I’m very excited to invite you out to the last in our 2010 series of special events at Saxquest. This Saturday, November 13, we’ll be hosting a free performance/clinic with master saxophonist/clarinetist, Victor Goines. He will be here at the Saxquest shop starting at 11:30am in performance as a quartet featuring an all-star St. Louis rhythm section. The setting will be casual and refreshments will be served.

Victor Goines is widely recognized as one of the most engaging and versatile performers, composers, collaborators and educators in music today. Equally gifted on both clarinet and saxophone, he has drawn from his New Orleans roots to establish an extraordinary career including performances throughout the world earning acclaim from audiences, critics, students and colleagues.

“Mr. Goines exhibits a maturity and soulfulness that bespeaks his dues playing and his understanding of the importance of this history and tradition”. – Offbeat

Deeply committed to the field of jazz education, Victor currently holds the position of Northwestern University Artistic Director for the Jazz Studies program while serving as Education Consultant for Jazz at Lincoln Center. A member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra since 1993, Victor also has an active solo career performing and recording with his own quartet as well as performing and collaborated with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, The Wynton Marsalis Septet, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Marcus Roberts and the Academy of Ascension, The Smithsonian Masterworks Orchestra, The Wycliffe Gordon Quintet, The Herlin Riley Quintet, Terence Blanchard, Ruth Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Diana Krall, Dianne Reeves, Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders, Irma Thomas, Marcia Ball, Bo Didley Freddie Hubbard, James Moody, Damon Short, Freddie Green, Marlon Jordan, The George French Trio and a host of other renowned musicians and ensembles.

http://www.victorgoines.com/index.htm

This is your last chance to catch a Saxquest event this year! Its a wonderful and unique opportunity to meet Victor Goines up close and personal. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Please print and distribute the attached flier to as many people you know who may be interested. We work very hard at bringing these kinds of events to St. Louis and our enthusiasm to continue hosting such venues depends on your interest and attendance. Thanks for your support!!!.

I hope to see you this Saturday at Saxquest!!

Victor will also be performing at the Sheldon Saturday evening at 8pm in a performance venue titled “The Two Sides of Sonny” paying tribute to saxophone legends Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt. Check out the link below for more information.

http://www.thesheldon.org/showdetail.asp?showID=244

Its with GREAT enthusiasm that I invite you out to another wonderful event at Saxquest. Next week on Wednesday evening (Oct 27) at 7PM we’ll be presenting a clinic with three-time Grammy award winning member of BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES and the DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, JEFF COFFIN. This is a very rare opportunity to talk one-on-one with one of today’s most in demand players.

Coffin rejects all labels and categories other than “music” and “musician.” He has traveled the world with the FLECKTONES since 1997 and with the DAVE MATTHEWS BAND since 2008, performing with musicians of all walks. Along the way, Coffin has absorbed an astounding range of influences. “Whether it be New Orleans Second Line, African music, Indian Ragas, folk songs, Alan Lomax field recordings, jazz, or funk,” he says, “the spirit and breath of the music is what I take away from listening and playing. It’s what decides for me whether I like it or not.”

Known for sometimes playing alto and tenor sax simultaneously, with a nod to Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Coffin seeks out the extraordinary in his saxophone sound and in his technique of improvisation. Reaching for the unique is something Jeff makes an integral part of both his playing and teaching. As a highly in demand educator, Jeff has presented clinics from Farmington, Maine to Perth, Australia and is also an internationally acclaimed Yamaha and Vandoren Performing Artist/Clinician since 2000. In addition to the Flecktones and the DMB, Jeff also leads his own group, The Mu’tet which takes it’s name for the word mutation, giving way to Jeff’s belief that music is constantly changing and mutating.

Its such a tremendous thrill for us to bring such a fantastic event to you! If you haven’t been to a Saxquest event yet, be sure this one doesn’t pass you by. Please print and distribute the attached flier to as many people you know who may be interested. Thanks for your support!!!

I hope to see you at SAXQUEST next Wednesday – Oct 27 at 7pm.

Other upcoming events include:

Victor Goines (virtuostic jazz saxophonist and clarinetist and member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra) on Saturday Nov 13 at 11AM.

October is a very exciting month for us here at Saxquest. We have several wonderful clinics going on. This Saturday I’m delighted to invite you out for a wonderful performance/clinic featuring the great Dick Oatts on saxophone and Soren Moller on piano. Their performance/clinic will start 11AM. As always, the setting will be casual and refreshments will be served.

Dick Oatts got his first big break after moving to New York in 1977 when he got the call to play in the Thad Jones – Mel Lewis Orchestra. Since that time, his performances, tours and recordings have included playing with a virtual who’s-who list in jazz. From Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn to Red Rodney, Bob Brookmeyer and Jerry Bergonzi to Mel Torme and even James Taylor and everyone else in between.

Soren Moller moved to New York in 2002 from Copenhagen, Denmark to study at the Manhatten School of Music. In addition to being a formidable voice on piano and organ, Soren is equally gifted as a composer in both small group and big band setings.

We’re so honored and thrilled to be able to bring this fantastic event to you. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Please print and distribute the attached flier to as many people you know who may be interested. Thanks for your support!!!.

I hope to see you on Oct 9 at Saxquest!!

Other upcoming events include:

Jeff Coffin (three-time Grammy Award winning member of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones and of the Dave Matthews Band) on Wednesday Oct 27 at 7pm

Victor Goines (virtuostic jazz saxophonist and clarinetist and member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra) on Saturday Nov 13 at 11AM.

