* Drummer and educator Bernard Long Jr. has been named to the Percussive Arts Society's Education Committee for 2020-21. Long is band director at Normandy High School and also teaches at Lindenwood University.
* HEAL Center for the Arts, the not-for-profit organization founded by saxophonist and educator Harvey Lockhart (pictured), now has its own office space, having moved into the the former home of EarthWays Center, now known as Hansen House, at 3617 Grandel Square in Grand Center.
* Whatever Is Not Stone Is Light, the latest album release from bassist (and recent transplant to St. Louis) Damon Smith, was reviewed by AllAboutJazz.com's Mark Corrato.
* Voting in DownBeat's annual readers poll is now open. You can see the nominees, which this year include St. Louis natives Oliver Nelson and Grant Green in the "Hall of Fame" category, and cast your ballot (or write in any favorites not listed) here.
* Edgar Wilkinson, bassist and tuba player who worked in St. Louis in the 1950s with the Dixie Stompers and other bands, died at age 87 in Highland Park, IL.
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