Sunday Session: September 27, 2020

John McLaughlin

Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest:

* CTI Records: Ten Tasty Albums With No Added Sugar (Almost) (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Alexis Cole: Teaching & Learning (Jazz Times)
* Funk Legend Steve Arrington Celebrates a Long Career with “Down to The Lowest Terms” (Bandcamp.com)
* Albert Murray Talking Modernism, Race, and Jazz (Hyperallergic.com)
* Third of British musicians may quit industry amid pandemic (The Guardian)
* Rediscovering The Enormous Social And Spiritual Legacy Of Black Jazz Records (NPR)
* When Front Page Challenge met Ella Fitzgerald (CBC)
* Regina Carter’s Extraordinary Career Continues to Evolve (San Francisco Classical Voice)
* 12 synths that could have been classics, but weren’t (MusicRadar.com)
* Punch the 'Clockface': Elvis Costello On Making Albums In a Streaming World (Billboard)
* Paul Desmond and the Canadians (JazzHistoryOnline.com)
* Asynchronous Ensembles Come Out Swinging (DownBeat)
* Five Decades On, An Eclectic Church Preaches The Message Of John Coltrane (NPR)
* The Beat of Her Own Drum (TheLAndMag.com)
* John McLaughlin: Where The Muse Leads (AllAboutJazz.com)
* The Band’s Robbie Robertson: “If there was anything wrong with ‘The Last Waltz’ it was that the cocaine wasn’t very good” (NME.com)
* We’ve Got A File On You: Thurston Moore (Stereogum.com)
* Sound Territory: The Genius of Ornette Coleman (Los Angeles Review of Books)
* Congress Is Killing Independent Music Venues (Vice.com)
* Spike Lee Brings David Byrne’s American Utopia to the Big Screen (American Songwriter)
* Rishi Sunak's winter economy plan will silence the UK music scene (The Guardian)
* Documentary Tracks Charters ‘Searching for Secret Heroes’ of Blues Music (UConn.edu)

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra celebrates the greats

As part of StLJN's continuing quest to bring you some sort of jazz-related content here each week (without being able to rely on this feature's primary raison d'etre of previewing upcoming shows in St. Louis), today let's take a look in the video vault of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the New York City-based presenter and producing organization headed by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.

The organization's Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, formed 32 years ago and still directed by Marsalis, takes on as one part of its artistic mission the role of a repertory group, performing new and classic arrangements of music by some of the most important innovators in jazz.

This post includes a half-dozen examples of the JaLCO's celebrations of jazz greats, starting up above with their tribute to the music of Miles Davis, recorded in November 2018 at the Rose Theater in the JaLC HQ in New York.

Along with Marsalis conducting and playing trumpet, the band at this juncture included longtime members such as saxophonists Sherman Irby, Ted Nash and Victor Goines, trumpeters Ryan Kisor, Kenny Rampton, and Marcus Printup, and trombonist Vincent Gardner, plus rising star Camille Thurman on tenor sax, with the lineup rounded out by more top NYC players.

Most of those same musicians also were part of the ensemble for the first video after the jump, which documents the orchestra's tribute to pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, as performed in October 2018 at the Rose Theater.

Next, you can see a recording of a program called "Celebrating Ella: The First Lady of Jazz," recorded in April 2017 and featuring guest vocalists Kenny Washington and Roberta Gambarini plus tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano.

Given Marsalis' known musical conservatism, things take a somewhat unexpected turn in the next video, as JaLCO ofers big band arrangements of the music of Ornette Coleman, recorded in May 2018.

The orchestra is back on more familiar ground in the fifth video, which documents their tribute to the music of Dizzy Gillespie in January 2017.

Last but not least, JaLCO takes on a different kind of challenge in the form of the odd meters of the music of pianist and composer Dave Brubeck, in a program recorded back in April 2014 at Rose Theater.

You can see the rest of today's videos after the jump...

