Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month

T. Renner, "Portrait of Dave Brubeck," 2008, acrylic on paper, 10.5" x 13.5".

April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and to celebrate I will be displaying a bunch of my jazz orientated pieces at Urban Eats Cafe, 3301 Meramec Avenue, in the Dutchtown neighborhood of St Louis.

On Sunday, April 19, you can join me for brunch at Urban Eats from 10:00 a.m. 'til 2:00 p.m. Not sure exactly what the special menu items will be but think New Orleans....

I will also have work on display at Urban Eats in May and June, with accompanying Sunday brunches. Stay tuned for further details.

By the way, this portrait of Dave Brubeck was my first attempt at a portrait. I used the cover of the January 2008 issue of DownBeat magazine as my model. Click on the thumbnail to see a full-size version!

Playlist: March 26, 2009

Shugo Tokumaru * * * La La Radio * * * Exit * * * Almost Gold

Skip James * * * Hardtime Killing Floor Blues * * * Hardtime Killing Floor Blues * * * Biograph

John Coltrane * * * The Last Blues * * * The Classic Quartet -- Complete Impulse Studio Recordings * * * Impulse

Wise In Time * * * Nine * * * 20 Ways to Walk Through Walls * * * Crammed Discs

Animal Collective * * * Summertime Clothes * * * Merriweather Post Pavilion * * * Domino

Andrew Hill * * * Dedication * * * Point of Departure * * * Blue Note

Ted Gioia Trio * * * All The Things You Are * * * The End of the Open Road * * * Quartet Records

Erik Satie (Roman Schwaller, tenor sax, Woody Schabata, vibes) * * * Vexations 1801 * * * Vienna Art Orchestra: the Minimalism of Erik Satie * * * Hatology

Charley Patton * * * Prayer of Death (Part 1) * * * King of the Delta Blues * * * Yazoo

Anthony Braxton and Dave Holland * * * You Stepped Out of A Dream * * * Five Pieces 1975 * * * Arista

Ornette Coleman and Charlie Haden * * * Soap Suds * * * Soap Suds, Soap Suds * * * Verve Harmolodic

Gastr del Sol * * * Eight Corners * * * Mirror Repair * * * Drag City

Nathaniel Bartlett * * * Silhouettes * * * Precipice: Modern Marimba * * * Albany

(Note: Today's show ran from 9:50 to 10:20 a.m.)

Playlist: March 19, 2009

dot tape dot * * * Slow Birds for Mayo T. * * * Tomavistas * * * Electracities

Oliver Messiaen (Carl-Axel Dominique, piano) * * * Le Traquet rieur * * * The Complete Bird Music for Solo Piano * * * BIS

Cecil Taylor * * * Indent: second layer, part one * * * Indent * * * Arista Freedom

Wolfgang Rihm (Ensemble Recherche) * * * Kolchis (for harp, piano, violin, double-bass * * * Wergo 40 Years * * * Wergo

Charles Ives (William Parker, baritone; Dalton Baldwin, pinao; Ani Kavafian, violin) * * * Sunrise * * * Nine Songs by Charles Ives * * * New World

Anthony Braxton * * * Scene One * * * Composition No. 173 * * * Black Saint

Archie Shepp * * * Epitaph of a Small Winner * * * Black Gypsy * * * Prestige

[Note: today's show ran from 9:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.]

Playlist for March 12, 2009

Dave Brubeck Quartet * * * Closing Time Blues * * * Red Hot and Cool * * * Columbia

Dave Brubeck Quartet * * * When You're Smiling * * * At Storyville: 1954 * * * Columbia

Charles Ives (Gregory Fulkerson, violin, and Robert Shannon, piano) * * * Sonata No. 3, 2nd Movment (Allegro) * * * Sonatas for Violin and Piano * * * Bridge * * * Classical

Will Ezell * * * Mixed Up Rag * * * Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here * * * Yazoo

Arnold Schoenberg (New Vienna String Quartet) * * * String Quartet No. 4, 1st Movement (Allegro molto. Energico) * * * String Quartets * * * Philips

Anthony Braxton, Kenny Wheeler, Leroy Jenkins, Dave Holland, Jerome Cooper * * * Side Two, Cut Three * * * New York, Fall 1974 * * * Arista

Charles Ives (The Lydian String Quartet) * * * Hallowe'en * * * The String Quartets * * * Centaur

Dave Brubeck Quartet * * * Slow and Easy (a.k.a. Lawless Mike) * * * Time Further Out * * * Columbia

Dave Brubeck * * * Fatha * * * Countdown: Time In Outer Space * * * Columbia

Big Joe Williams * * * Coffeehouse Blues * * * 55 Years of Blues * * * Delmark

Ernest Stoneman and Mike Seeger * * * I'm Alone, All Alone * * * Masters of Old-time Autoharp * * * Smithsonian Folkways

Sun Ra * * * Brainville * * * 55 Years of Jazz * * * Delmark

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble * * * Ornette * * * Mama's House Live * * * Katalyst

JPP * * * Tango de Caro * * * Artology * * * NorthSide

Anton Webern (Emerson String Quartet) * * * Rondo for String Quartet * * * Complete Webern * * * Deustsche Grammophon

Captain Beefheart * * * Ashtray Heart * * * Doc at the Radar Station * * * Virgin

Ornette Coleman and Joachim Kuhn * * * Faxing * * * Colors * * * Harmolodic

Ornette Coleman and Joachim Kuhn * * * * * * Colors * * * Harmolodic

Erik Satie (Alexandre Tharaud, Eric LeSage, pianos) * * * Cinema * * * Next-to-Last Thoughts * * * Harmonia Mundi

Alban Berg (Steffen Schleiermacher, Markus Zegehor, pianos) * * * Variations from "Lulu" for piano 4 hands by Hans Erich Apostel * * * The Vienese School: Teachers and Followers * * * Musikproduction

Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams * * * Walkin' * * * Live at the Plugged Nickel * * * Columbia

Playlist for March 5, 2009

Lee Konitz * * * Peacemeal

J.B. Hutto * * * Evening Train * * * 55 Years of Blues * * * Delmark

Jelly Roll Morton * * * Dead Man Blues

Louis Armstrong * * * St. Louis Blues

Bix Beiderbecke * * * Futuristic Rhythm

South Street Trio * * * Whiskey and Gin Blues

Leroy Carr * * * I Keep the Blues

Curtis Fuller * * * 55 Years of Jazz * * * Delmark

Clifton Anderson * * * Deja Blu * * * Decade * * * Emarcy

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble * * * All Blues * * * Mama's House Live * * * Katalyst