Grammy-nominated trumpeter, composer, and St. Louisan native Keyon Harrold is the new host of The Next Set: Live from Jazz St. Louis, St. Louis Public Radio and Jazz Weekly live jazz show from St. Louis. Harrold officially took over as the show’s first host, Gene Dobbs Bradford, in May. AfterRead More →
Sara Rogers was passionate about jazz. She sang. She wrote songs. She performed concerts all around Buffalo, performing covers and her own songs. She also shared her love of music with children through music therapy. A little before 9 p.m. Friday, she was riding her bicycle along South Park AvenueRead More →
MISSOULA, Mont. – The 19th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival today announced the winners of four competitions at the 2022 event. of potential suitors and raising the level of competition in rarefied air. The 2022 competitions featured 44 films, including 26 world premieres and 12 North American premieres, inRead More →
Image via Nate Chinen, NPR. Feasterville final resting place of jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan. Lee Morgan, a prominent jazz trumpeter in the 1950s and 1960s, had a tragically short career. The 33-year-old entertainer was killed by his common-law wife in 1972 and buried next to his father at White ChapelRead More →
The life of 1930s Cherokee County Sheriff Grover Bishop has been made into a feature film. Oral history attests that Bishop killed between five and 17 men in the line of duty, though how he dispatched these outlaws varies depending on who you talk to. “Grover Bishop: Making of aRead More →