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 magazine interviewed local "arts leaders" including Jazz St. Louis' Gene Dobbs Bradford and singer/songwriter Tonina for an article about how 2020 has changed the city's cultural institutions.

* The recently released album Miles Davis: The Lost Septet, which captures a live set by a 1970 lineup of the trumpeter's band that made no studio recordings, was reviewed in Jazz Journal.

* Another rare Davis performance - his oft-rumored but never-before-seen cameo appearance onstage with Prince - was revealed this week when the singer-songwriter's estate released to YouTube a video of the 1987 New Year's Eve gig in question.

* This Saturday, September 24 is the second of three "RSD Drops" presented in lieu of the annual National Record Store Day celebration cancelled earlier this year. Local stores including Vintage Vinyl and Euclid Records will be taking part by carrying some of the RSD releases; check with your preferred retailer for specific availability, store hours, and other details.

* Drummer Marcus Baylor (pictured) will do a Facebook Live interview at 2:00 p.m. EDT today on the Facebook page and YouTube channel of Sabian Cymbals.

* Saxophonist David Sanborn guest stars on fellow saxophone player Dave Koz's latest single "Side by Side," which can be heard here or wherever you stream or download music.

Sunday Session: September 20, 2020

Tomeka Reid

Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest:

* Hawaii Passes the ‘Truth in Music Advertising Act’ to Prevent ‘Imposter Performers’ That Claim to Be Classic Bands (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Book Review: Crime and Espionage — to the Sounds of Jazz (ArtsFuse.org)
* Discovering—and Preserving—the Earliest Known Stereo Recordings (Pro Sound News)
* Chick Corea bonus Q&A: What he learned playing with Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Stan Getz and others (San Diego Union Tribune)
* New Billie Holiday Documentary to Open in November (VIDEO) (Jazz Times)
* Why the struggle of small venues will affect the entire music industry (MidiaResearch.com)
* LJ Talks to Ricky Riccardi, Author of "Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong" (Library Journal)
* 55 Years Ago: Otis Redding Sets a New Standard With ‘Otis Blue’ (UltimateClassicRock.com)
* Visa fees for foreign artists touring the US to increase by over 50% (NME.com)
* The Thrills and Frustrations of a Rediscovered Thelonious Monk Recording (The New Yorker)
* Remembering Bassist Gary Peacock, with a Recent Conversation on The Checkout (WBGO)
* Fridays at Five: A Look Behind the Scenes (SFJAZZ.org)
* Stanley Crouch, Towering Jazz Critic, Dead At 74 (NPR)
* Bootsy Collins Collaborates With George Benson, Branford Marsalis And More On ‘The Power Of The One’ (DownBeat)
* Is Richard Wagner Simultaneously the Most Controversial and Influential Composer Ever? (Pitchfork.com)
* How South Africa’s Blue Notes Helped Invent European Free Jazz (Bandcamp.com)
* Stanley Crouch 1945–2020 (Jazz Times)
* Musicians Are Surviving the Pandemic by Giving (and Receiving) Virtual Lessons (Pitchfork.com)
* Vinyl frontier: The story behind one of the rarest records in the universe (TheVinylFactory.com)
* I saw a different side of Stanley Crouch (TheUndefeated.com)
* Late Night TV Show Musicians Sign Open Letter to Networks Asking for "Economic Parity" (Hollywood Reporter)
* Jazz cellist Tomeka Reid to make debut as Mills professor with virtual show (San Francisco Chronicle)
* Toto, ELO, Queen ... why hits from happier times top Covid lockdown playlists (The Guardian)
* The Sheer Force Of Artemis (DownBeat)
* The Greenwich Village jazz scene is scrambling to stay alive (Time Out New York)
* Beyond High Concept, Beyond Algorithms: Classical Recording Artists Go “Off the Leash” (WQXR)
* Retired Victoria broadcaster finds long-lost tapes of Joni Mitchell recording session (Victoria Times Colonist)
* Meet the NEA Jazz Masters, Class of 2020 (NPR)

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: More from NPR's "Jazz Night in America"

This week, let's go back into the video archives of NPR's "Jazz Night In America" for a look at six more shows featuring some top jazz talent. (You can see last week's post featuring videos from "Jazz Night..." here.)