Mark your calenders now!!!

I’m very excited to invite you out to another great event at Saxquest (see address below). On October 2, we’ll be hosting a free recital/master-class with one of today’s leading voices on clarinet, Eric Mandat. He will be here at the Saxquest shop starting at 2PM performing solo works with piano (~2-3pm) and giving a master-class (~3-4pm). The setting will be casual and refreshments will be served.

Eric is a leading composer and performer of contemporary clarinet music and a prestigious Buffet-Crampon USA performing artist. He tours world-wide as a soloist and chamber musician, presenting lectures and recitals featuring new American clarinet music as well as traditional repertoire. He’s especially noted for his facility and use of extended techniques such as multiphonics and microtones that leave even the most accomplished professionals scratching their heads and saying, “how did he do that?”. As a composer, Mandat focuses on solo and chamber works for clarinet. His compositions utilize extended techniques within a framework largely influenced by jazz and traditional music of non-Western cultures. The Clarinet Journal finds that his Aprocess at writing and playing is bound to leave any listener in awe. “One is constantly challenged and surprised by gorgeous tone color changes, exciting rhythmic action and 21st century clarinetistry”.

In November 2005 CD review Fanfare Magazine remarked that Mandat’s music creates “amazing technical effects for the instrument” that are “startling and eerie.” In a review in The Clarinet Journal of Mandat’s “Folk Songs”, the author exclaimed that “A composition of this caliber will most likely enter the performance repertoire as the representative piece of the decade!” Reviewing Mandat’s solo CD, The Extended Clarinet, in The Clarinet Journal, Michele Gingras wrote that, “In one word, The Extended Clarinet is astonishing”.

http://www.buffet-crampon.com/en/artists.php?mode=artistPresentation&aid=630

This is a wonderful and unique opportunity to meet Eric and to get a first-hand glimpse into the mind of one of today’s great masters of the clarinet. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Please print and distribute the attached flier to as many people you know who may be interested. We work very hard at bringing these kinds of events to St. Louis and our enthusiasm to continue hosting such venues depends on your interest and attendance. Thanks for your support!!!.

I hope to see you on Oct 2 at Saxquest!!

Other upcoming events include:

Dick Oatts (world renown jazz saxophonist and alumni of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band) on Saturday October 9, 11AM
Jeff Coffin (three-time Grammy Award winning member of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones and of the Dave Matthews Band) on Wednesday Oct 27 at 7pm
Victor Goines (virtuostic jazz saxophonist and clarinetist and member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra) on Saturday Nov 13 at 11AM.

Mark your calenders now!!!

I’m very excited to invite you out to a great event this weekend at Saxquest. We’re bringing in Chamber Project St. Louis who will be giving a wonderful performance at the Saxquest shop this Saturday July 17th starting at 2PM. The setting will be informal and refreshments will be served.

CHAMBER PROJECT SAINT LOUIS is a unique and dynamic ensemble that explores the relationship between performers and audience members by concertizing in intimate settings and performing wide ranging programs. For example, in this concert, you’ll hear a transformation of the Brazilian music sound in a piece from 1924 by Heitor Villa-Lobos; you’ll hear two contemporary works by local composer Aaron Johnson; as well as pieces by David Gillingham, Paul Hayden , Philippe Di BETTA and others.

The three members of Chamber Project St. Louis who will be performing are Dana Hotle, clarinet; Adrianne Honnold, saxophone; and Jennifer Gartley, flute. Chamber Project St. Louis musicians are active as orchestral musicians and have performed with the Saint Louis Symphony, Illinois Symphony, New World Symphony, and the National Symphony Orchestra. They are committed educators, serving on the faculties of Maryville University, McKendree University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Missouri St. Louis, and the Community Music School of Webster University.

This is a great opportunity to meet and hear some of St. Louis’s top working professional musicians. The level of musicianship at which Chamber Project St. Louis performs is incredibly high. Their ability to take extremely challenging music and perform it effortlessly at an such a high energy level is riveting and really engages the listener.

This is one of those rare opportunities to hear something new and be blown away by the music; while at the same time supporting local musicians and a local composer. DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS ONE!!!

I’ve attached a flier with all of the details. Remember, Its free and open to the public and refreshments will be served.

Thanks for your support!!!

I’m very excited to invite you out to Saxquest for a very special FREE Saxophone Master Class on May 15 at 11AM. Saxquest is hosting a wonderful clinic with world renown saxophonist, JAMES CARTER. This is a very rare opportunity to chat with and learn directly from one of today’s leading and pioneering voices on saxophone. See attached flyer for more details. Please come out and tell everyone you know.

James Carter has cemented his reputation as one of the most adventurous, visionary young reed players on the cusp of this new millennium. Carter’s passion for the roots of his music and the tools of his trade run deep, and he speaks with infectious enthusiasm and encyclopedic knowledge both about the tribal elders and the history of his instruments. Not as an outsider, but as one of the most exciting young virtuosos in contemporary music; as an accomplished wind player who has taken on the challenge of mastering all the single reed and double reed instruments; as an eternal searcher…–Chip Stern, Jazz Times

EVENT: Saxquest Master Class ­ James Carter
DATE: May 15, 2010 ­ Saturday
TIME: 11:00AM ­ NOON
PLACE: The Saxquest Shop ­ 2114 Cherokee St., St. Louis, MO 63118
COST: FREE Admission, refreshments served
CONTACT: Mark Overton ­ 314-664-1234 or [email protected]

Please see the following web site for more information about James Carter: http://www.aiartists.com/jcarter/index3.html