Karrin Allyson
The music of Miles Davis will be the subject of an extended tour this fall and into the spring, performed by a group led by trumpeter Eddie Henderson and featuring Davis alumnus Jimmy Cobb on drums, with Wayne Escoffery on tenor saxophone, Dave Kikoski on piano, Edward Howard on bass and, on some dates, alto saxophonists Steve Wilson or Antonio Hart. Repertoire will drawn from a list including "So What," "On Green Dolphin Street," "Blue in Green," "Someday My Prince Will Come," "Old Folks," "All Blues," "'Round Midnight," "Prince of Darkness," "Freedom Jazz Dance," "Footprints," "If I Were a Bell," "Gingerbread Boy" and "Masqualero." The group will perform in Atlanta; Appleton, Wisconsin; Detroit; Sprint, Texas; Mesa, Arizona; at four dates in California and in Anchorage, Alaska. No St. Louis show yet, though....Meanwhile, it looks like Davis' highly anticipated Cellar Door Sessions box set may never see the light of day, due to legal hassles with the Davis estate. Miles Radio has details...Versatile multi-reedman and St. Louis native Marty Ehrlich will perform next weekend in NYC with the Muhal Richard Abrams big band. And there's another review of Ehrlich's new CD News On The Rail here...Kansas City based vocalist Karrin Allyson is set to appear at Finale later this month. You can read a review of her recent NYC performance here. (If you reach a page asking you register to read the story, try this link to see the same article.)...St. Louis writer Terry Perkins does a regular column for All About Jazz featuring his jazz picks for each month. The November edition of "Gateway Grooves" is now online....And finally, for some real "raw, fresh music," check out this item about the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra, which, as the name implies, plays music on instruments made from vegetables. Some might think the idea sounds corny, but it seems in perfectly good taste to me.
(Edited 11/6/05 to fix a spelling error)
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