StLJN 2009 year in review

On this final day of 2009, let's take a look back at some of the most newsworthy, noteworthy and/or interesting items posted here on St. Louis Jazz Notes over the past 12 months:

January 2009

• Hamiet Bluiett on Freddie Hubbard
• Bailing out the arts
• More "Best Jazz of 2008" lists
• Jim Manley releases new CD
• St. Louis Jazz Club sets 2009 schedule
• "Peanuts" Whalum featured in Cincinnati's City Beat
• Free Improv Orchestra to perform Wednesday, January 21 at the Way Out Club
• Sheldon's "Visions of Sound" exhibit to feature musical instrument collection
• Jeanne Trevor to receive St. Louis Arts Award
• Jazz at the Bistro makes Down Beat's 2009 list of "100 Great Jazz Clubs"
• Catching up with Jean Kittrell
• Review: Dave Holland Quintet at the Sheldon Concert Hall
• The Pageant nominated for Pollstar's "Nightclub of the Year"
• More on the St. Louis Jazz Cafe

February 2009

• Denise Thimes, Bosman Twins to receive Legend Awards
• Jazz and Blues Vespers series schedules concerts by Willie Akins, Ptah Williams, Steve Schenkel & Ashley Mason
• Bob Brookmeyer, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra to play in Columbia on February 18
• Jazz at Holmes announces spring 2009 schedule
• Freedonia Music releases Exiles KalimbaMania CD
• Clark Terry hospitalized again, but now on the mend
• Black Rep announces Sunday concert series
• Mae Wheeler tribute previewed in Playbill
• Rick Haydon, Reggie & Mardra Thomas release Eastern Central Pacific
• Missouri Botanical Garden announces 2009 Whitaker Music Festival lineup

March 2009

• Benefit show for Gus Thornton to be held this Sunday, March 8 at BB's
• St. Louis Jazz Cafe to open Saturday, March 21 with Erin Bode
• Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival set for April 16-18 with guests Peter Erskine, Lou Marini, John Pizzarelli, and Jon Faddis
• Stan Hale CD release event set for Sunday, April 19
• Miles Davis Jazz Festival to open new Alton amphitheater on Saturday, May 16
• Erin Bode and band traveling to Japan to perform at Cotton Club Tokyo
• Is jazz coming back to downtown St. Louis?
• Bradford's culinary prowess featured in Post article
• Bela Fleck's Africa Project featured in RFT story
• Radio station KFUO is for sale
• April is Jazz Appreciation Month

April 2009

• Jazz world going all a-Twitter
• The Sheldon sending jazz quintet to Pinckneyville
• Sheldon Concert Hall announces 2009-10 season
• Kevin Cole of Webster Groves HS featured in JazzEd Magazine
• Urban Eats Cafe hosting show of Tony Renner's jazz-inspired art
• Greg Osby featured in RFT story
• Second annual Record Store Day is this Saturday, April 18
• The Sheldon's "Coffee Concerts" to feature local jazz artists
• St. Louis Jazz Notes turns four
• Riverfront Times announces 2009 Music Award nominees

May 2009

• Jazz at the Bistro announces summer schedule
• LNAC fundraiser on Sunday, May 10 to benefit music education program
• Glendale Jazz Festival to celebrate tenth year on Friday, May 22
• Don Wolff's "I Love Jazz" radio program moving to 8:00 p.m. Fridays, expanding to four hours
• SIU-E officials silent as rumors fly about possible changes at WSIE
• Edison Theatre announces 2009-10 season
• Belleville's Wine, Dine and Jazz Festival set for Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6
• Sonny Rollins to play at the Touhill on Saturday, September 19
• Peter Martin releases new solo piano CD Set of Five
• Live on the Levee once again snubs jazz and blues
• Sheldon Concert Hall producing concerts in downtown St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve
• Miles Davis' 1970 Fillmore East concert available as free download
• Happy birthday, Miles Davis

