Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Bob Reynolds was born in Morristown, New Jersey on September 29, 1977. His family moved to Jacksonville, Florida where he started playing saxophone at age 13. Attending high school at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts he became part of the well-known jazz band. After graduating, he attended Berklee College of Music where he studied with George Garzone and Hal Crook.
He played with John Mayer’s band for five years, then worked with Brian Blade, Aaron Goldberg, Gregory Hutchinson, and Tom Harrell. A solo recording artist since the turn of the century, his 2006 album Can’t Wait for Perfect was voted Best Debut in the Village Voice jazz poll.
As a member of the popular genre-bending instrumental group Snarky Puppy since 2014, he has won Grammy Awards with the band for the albums Culcha Vulcha and Live at the Royal Albert Hall.
Tenor saxophonist Bob Reynolds has received four ASCAP Young Jazz Composer awards, and Berklee’s Billboard Magazine Endowed Scholarship, and continues to performa and record.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Bent Jædig, born September 28, 1935 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He first studied clarinet before playing saxophone. In the 1950s, he settled in Germany and led a band with trombonist Rudi Fuesers, later joining another band with trombonist Peter Herbolzheimer in Munich, Germany.
By the 1960s, he returned to Denmark and worked with trumpeter Allan Botschinsky and pianist Bent Axen, with whom he recorded for Denmark’s Debut label. Bent would go on to play with the Dollar Brand Quintet which included Don Cherry. As a side-man he was constantly in demand and worked with Tete Montoliu, Jimmy Woode, Philly Joe Jones/Dizzy Reece, and Louis Hjulmand.
Jædig recorded his first album as a leader in 1967 titled, Danish Jazzman, with Axen, Botschinsky, Dusko Goykovich, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Alex Riel. He would later form a trio, played in a duo and recorded live shows in 2002 which were compiled for a release from Timeless Records.
In the Seventies and 1980s he worked with Wild Bill Davison, Art Farmer, Stan Getz, the Thad Jones Big Band, Duke Jordan, Horace Parlan, Sahib Shihab, and Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band. He was also a member of the Erling Kroner Tentet, played in the Danish Radio Big Band, and recorded on the Miles Davis album Aura. In 1987, Jædig was a member of Pierre Dørge’s New Jungle Orchestra.
At the end of the 1990s he was performing in a quintet. Tenor saxophonist and flutist Bent Jædig transitioned on June 9, 2004. Saxophonist Charles Davis recorded the album Charles Davis Plays the Music of Bent Jædig in 2006.
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Three Wishes
The inquiry of three wishes arose during a conversation between the Baroness and Al Cohn. His response to her question of fulfillment was:
- “A healthy world. What I mean by that is a world of peace and goodwill.”
- “Secondly, I’d wish for a long life, and a quick death, and the same for my wife.”
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Roland Alexander was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 25, 1935 and grew up with his parents and sister, Gloria, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He earned a bachelor’s degree in music composition from the Boston Conservatory in 1958.
A prolific composer and arranger, Alexander wrote and played for many of the better known bands in Boston during the 1950s, associating himself with Sabby Lewis, Preston ‘Sandy’ Sandiford, Richie Lowery, Jaki Byard and many more. He co-led a group called the Boston All Stars that featured trumpeter Joe Gordon, and after Joe Gordon left to play with Dizzy Gillespie’s band, he was replaced by Wajid Lateef (Crazy Wilbur Lucaw), and Gordon Wooly.
In 1956 he recorded High Step as a sideman with bassist Paul Chambers before moving to New York City the year he graduated from the conservatory. In addition to a 1961 and 1978 release as a leader, he played and recorded with John Coltrane, Howard McGhee, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Roy Haynes, Philly Joe Jones, Blue Mitchell, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, and Mal Waldron.
Post bop saxophonist Roland Alexander, who in addition to playing tenor and soprano saxophone was also a pianist, transitioned on June 14, 2006.
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TIA FULLER, MIMI JONES & MATT WILSON
Join saxophonist Tia Fuller, bassist Mimi Jones, and drummer Matt Wilson as they cap off their week in St. Louis with performances on the Ferring Jazz Bistro stage! Jazz St. Louis’s Artist Residency bands are one-of-a-kind groupings brought together for the specific purpose of securing the future of jazz through clinics, masterclasses, and in-school performances. Jazz St. Louis engages these artists for an entire week, during which they visit area schools and conduct masterclasses and clinics for middle and high school students.
Valet Parking ~ $10.00 prepaid
Valet parking is available for all Jazz St. Louis performances. Discounted $10 valet parking may be purchased when ordering your tickets. Please make sure to select the correct date and time when adding parking to your cart with your tickets before purchasing.
October 28 ~ 7:30pm | 9:30pm
October 29 ~ 7:30pm | 9:30pm
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