* Bassist and St. Louis native Tom Kennedy (pictured) is the subject of an AllAboutJazz.com feature story by writer Jim Worsley.
* Drummer Marcus Baylor and The Baylor Project were featured on a recent episode of John King's Arts and Rhythm Live in San Antonio on NBC affiliate WOAI.
* The Gaslight Squares' New Years Eve performance at Pacific Opera House was reviewed by The Syncopated Times.
* The new documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, which premiered this week at the Sundance Film Festival, so far has been reviewed in the Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and Salt Lake City's SLUG magazine. Director Stanley Nelson also was interviewed about the film on an episode of "Radiowest" on Salt Lake City NPR affiliate KUER.
* Ron Sikes, percussionist for the Funky Butt Brass Band and director of bands at Jefferson R-VII District in Festus, will direct the Southeast Missouri All-District Jazz Band and serve as a clinician at Three Rivers College's 28th annual Jazz Festival on February 7 and 9.
* The St. Louis Banjo Club has elected a slate of officers for 2019 including John Williams as the organization's new president and Tina Miller as the new treasurer, with Don Dempsey continuing as secretary and Joe Feager as music director. The group meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at Affton Elks Club, and will celebrate their 50th anniversary this year with an event in November at the National Blues Museum, date and details TBA.
* SeatGeek.com and the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans have teamed up to produce a video about trumpeter, singer and U City Native Jeremy Davenport as part of a online series called "The Sounds of New Orleans."
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