Here's StLJN's latest wrap-up of assorted links and short news items of local interest:
* Stories, the new album from bassist Tom Kennedy (pictured), was reviewed by AllAboutJazz.com's Jim Worsley.
* Singer Ralph Williams Jr. was the featured guest on a recent episode of podcaster Brenda Moss' "All About That Jazz."
* Saxophonist Rev. Cliff Aerie and trumpeter Tim Osiek of the Oikos Ensemble have made ten of their "Worship Jazz" arrangements available as free downloads for use "in your worship streaming or for personal and group meditation."
The arrangements, along with YouTube links, lyrics (where applicable), and more, are available via individual posts on the "Worship Jazz" blog; go here and scroll down to see all the posts.
* The 50th anniversary of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew was the subject of a feature story on the website Get Into This.
* In celebration of that 50th anniversary, the Miles Davis Estate announced a vinyl reissue of Bitches Brew, and shared what seem to be some previously unseen video clips of a show by Davis from 1969 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
* And in related news, Consequence of Sound's podcast The Opus this week continued its season-long, in-depth focus on Bitches Brew with episode two, titled "Bitches Brew: The Indefinable Greatness of Miles Davis."
* Jazz Journal republished their original review from 1970 of Davis' In A Silent Way.
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