* The Arts United STL online benefit staged this past Sunday, May 31 by 16 St. Louis arts organizations to raise funds for the Regional Arts Commission (RAC) Artist Relief Fund exceeded its goal of $250,000, raising a total of $350,000.
The money will go to emergency grants to working artists whose livelihoods have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The Arts United STL benefit performance can be viewed in its entirety on YouTube. Applications for funding are being accepted through June 12, and you still can donate to the relief fund here.
* The Funky Butt Brass Band's latest album Onward was reviewed by New Orleans music magazine Offbeat.
* In what will be one the first live jazz gigs in St. Louis since the COVID-19 shutdown, trumpeter Jim Manley and keyboardist Chris Swan will perform for brunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. this coming Sunday, June 7 at Evangeline's. StLJN continues to monitor the situation with regard to local live performances, in hopes of being able to update and restart the StLJN Jazz Calendar in the near future.
* The new book MilesStyles: The Fashion of Miles Davis was reviewed by the UK's Jazz Journal.
* As yet another reminder of the long history of police violence against black people in the USA, ClassicFM.com looks back at when Miles Davis was assaulted by NYC cops one night outside the famed jazz club Birdland more than 60 years ago.
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