Jazz

After her longest-ever break from touring, Dianne Reeves has a renewed desire to collaborate. She’ll bring her repertoire of jazz standards, pop hits and Brazilian music to the Sheldon on Thursday.

The Music at the Intersection festival returns for a second year, with national headliners like Erykah Badu, Gary Clark Jr. and plenty of room for local acts. Festival organizers aim to make this year’s event even bigger with vendors and indoor and outdoor stages.

Jazz St. Louis President and CEO Gene Dobbs Bradford will step down after more than 20 years of leading the organization. Bradford, who leaves this week to head the Savannah Music Festival in Georgia, said he’s excited about the future of jazz in St. Louis.

Dennis Owsley, the author, photographer and jazz historian who hosted the St. Louis Public Radio show “Jazz Unlimited” until 2019, has died in Arizona. He was 78.

On his jazz-pop album “Saint Unity,” songwriter Ryan Marquez combines original material with interpretations of songs by the Beatles, No Doubt and other groups.

Jazz St. Louis and St. Louis Public Radio (STLPR) announce the launch of The Next Set: Live From Jazz St. Louis, a new radio show bringing the improvisational art of live jazz music, performed from the Ferring Jazz Bistro stage, into the ears of listeners across the region.

Ferguson native Keyon Harrold started jamming at Jazz at the Bistro when he was just a teen. It led to lifelong friendships — and the connections that launched his career as a jazz trumpeter. He discussed his new role as the creative advisor at Jazz St. Louis, previously known as Jazz at the Bistro, and why jazz purists need to open their eyes to other music genres.

A documentary film chronicles the short but influential history of Black Artists Group, an interdisciplinary creative collective that emphasized Black empowerment in St. Louis.

With St. Louisans stuck in their homes as they comply with stay-at-home orders to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, the city’s musicians are…

The late, great jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington once said, “Whether it be Shakespeare or jazz, the only thing that counts is the emotional…