The World Saxophone Quartet
The World Saxophone Quartet, which includes former St. Louisan Oliver Lake and current Metro East resident Hamiet Bluiett, performed this week in San Francisco and were the subjects of a feature story from one of the local weeklies. The WSQ comes to St. Louis in February for a four-night run at Jazz at the Bistro...An upcoming screening of the 2004 film Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue in Hartford, CT is rekindling, however briefly, the controvery over Miles Davis' electric period, with critic Stanley Crouch taking the negative side and percussionist Mtume on the pro-electric-Miles side...A new Web site called Art of the States showcases the work of living composers from all 50 of these United States, with biographies and Real Audio streams. Among the Missouri-related composers featured are John Zorn, who matriculated at Webster University, and Bob James, who's from Marshall, MO (and once posed for an album cover photo wearing his red Marshall Owls windbreaker)...Speaking of music online, All About Jazz has just opened what it's calling the Daily Download center, with a new free MP3 by a different jazz group or musician featured every day. Musicians interested in having their music offered for download can get details here.
And finally, I couldn't help but notice that the recent demise of Red Radio, the St. Louis station that featured jazz, swing, blues and adult pop, has generated a lot of search traffic here over the last couple of weeks. I take that to mean that the fans of Red really miss the station, and they've got company in Las Vegas, where the similarly formatted KJUL just switched to country music. Fans of KJUL's old "adult standards" format are so up in arms that they're actually staging a protest this weekend. Red radio fans, please note: I'm not suggesting you follow suit, mostly because it won't do any good. I just thought it was interesting that these folks were so upset over the loss of their favorite radio station. You don't see that kind of listener commitment much these days. As for St. Louisans feeling the loss of Red, I hope the online streaming version found here will at least serve as something of a palliative for your pain. Also, don't forget that the Red format also is still broadcast over the air on Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons by 97.1 FM.
(edited 10/21/05 to fix typos)
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