Has it really been nearly two weeks since the last installment of "Notes from the Net"? I guess so, because there are a lot of news items piled up in the ol' inbox:* Let's start things off with our traditional roundup of Miles Davis-related news, specifically Ben Ratliff's New York Times review of a newly issued Davis CD, Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival, one of a series of live recordings released by Monterey Jazz Festival Records.
* Next are two more reviews of Miles' Complete On The Corner Sessions box set, one from the New York Sun by Martin Harrison - "It may not have been jazz as we know it, but the Miles Davis band of the early '70s created great music, and the final document of the Davis reissue project presents it with fabulous detail" - and one from the New Yorker by Sasha Frere Jones
* One of Miles' trumpets is being auctioned off as part of an October 14th sale of fine musical instruments that will also include some of George Benson's guitars.
* Oliver Lake has a new CD reissue. Now available on the hatHut label, Zaki is a trio session recorded live in 1979 that features Lake (saxophones), Michael Gregory Jackson (guitar) and Pheeroan akLaff (drums).
* More CD reviews: The blog Free Jazz takes a listen to the new Marty Ehrlich/Myra Melford CD Spark, while eJazzNews had a brief review of guitarist Joe Friedman's Cup O' Joe.
* Trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis, who's coming to St. Louis this week to play at Jazz at the Bistro, just got done performing at the Columbus Jazz and Blues Festival in Columbus, MS. When he's finished in the Gateway City, the third-youngest of the Marsalis clan will be heading to New York to play with his older brother Branford Marsalis in a program for Jazz at Lincoln Center featuring the works of Gil Evans. Trumpeter Terell Stafford, who records for St. Louis based MAXJAZZ label and will play the Bistro in February, also will be part of the group performing the Evans tribute.
* Speaking of acts playing the Bistro later this season, the Heath Brothers are performing this weekend at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, while singer Karrin Allyson has signed with a new management firm.
* Meanwhile, Tony Bennett, who's playing St. Louis' Fox Theatre on October 27, has a new CD, a DVD and a book of his paintings all coming out this fall.
* The Bad Plus, who will return to the Bistro the first weekend of January, are being their usual media friendly selves, with drummer Dave King interviewed by Indianapolis Post before a gig there, and the entire band doing another interview with AllAboutJazz.com. Over on their own blog, the members of the Bad Plus recently discussed their penchant for covering popular songs, while the Secret Society's Darcy James Argue chimed in with some contextually relevant observations about the history of ironic covers in jazz.
* From the "items of general jazz interest" file: After years of effort, John Coltrane's home in New Jersey has been added to both the New York State and the National Register of Historic Places.
* And finally, the New York Times economics blog recently had an entertaining and thought-provoking panel on the future of the music industry that's worth a few minutes of reading time.
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