Notes from the Net: Miles Davis, Oliver Lake, and others reviewed; Greg Osby in residence; Eric Person on the road; and more

It's been way too long since our last installment of this supposedly regular feature compiling news from around the Internet, and so there's quite a backlog of material related to current and former St. Louisans, starting with more reviews of Miles Davis' Complete On The Corner Sessions box set from the Village Voice, BBC and Guardian, plus an extended analysis from AllAboutJazz.com.

* Also via AllAboutJazz.com, here's another review of Miles Davis Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival.

* From Bagatellen, here's a review of saxophonist Oliver Lake's recently reissued trio session Zaki.

* And here's one more review of the Cinematic Orchestra's recent CD Ma Fleur, which features guest vocals from Fontella Bass.

* The Boston Globe had a feature story on saxophonist Marty Ehrlich and pianist Myra Melford. They're doing some live shows based on the material from their recent duo CD Spark.

* Saxophonist Greg Osby will be doing a residency at Middle Tenneessee University later this month.

* Multi-reed man J.D. Parran is part of panel discussion of the influence of non-Western musics on jazz, found in the latest edition of the fine online magazine Point of Departure.

* Still touring in support of his most recent CD, saxophonist Eric Person got some press from the Rocky Mountain News while in Denver to play at a club called Dazzle.

* And there's a new recording reuniting former St. Louis Symphony Orchestra music director and conductor Leonard Slatkin, now heading up the Detroit Symphony, and onetime SLSO composer-in-residence Joan Tower.

* Catching up with some items relating to recent visitors to St. Louis, here's a review of Tony Bennett's new CD, The Great American Songbook, Vol 1 by Blogcritics' Holly Hughes.

* Perpetually touring avant-garde pianist Thollem McDonas will be in Philadelphia to play a show as part of the Bowerbird series.

* Bassist Esperanza Spalding makes a cameo appearance on the new CD from fellow bassman Stanley Clarke.

* The jazz indie label Dreyfus Records has released A Life in Time, a Roy Haynes career retrospective box set containing 3 CDs and a DVD, briefly reviewed by the New York Times here. The review also covers several other recent releases, including the latest CD from trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, issued by the St. Louis based label MAXJAZZ. And speaking of reviews pf MAXJAZZ releases, AllAboutJazz.com has one of guitarist Russell Malone's latest, Live at the Jazz Standard, Vol. 2, here.

* Turning to the "coming attractions" file, the jazz-fusion band The Yellowjackets and guitarist Mike Stern are both scheduled to perform seperate gigs at Jazz at the Bistro in 2008, but first, it looks like they may be teaming up for a joint recording and tour.

* Trumpeter Chris Botti returns to St. Louis in January to play the Touhill Performing Arts Center; here's a recent interview with Botti, and a review of his new CD Italia, both from AllAboutJazz.com.

* Last but not least, from the "worth reading" file, here's an recent essay from the always provocative journalist Greg Tate entitled "Black Jazz in the Digital Age."