June 2009

• Jazz at Holmes announces summer schedule
• The Nu-Art Series to present three events in June
• More road work ahead for Erin Bode
• MAXJAZZ releasing new CD from guitarist Jack Wilkins
• Jazz St. Louis announces 2009-10 season schedule for Jazz at the Bistro
• Bosman Twins, Denise Thimes named among "100 Most Inspiring St. Louisans"
• MAXJAZZ to release new CD by John Proulx in July
• Erin Bode wins "Best Jazz Artist" in Riverfront Times' 2009 Music Awards
• Touhill Performing Arts Center announces 2009-10 season
• The Sheldon, Cardinals Care teaching young baseball players about jazz
• Jim Widner receives award from Down Beat magazine
• Harris-Stowe State University to present jazz concert on August 29

July 2009

• Greg Worzel launches new label with debut CD from teen singer
• Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival set for Saturday, September 19
• St. Louis American's Chris King reporting from Montreal Jazz Festival
• St. Louis Jazz Cafe closes
• Phil Dunlap's Afghanistan adventure
• MAXJAZZ to release new CDs from pianists Manuel Valera and Jeb Patton

August 2009

• Jeremy Davenport releases new CD
• St. Louis jazz presenters get NEA stimulus funds
• Bassist/educator Jim Widner elected to Jazz Education Network board of directors
• Robbie's House of Jazz to open Friday, August 14 with Hamiet Bluiett
• City sponsoring free jazz concerts Wednesdays in O'Fallon Park
• Funky Butt Brass Band releases debut CD
• Board of directors to debate KFUO sale this week
• History Museum schedules fall Twilight Tuesdays concerts
• New book by Kevin Belford chronicles pre-WWII history of St. Louis blues
• Emmy nomination in hand, Don Wolff's I Love Jazz is ready for a second season on HEC-TV
• More on the potential sale of KFUO, changes at WSIE
• #jazzlives Twitter campaign to draw attention, demonstrate support for live jazz
• Jazz at Holmes series sets schedule for Fall 2009

September 2009

• Site news: A new look for St. Louis Jazz Notes
• New Music Circle announces 2009-10 season schedule
• Nu-Art Series to present concerts by Trio 3, Rasul Siddik
• Luther Thomas 1950-2009
• Gene Dobbs Bradford wins leadership award from St. Louis Business Journal
• Jazz Education Network to hold first conference next May in St. Louis
• Arch City Chronicle story says sale of KFUO will happen in October

October 2009

• St. Louis Jazz and Blues Vespers to begin second season on Sunday, October 18
• Riverfront Times announces 2009 "Best of St. Louis" winners
• Sale of radio station KFUO finalized
• More coverage of KFUO sale
• More on the KFUO sale
• Zimbabwe Nkenya releasing new CD, performing in-store at Vintage Vinyl
• on Monday, October 26
• Site news: St. Louis Jazz Notes now on Twitter and Facebook
• Lloyd Bartlett, jazz pianist and former St. Louisan, dead at age 85
• SIUE chancellor Vandegrift says WSIE will keep jazz format
• Memorial service for Leanne Butts to be held Thursday, October 29
• KFUO files application for license transfer

November 2009

• 2009 St. Louis International Film Festival to screen Chops and Icons Among Us, plus more music-related movies
• Site news: StLJN goes mobile, plus a map of St. Louis jazz venues, and more
• Site news: StLJN post #2,000
• Peter Martin to present new jazz concert series
• More on the new Peter Martin Music series

December 2009

• Petitioners challenge KFUO sale
• Jazz St. Louis announces more bookings for Jazz at the Bistro
• Ross Gentile files suit against SIUE
• Brian Owens releases new CD/DVD
• Site news: Help compile a St. Louis jazz list on Twitter
• Police investigating shooting, robbery outside Spruill's
• Cabaret St. Louis announces benefit gala, more shows for 2010
• Bob Borgestede memorial concert set for Friday, January 15
• Larry Johnson CD release event set for Tuesday, December 29 at the Sheldon
• Riverfront Times wraps up 2009 in St. Louis music
• Eight more cabaret shows coming to Kranzberg Arts Center
• Buyers raising funds for KFUO purchase, responding to petitions
• Rounding up the "Best Jazz of 2009" lists

Thanks to all of you who have read and/or contributed information, links, comments, and more to this site during this past year. Here's hoping that your New Year will filled with peace, prosperity, and lots of great music. StLJN will be on a holiday posting schedule until Saturday, when the weekly video showcase post will appear as usual.