This first video up above documents a recent gig by saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, who first recorded together under Redman's leadership 25 years ago. The all-star quartet recently reunited for some live dates, including this one recorded September 7, 2019 at The Falcon in Marlboro, NY, in preparation for a new album, RoundAgain, which was released in July of this year.

After the jump, you can see a set by British saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings and his band Sons of Kemet recorded in March 2019 at a venue called The Mill during the annual Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN. Along with Hutchings, the band includes Theon Cross (tuba), Tom Skinner (drums), and Eddie Hicks (drums).

Next up, it's guitarist and singer Camila Meza, recorded in March 2019 at a private loft in Brooklyn, NY with musicians including Eden Ladin (keyboard, piano), Noam Weisenberg (bass), Keita Ogawa (drums, percussion), Ludovica Burtone (violin), Tomoko Omura (violin), Leonor Falcon (viola), and Brian Sanders (cello).

The fourth video documents 2019's "Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour," an all-star group recorded in March of that year at Jazz at Lincoln Center, with Cécile McLorin Salvant (voice), Bria Skonberg (trumpet, voice), Melissa Aldana (tenor saxophone), Christian Sands (piano, musical director), Yasushi Nakamura (bass), and Jamison Ross (drums, voice)

After that, you can see guitarist Nels Cline in a live big band performance recorded in June 2018 at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA. Along with Cline (guitar), the band includes Michael Leonhart (conductor, trumpet, flugelhorn), Ravi Best (trumpet), the leader's twin brother Alex Cline (drums), Jasper Dütz (tenor saxophone),Amir ElSaffar (trumpet), Alan Ferber (trombone),Erik Friedlander (cello),Ben Goldberg (woodwinds), Devin Hoff (bass), Yuka Honda (keyboard), Carla Kihlstedt (violin), Nicholas Millevoi (guitar), St. Louis' own JD Parran (woodwinds), Charles Pillow (woodwinds), Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon), Stacey Shames (harp), and Will Shore (vibraphone).

The final video is from all the way back in 2016, and features composer/arranger Darcy James Argue’s big band Secret Society, performing a program of music titled "Real Enemies."

In addition to Argue as conductor, the ensemble includes Dave Pietro (piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass flute, soprano sax, alto sax), Rob Wilkerson (flute, clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax), Peter Hess (tenor sax, clarinet), Lucas Pino (tenor sax, clarinet), Carl Maraghi (baritone sax), Seneca Black (trumpet, flugelhorn), Jonathan Powell (trumpet, flugelhorn), Jason Palmer (trumpet, flugelhorn), Nadje Noordhuis (trumpet, flugelhorn), Ingrid Jensen (trumpet, flugelhorn), Darius Christian Jones (trombone), Ryan Keberle (trombone), Mike Fahie (trombone), Jennifer Wharton (bass trombone), Sebastian Noelle (guitar), Adam Birnbaum (keyboards), Matt Clohesy (bass), and Jon Wikan (drum set, cajón, percussion)

You can see the rest of today's videos after the jump...

So What: Local News, Notes & Links

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

* A "roll in" event put on last week by local sound, lighting and stage workers in support of the #SaveOurStages campaign was the subject of a feature story in the St. Louis Labor Tribune.

For more information on the campaign, which seeks federal relief for independent music venues affected by the pandemic, go to https://www.saveourstages.com/.

* Pianist and Webster U faculty member Kim Portnoy has released a new album of his compositions titled Caprice: The Chamber Music of Kim Portnoy.

* Rick Beato, a popular YouTuber who usually discusses and analyzes rock and pop music, turned his attention last week to jazz and Miles Davis with a video titled "The Picasso of Sound- The man who changed MODERN music."

