* Drummer Dave Weckl has added a full-length video of his band's reunion performance at last year's Chesterfield Jazz Festival to the offerings at his online school. He's also posted to YouTube some short sample excerpts from the show, including "Synergy," "Tower of Inspiration" and "Mud Sauce."
* The Red and Black Brass Band's recent visit to the Old North neighborhood was documented by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch/STLtoday in a collection of photos and a video.
* Pianist and St. Louis native Tom McDermott (pictured) is featured on actor Harry Shearer's new "Piano New Orleans" YouTube channel, performing in three mini-recitals (so far) which you can see here, here and here.
* HEC-TV has posted online A Celebration of the Life & Music of Ray Kennedy, a tribute to the late St. Louis pianist featuring Kennedy's former employer, guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli, along with pianist Konrad Paszkudski, bassist Martin Pizzarelli, and John and Martin's dad, the late guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli.
* Guitarist Vincent Varvel recorded a solo version of "Here Comes the Sun" for a series of "Musical Postcards" from music faculty members at Washington University.
* Miss Jubilee and the Yas-Yas Boys have a new album, Cool It If You Can, recorded in January as live-in-the-studio performances at Bigtone Records in Bristol, VA. It's now available in digital form via their Bandcamp page, with a physical release to follow at a date TBD.
* The DVD of the documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool was reviewed by AllAboutJazz.com's Doug Collette.
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