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SUMMARY:Kendrick Smith's
DESCRIPTION:The Kendrick Smith Trio Comes to Blue Strawberry Wednesday La
 te Nights! Voted "Best Night Out" by St. Louis Magazine for their 2024 A
 -List Awards. "Each Wednesday\, Blue Strawberry opens its doors to compo
 sers\, instrumentalists\, and vocalists for an open jazz jam hosted by s
 axophonist Kendrick Smith. It would be worth visiting just to enjoy a co
 cktail and Smith’s musical stylings\, but the rotating cast of character
 s who hop on stage make each iteration feel fresh and special." - St. Lo
 uis Magazine From 9:30pm to 12:30am on Wednesdays\, Kendrick Smith hosts
  Wednesday Late Night at Blue Strawberry. The Kendrick Smith Trio kicks 
 the evening off. Interested composers\, players\, vocalists and students
  are invited to stop by every week and join in the music making. “I’m ex
 cited to serve as host of Wednesday Late Nights at Blue Strawberry\,” sa
 ys St. Louis’s own jazz standout. “With all the talent we have around to
 wn and coming through\, there is a lot of music to be made.” Saxophonist
 \, composer\, and educator Kendrick Smith was born and raised in East St
 . Louis. His love and gift for music was realized as a child during his 
 grade school years\, where a whirlwind musical career would begin. Kendr
 ick attended Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (SIUE) on scholar
 ship\, where he began studying Jazz Performance under soulful pianist an
 d educator Reggie Thomas. Kendrick has played as a solo act\, and with h
 is group\, the Kendrick Smith Trio\, all over the St. Louis Metropolitan
  Area. His first residency was at the Premier Lounge in St. Louis\, wher
 e he played a weekly jazz matinee. As indication of his growing notoriet
 y\, he was featured and compared to jazz giant Charlie Parker in local n
 ewspaper\, The St. Louis American\, in an entitled\, “Baby Bird Stretche
 s Jazz Wings”. Other stages and venues he has graced include The Fat Cat
  and Smalls\, both of New York City\, Jazz at the Bistro\, Sheldon Conce
 rt Hall\, and Blueberry Hill\, and Thurman’s Bar and Grill. Kendrick is 
 looking forward to some very promising prospects: the debut of first alb
 um (released Spring 2019) and the feature of his original classical cata
 log\, to be played by the University City Symphony Orchestra. All indica
 tive of his creative and exploratory composing skills. Kendrick has also
  been selected to compose trailer music for an upcoming independent Holl
 ywood film\, He has played along some influential musicians/artists to i
 nclude: Kirk Whalum\, Greg Osby\, Russell Gun\, Emanuel Harold\, The Tem
 ptations\, and playwright and poet Ntozake Shange. In 2021 he started an
  instrumental reed and mouthpiece company named Truly Reeds. The reeds a
 re currently available in every major music store in the St. Louis Metro
 politan area. Kendrick has been called one of the emerging pillars of th
 e St. Louis music scene and looks forward to fulfilling that prophecy. I
 n 2022 he became the director of “Build A Yes” a Jazz music society base
 d in St. Louis. In his own words\, his vision is to “Strive for excellen
 ce\, show forth professionalism on and off the bandstand\, to touch peop
 le\, and to keep jazz music alive and moving forward.”\n\nMore info: htt
 ps://bluestrawberrystl.com/show/detail/2233\n\nhttps://findlocal.communi
 ty/event/6d8582b5-e8bf-4b39-83ad-615a613e77ee
LOCATION:Blue Strawberry\, St. Louis\, MO
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/6d8582b5-e8bf-4b39-83ad-615a613e77e
 e
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