* Drummer Rob Silverman's latest release Drumology was reviewed by AllAboutJazz.com's Jim Worsley.

New Music Circle announces 2020-21 season schedule, with all shows streaming online

New Music Circle has announced their schedule for the 2020-21 season, which will see the venerable presenting organization going all online for their 62nd year, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

NMC plans to present online performances twice a month on their YouTube channel, starting on Monday, October 5 with a trio led by Angel Bat Dawid, clarinetist, composer and vocalist affiliated with Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) who's also been part of recent shows by a revived Art Ensemble of Chicago.

Then on Monday, October 9, NMC will present a collaboration involving video creator Waterbod and Belleville's Kingston Family Singers.

More local artists will be on tap on Monday, November 9, with a video compilation featuring works by Kevin Harris, Sarah Downen, former St. Louisan John Wiese,  Fiat_Lx, and more. Two weeks later on Monday, November 23, percussionist Kaleb Kirby and electronic musician JoAnn McNeill will present solo sets.

On Monday, December 7, percussionist Claire Rousay and saxophonist Michael Foster will perform together, making up for their St. Louis date originally scheduled for this past April but cancelled due to the pandemic lockdown.

NMC then will wrap up 2020 on Monday, December 21 with a program featuring a solo set from vocalist Charmaine Lee, plus more from John Wiese.

Programming for the new year will get underway on Sunday, January 10, with another show making up for one cancelled this season, featuring saxophonists Ken Vandermark (pictured) and Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Tom Rainey doing solo and collaborative works.

Next up on Sunday, January 24, bassist Damon Smith, a recent transplant to St. Louis, and Nashville-based saxophonist Jayve Montgomery each will play solo sets.

More solo performances will be spotlighted in February, with guitarist and banjo player Wendy Eisenberg and guitarist Kee Avil on Monday, February 8, and St. Louis' own JJ Hamon and Louis Wall on Monday, February 22.

The season continues on Monday, March 8 with an event featuring a solo performance from Nashville bassist Matt Nelson , plus a duo set from violinist Alex Cunningham and guitarist Mark Shippy.

Two weeks later, St. Louis-based electronic musicians Parisian and Oxherding will perform solo sets on Monday, March 22.

The final program of the season, planned for April but with the exact date still TBA, will feature the STL String Collective.

All events will be free to view, but NMC will be accepting donations to help finance their continuing activities.

Sunday Session: September 13, 2020

Gary Peacock

Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest:

* 'Masses of performers are still grounded': pianist Sophia Rahman on a UK music scene in crisis (TheArtsDesk.com)
* Sonny Rollins at 90: A Guided Tour of the Saxophone Colossus on Record, By Decade (WBGO)
* How a musician locks onto a rhythm, according to science (BigThink.com)
* Gary Peacock, A Jazz Bassist Always Ahead Of His Time, Dies At 85 (NPR)
* Rollins '57: Sonny Rollins Takes The Lead (WFIU)
* How Keith Richards is Spending His Quarantine (Rolling Stone)
* Paused Jazz Venues Hit a Low Note and Warn Music Could Soon Stop (TheCity.nyc)
* In Newport, A Quiet August And The Virus’ Financial Fallout (DownBeat)
* Gary Peacock 1935–2020 (Jazz Times)
* Former Baltimore house of jazz legend Cab Calloway demolished despite activists’ push (Baltimore Sun)
* How Jimmy Carter (Literally) Rocked the Presidency (Rolling Stone)
* Silver Apples synth pioneer Simeon Coxe dies aged 82 (The Guardian)
* Silver Apples' Simeon Coxe: visionary who saw music's electronic future (The Guardian)
* A Final Bow From Hal Willner, The Producer With The Golden Rolodex (NPR)
* Interview: Gregory Porter on the loss of his brother to Covid and his new album (The Scotsman)
* Understanding Bird (Tidal.com)
* Lifetime Achievement: Doug Hammond’s Kaleidoscopic Jazz, Funk, and Blues (Bandcamp.com)
* Remembering Lenny Breau, jazz’s most inventive guitarist (LiveMint.com)
* Charles Tolliver: Before & After (Jazz Times)
* Kool & the Gang Co-Founder Ronald ‘Khalis’ Bell Dead at 68 (Rolling Stone)
* A Former Spotify Exec Explains Why Artists Get Paid So Little on Streaming (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* A Deep Dive into John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme' by His Biographer Lewis Porter (Pt. 2) (WBGO)
* Sparks Of Wonder, Discovery Propel Rising Stars (DownBeat)
* In Newport, A Quiet August And The Virus’ Financial Fallout (DownBeat)
* Alice Coltrane: A Partial Primer (River Cities Reader)
* Ornette Coleman: An Outsider Cracks the Egg (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Black Women Jazz Artists Are Using Virtual Spaces To Speak On Race, Gender (DownBeat)
* My Conversation with Gary Peacock (AllAboutJazz.com)
* 1% of Artists Generate 90% of All Music Streams, Latest Data Shows (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Nina Simone's childhood home is now permanently protected (CNN)

