Miles Davis
With the 80th anniversary of the late Miles Davis' birth coming up on Friday, May 26, various tributes and commemorations are popping up all over the Net. This article provides a brief overview of several Miles-related projects set for this year, including another concert DVD, a tribute CD featuring remixes of his music by contemporary musicians and producers, and a gallery exhibition of his paintings...Way back East in Springfield, MA, blogger Jeffrey Siegel is doing a whole series of Davis-related posts (with accompanying podcasts) on his site Straight No Chaser under the moniker "May is for Miles". So far, there are eight installments examining various phases of Davis' career. You can read the first one here and work forward, or go backward from the most recent one.
In other news about former St. Louisans, alto saxophonist Oliver Lake has a new trio CD with Andrew Cyrille and Reggie Workman, as well as a new live quartet CD, and the prolific saxophonist John Zorn also has a new release on his Tzadik label entitled Moonchild.
On the road: Trombonist Brett Stamps, who teaches at SIU-Edwardsville, and pianist Ken Kehner, an instructor at UMSL, recently joined Kansas City trumpeter Mike Metheny for a trip north to teach and perform with students at an Iowa high school...Meawhile, Scott Air Force Base's Shades of Blue jazz band recently traveled to Calumet, Michigan to perform.
Comings and goings: Vocalist Karrin Allyson was in St. Louis earlier this year to perform at Finale. Read a review of her latest CD Footprints here...After playing at Jazz at the Bistro earlier this month, pianist Kenny Barron was among the musicians performing at a benefit for the international women's rights organization Equality Now!...Composer Alvin Lucier, who was in St. Louis in April, took part in a New Music Marathon at Chicago's Northwestern University this past weekend...Roy Hargrove, who's played here over the last year with Herbie Hancock and the hip-hop influenced RH Factor, has two new CDs - one straight-ahead, the other electric and funky - showcasing his trumpet skills...Drummer Jeff Hamilton, here last month for the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, was interviewed recently for All About Jazz...And saxophonist John Ellis, who was just in St. Louis for a performance last week, has made available a track from his new CD as a free downloadable MP3. For more Ellis, you can also download this complete performance from last year at the famed Bay Area jazz club Yoshi's for free.
As for the coming attractions, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, who's booked for next season at the Bistro, also did an interview with AAJ recently, and was the subject of one of the site's critical appreciations as well...Violinist Regina Carter is also set to play the Bistro next year, and in this article about her appearance with Eddie Palmieri at LA's Playboy Jazz Festival, Carter discusses how the death of her mother made her reconsider her career in music...Hammond B-3 expert Joey DeFrancesco and mallet percussionist Bobby Hutcherson will play the Sheldon next season, and you can read a review of their recent collaborative CD here...The Rendezvous All-Stars smooth jazz package will play The Pageant in July, and in this article, previewing their appearance in Palm Springs, CA, bassist Wayman Tisdale talks about his music and the Rendezvous tour...Also on this summer's schedule is the Clarke-Duke Project, set to perform at the US Bank St. Louis Jazz and Heritage Festival next month, and keyboardist George Duke talks about hitting the road again with bassist Stanley Clarke here...And the New York Times recently reviewed a couple of acts that will hit St. Louis in 2007, assessing a recent NYC performance by the trio Fly here, and one by vocalist and MAXJAZZ recording artist Nancy King with pianist Fred Hersch here. (Fly will buzz the Bistro in January, while Hersch will perform at the Sheldon in February.)
(Edited after posting to add a couple of links.)
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