Saturday, July 23, 2011

Jazz This Week: Rebirth Brass Band, Ronnie Burrage, Willie Akins, and More


Like most of the rest of the midsection of the USA, St. Louis is mired in some truly nasty summer weather this week, but there are several jazz and creative music performances coming up in the next few days that should be worth braving the inferno-like conditions. Here's what's happening:

Tonight, guitarist Brian Vaccaro will lead a trio in a free concert for the 
Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University, and saxophonist Tim Cunningham plays a free outdoor concert at Bluebird Park in Ellisville.

On Friday, drummer and St. Louis native 
Ronnie Burrage returns home to begin a two-night stand atRobbie's House of Jazz, leading a trio with Jeff Anderson on tenor sax and Bob DeBoo on bass. For more about Burrage, see this story published a couple of weeks ago by the St. Louis American. Also, you can see some videos of Burrage in action in this post from last Saturday.

Also on Friday and Saturday, saxophonist Willie Akins and his group will play at 
Jazz at the Bistro, performing the music of John Coltrane as part of the series of tribute shows being presented this month at the Bistro.

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