix, tenor saxophonist Keith Loftis, pianist Terry Brewer, and bassist Corcoran Holt.
* Singer and former St. Louisan Marcella Hooks, now living in California, was the subject of
a feature story in the Solano Daily Republic newspaper.
This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis features the return of one of the most important living jazz musicians for one night only, a two-night tribute to the first superstar soloist in jazz, and more.
Let's go to the highlights...
Thursday, August 10Keyboardist
Herbie Hancock will perform in a concert presented by Jazz St. Louis at
Powell Hall.
With a new album reportedly in the works, Hancock
(pictured) also has a new addition to his live band, with saxophonist/keyboardist Terrace Martin joining guitarist Lionel Loueke, bassist James Genus and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta in the group.
Some tickets for the concert still remained on sale as of end of business on Wednesday, but if you haven't gotten seats yet and want to go, you'll probably want to
call ahead rather than just walk up to the box office.
To promote his St. Louis show, Hancock did brief interviews with
St. Louis magazine's Erin Williams,
St. Louis Public Radio's David Cazares, and the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Kevin Johnson. Also, you can see some videos spanning Hancock's 50+ years in the music business in
this StLJN post from a couple of Saturdays ago.
Also on Thursday night, bassist and singer
Tonina Saputo leads a quartet at
The Dark Room, and guitarist
Dave Black and singer
Tony Vivano will perform at
The Pat Connolly Tavern.
Friday, August 11The second annual
"Louis Armstrong Festival of St. Louis" will be presented for the first of two nights at the
Webster Groves Concert Hall, featuring music associated with Armstrong performed by a band featuring trumpeters Randy Holmes and Robert Souza, trombonist Brett Stamps, clarinetist Scott Alberici, pianist Mary Ann Schulte, drummer Kevin Gianino, bassist Bob Lowe and guitarist/banjoist Dan Stevens.
You can see StLJN's video tribute to the 116th anniversary of Armstrong's birth in
this post from last Saturday.
Also on Friday, guitarist
Eric Slaughter and bassist
Glen Smith will duet at
Parkside Grille in Ballwin, and the
Ambassadors of Swing will play for dancers at the
Casa Loma Ballroom.
Saturday, August 12 Guitarist
Stuart Johnson will play a matinee show at
The Shaved Duck, and then on Saturday evening,
Dizzy Atmosphere will perform for the
"Garden of Glass" event at Missouri Botanical Garden, singer
Joe Mancuso returns to
Bartolino's South and trumpeter
Jim Manley is back at
One 19 North Tapas & Wine Bar.
Sunday, August 13Miss Jubilee returns for the weekly jazz brunch at
Evangeline's,
Red Lehr and the Rivermen will play a matinee for the
St. Louis Jazz Club at the
DoubleTree Hotel in Westport, and saxophonist
Tim Cunningham will perform at
Mount Pleasant Winery.For more jazz-related events in and around St. Louis, please visit the
St. Louis Jazz Notes Calendar, which can be found on the left sidebar of the site or by clicking
here. You also can keep up with all the latest news by following St. Louis Jazz Notes on Twitter at
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(If you have calendar items, band schedule information, news tips, links, or anything else you think may be of interest to StLJN's readers, please email the information to stljazznotes (at) yahoo (dot) com. If you have photos, MP3s or other digital files, please send links, not attachments.)
