* Last weekend's production of "Such Sweet Thunder" by Jazz St. Louis, St. Louis Shakespeare Company, Big Muddy Dance Company, and Nine Network was reviewed by Mark Bretz of Ladue News.
* The artwork that will be featured in "The Shape of Abstraction Trumpet and Voice, Call and Response," tonight's performance by trumpeter Keyon Harrold and writer Quincy Troupe at the St. Louis Art Museum, is the subject of a feature story by St. Louis magazine's Samantha Stevenson.
* Stanley Nelson, director of the new documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, was interviewed by AllAboutJazz.com's Victor L. Schermer.
* The Sheldon Concert Hall has posted to Facebook an album of photos from last Saturday's performance by singer Cecile McLoran Salvant.
* When saxophonist and composer Benny Golson was in town last weeks to appear for Jazz St. Louis' "Whitaker Jazz Speaks" series, he also went to the University of Missouri-St. Louis to give a master class to jazz students, which was covered in an article on the UMSL Daily website.
* Radio host, photographer and author Dennis Owsley's new book St. Louis Jazz: A History was reviewed by Repps Hudson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
* In related news, Owsley (pictured) last week announced via social media and emails to friends and colleagues that he and his wife Sara are moving to the Phoenix, AZ area to be close to their grandchildren.
The move already is underway, but Owsley says he'll be continuing his radio program "Jazz Unlimited," which airs Sunday nights on St. Louis Public Radio. Since he's been recording the program on his home computer for more than 10 years and submitting it either on disc or by email, the only change will be "that it goes 1500 miles to St. Louis Public Radio rather than 15 miles," he said.
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