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: NPR's "Jazz Night In America"

As part of StLJN's continuing quest to find more jazz video content (without this feature's usual organizing principle of "previewing upcoming shows in St. Louis"), this week let's take a look at the archives of NPR's "Jazz Night in America." Encompassing both radio broadcasts and online video, the program features a different musician or theme in every episode, and has presented many top and up-and-coming jazz players in recent years.

This post features a half-dozen shows from the "Jazz Night..." vault, starting up above with bassist Linda May Han Oh presenting music from her 2019 album Aventurine. Recorded on July 1, 2019 at NPR's Studio One in Washington, D.C., the video features Oh leading a band including Greg Ward (soprano sax, alto sax), Matt Mitchell (piano), and Ches Smith (drums, vibraphone), augmented by a string quartet including Fung Chern Hwei (violin), Curtis Stewart (violin), Benni von Gutzeit (viola), and Jeremy Harman (cello).

After the jump, you can see pianist Chick Corea and the group he calls the Vigilette Trio, with bassist Carlitos Del Puerto and drummer Marcus Gilmore, in a full set of music recorded in September 2019 at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, MA.

Next, you can see a set by Crosscurrents, a project led by percussionist Zakir Hussain and bassist Dave Holland, recorded in May 2018 at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall in New York City. In addition to Hussain and Holland, the featured musicians include vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, saxophonist Chris Potter, guitarist Sanjay Divecha, pianist Louiz Banks, and drummer Gino Banks.

The fourth video features trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah and his band, performing music from his album The Centennial Trilogy in October 2017 at the New Orleans Jazz Market in New Orleans, LA. Alon with Scott, the group includes Elena Pinderhughes on flute, her brother Samora Pinderhughes on piano, East St. Louis' own Weedie Braimah on percussion, Kris Funn on bass and Corey Fonville on drums.

That's followed by music from guitarist John Scofield, who was supported by two different bands for a retrospective program called "Quiet And Loud Jazz" that was recorded in May 2017 at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Appel Room.

The "quiet" band features Scofield with some familiar names - saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Bill Stewart - along with Charles Pillow (flute and horn), Michael Rodriguez (trumpet and flugelhorn), Roger Rosenberg (baritone saxophone and bass clarinet), Jeffrey Scott (French horn) and John Clarke (French horn). The "loud" band features more longtime Scofield collaborators, with keyboardist Jim Beard, bassist Gary Granger, and drummer Dennis Chambers.

The final video is a live performance of saxophonist Kamasi Washington's breakout album The Epic recorded in 2015 at the Regent Theater in Los Angeles, and featuring a cast of dozens of musicians and singers.

You can see the rest of today's videos after the jump...

