Friday, March 20, 2020

So What: Local News, Notes & Links

Here's StLJN's latest wrap-up of assorted links and short news items of local interest:

* St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts is presenting a free online workshop for artists next Monday, March 23, featuring attorney Laila Wolfgram talking about copyright and related issues.

For details or to register, visit https://vlaa.org/get-smart/workshops-clinics/.

* A recent post on Marc Myers' Jazzwax blog spotlighted the two albums saxophonist, composer and St. Louis native Oliver Nelson (pictured) made with multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy.

* Trumpeter Miles Davis' "Second Great Quintet" was featured on last week's episode of WTJU's "Jazz at 100."

* In related news, an article at the website Consequence of Sound looks back at "10 Mind Blowing Miles Davis Collaborations."

* Consequence of Sound also is holding a drawing for a free copy of the mega box set The Genius of Miles Davis, and is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Davis' album Bitches Brew by making it the focus of this season of their podcast The Opus. You can listen to episode one of that podcast here.

* Davis also is the subject of MilesStyle: The Fashion of Miles Davis, a book by Michael Stradford that will be released on Tuesday, May 12.

* Finally, the recent documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, now streaming on Netflix and on the PBS app and website, was reviewed in TV Guide.

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