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The Sheldon concert hall. The Sheldon, designed by the noted 1904 World’s Fair architect Louis C. Spiering, was built in 1912 as the home of the Ethical Society of St. Louis. Musicians and public speakers throughout the years have enjoyed the perfect acoustics of The Sheldon Concert Hall, earning The Sheldon its reputation as "The Carnegie ...
1 p.m. Mizzou Concert Jazz Band Hear the future of jazz in the present tense, as these talented students perform under the direction of Sam Griffith. As usual, the festival is free; the music ...
The Peacock Alley was a jazz club at 2935 Lawton Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri. It was one of St. Louis' most important nightclubs in the 1950s. [2] [3] Due to its close proximity to Union Station, it was favored among musicians. [4]
Westport Plaza is a 42-acre (170,000 m 2), commercial development, resort, and entertainment center [1] located in Maryland Heights, Missouri. Westport was built by a prominent St. Louis developer, Thomas J. White, [2] and opened in 1973. [3]
“There is no St. Louis jazz without East St. Louis. The region, in a lot of ways, is what it is because of what has happened in East St. Louis and how it contributed to the larger ecosystem.”
Kansas City and St. Louis are "cradles of jazz" along with New Orleans, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New York City. [1]Jazz artists from Missouri include Dixieland jazz and ragtime clarinetist, composer, and bandleader Wilbur Sweatman; trumpeter, saxophonist, accordionist, and bandleader Charlie Creath; bebop saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker; tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins ...
Grand Center is the site of numerous arts and entertainment venues including the Fox Theatre, Powell Symphony Hall (home of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra), the Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, the Sheldon Concert Hall, Clyde C. Miller Career Academy, and Jazz St. Louis.
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