Saturday night takes place at the historic Webster Groves Masonic Hall, one of those fraternal halls that for dancers are the living rooms of any North American city. Luckily, shade abounds, and the adjacent air-conditioned carriage house provides a watering hole and respite from the heat. Louis sound and repertoire is what breathes life into the event producers’ motto, “Dance local.” Dancers will be inspired to break out their Charleston, and other toddle-based steps, and may even employ their best interpretations of foxtrot and Peabody.Īdditionally, Muller’s small group band, the Gaslight Squares, will perform in the dreamy gazebo at the historic Lemp Mansion, a supposedly haunted landmark associated with the infamous Lemp Brewery dynasty, on Saturday afternoon.īanjoist Jacob Alspach switches to electric guitar for a swingier feel at this outdoor dance. This effort of creating an unmistakably St. In addition to a variety of popular hits from this time period, the band will feature resurrected tunes from local African-American bandleaders Charles Creath, Dewey Jackson, and Oliver Cobb. In the traditional jazz realm, the Arcadia Dance Orchestra will be offering a treasure trove of 1920s and 1930s arrangements under the direction of TJ Muller on Sunday afternoon. Following this dance event, revered local DJ Cindy Lyons will be playing canned classic and contemporary swing music for a relaxed late night dance party. No doubt, the dancers will be executing their prized steps in lindy hop, swing Charleston, and balboa. The Sidemen, featuring veteran reed player Eric Sager, produce grooves that range from Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton’s small group swing-think “Air Mail Special” and “Flyin’ Home”-to Louis Prima’s later honking, jumping swing. Typically, dancers take turns sliding around the dance floor, and sliding down the myriad chutes placed throughout this urban playground. in January? Sets will alternate between finalists in the best band and solo/duo categories, including Ben Todd & Rob Taylor, Strathcona County Conspiracy, Charlie Jacobson, Rooster Davis Group, Graham Guest and Boogaloo.The weekend begins on Friday July 5th with The Sidemen performing in the Architecture Room of the City Museum, an inimitable downtown attraction and source of great civic and artistic pride in St. So who is performing, hoping to win an EBS grant to attend the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn. 18 brings the final deciding round of the Edmonton Blues Society’s Memphis Bound Competition for 2015. The initial contests are over and Sunday, Oct. The RCBB will return for three Christmas shows in the metro-Edmonton area, and two more nights at the Oasis in 2016, with Carol Welsman Feb. Tickets: $32.50, Tix On The Square (78) or at the door. Saturday, at The Oasis Conference Centre (10930 177th St.). It’s the ultimate jazz tool.”Ĭraig Brenan serves as conductor when the RCBB hosts Gordon, 8 p.m. They’re known for swing rhythms, but big band music has been written for bebop, Latin, any style, and for small ensembles within the band. “The great thing about having a big band is that you have so many options. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The RCBB has been rehearsing a mix of Gordon tunes and classics (Mood Indigo, Swing That Music) as they prepare to meet the horn man. His latest disc Something New includes originals with a big band. Tributes to both Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington figure in his recent recordings, now totalling around 20 albums, mostly on his own Blues Back label. Growing up in Georgia, Gordon soaked up gospel and blues but the influences of early jazz and New Orleans were also important. Today Gordon plays over 20 instruments and all the brass from tuba to trumpet (he’s playing trombone and trumpet and singing a bit with the RCBB). “The job part is getting gigs and doing all that travelling,” Gordon noted recently, “but once the music starts, that’s like being on the playground for me.”Īs an adolescent, he had trouble choosing between music and football until the day an older brother brought home a trombone. That’s just part of a busy career playing, arranging and composing for small groups, big bands, even funk bands, and putting in workshops that keep him on the road for over 200 dates a year. You may have seen Gordon in an early incarnation of the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra or know the vibrant trombonist and master of the plunger mute as a perennial jazz poll winner. This weekend, the RCBB marks that milestone with the first of several special shows dubbed Jazz at the Oasis, and they’re importing Wycliffe Gordon, a larger-than-life talent, to help them celebrate. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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