So What: Local News, Notes & Links

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

* Trumpeter, former member of the Black Artists Group and St. Louis native Baikida Carroll is the winner of the 2020 FONT Music Award of Recognition, which was presented to him in an online event Wednesday night as part of this year's Festival Of New Trumpet Music (aka FONT Music).

Carroll (pictured) was lauded for being "one of trumpet’s most original and creative voices since the early ‘70s." You can see an archived video of the award presentation, which includes performance footage featuring Carroll and commentary from fellow musicians, here.

* Singer and St. Louis native Alicia Olatuja will be one of four featured performers for the "Jazz's Rising Star virtual White Plains Jazzfest" at 8:00 p.m. EDT tonight. Olatuja, fellow vocalist Veronica Swift, and pianists Connie Han and Matthew Whitaker each will present short live sets, and then take part in a moderated discussion. You can preregister to view the event via Zoom here, or watch on Facebook.

* Saxophonist David Sanborn has announced that he'll be teaching online master classes in November, sharing techniques and tips and taking questions from a group of 10 to 12 students for a couple of hours on four consecutive Sunday afternoons. Signup details are TBA via Sanborn's website and Facebook page.

* Saxophonist Oliver Lake and his son, drummer Gene Lake, this week posted to YouTube a new, recorded-at-home duo performance called "One Afternoon."

* Multi-instrumentalist "Baba" Mike Nelson's use of music to comfort his elderly mother, who's been fighting the coronavirus while also suffering from Alzheimer's disease, is the subject of a feature story from the St. Louis American's Sylvester Brown, Jr..

Sunday Session: September 6, 2020

Makaya McCraven

Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest:

* Play what you see: how graphic scores can unleash your inner musical genius (The Guardian)
* At home with Paul McCartney: His most candid interview yet (GQ)
* Trent Reznor talks ‘Watchmen’ score, covering Bowie’s “Life on Mars” & more in new interview (BrooklynVegan.com)
* Chick Corea: Chelsea boy makes good (Bay State Banner)
* The Friendship Of Kahil El’Zabar And David Murray Grows Deeper (DownBeat)
* Stonehenge enhanced sounds like voices or music for people inside the monument (Science News)
* Dolly Jones, the First Recorded Female Jazz Trumpeter (Reverb.com)
* Endless Field Records in the Wild (Jazz Times)
* In Memoriam: Saxophonist Mark Colby (DownBeat)
* Kenny Washington’s Slow Rise to Vocal Stardom (Jazz Times)
* Who will own the virtual concert space? (Music Industry Blog)
* Makaya McCraven: Cross Border Traffic (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Personal Story: My failed music career (New Statesman)
* Live Music Is On Life Support (Offbeat)
* Wynton Marsalis: ‘Continue to fight for the world you envision’ (San Jose Mercury News)
* Meet the Man Who Used Kraftwerk, Fela Kuti, and Other Fascinating Music to Try to Lure Aliens to Earth (Pitchfork.com)
* Maria Schneider Split Between Natural, Digital Worlds (DownBeat)
* “It Takes a While to Perfect Your Soul”: A Conversation With Sonny Rollins (Tidal.com)
* The Jazz Collective Drowning Out Far-Right Rallies with Terrible Music (Vice.com)
* The John Cage work performed over 639 years (DW.com)

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: More from Jazz St. Louis' video archive

In addition to the videos from their "Season of Stream" series presented here recently, Jazz St. Louis has documented on video various other programs and musicians' visits here over the past couple of years, streaming some events "live" and also posting the results to their YouTube channel.

Given that this weekly StLJN feature currently is pretty much all about re-surfacing archival content - at least until there once again are upcoming shows to be previewed - this seems as good a time as any to share some of that material from their vault.

The first video up above is a recording of an event from Jazz St. Louis' "Whitaker Jazz Speaks" series, which features authors and scholars talking about jazz-related topics, frequently paired with a set of related music.

This program, titled "Bitches Brew at 50"," took place in February of this year, It featured writer and musician George Grella, who wrote a book on the landmark Miles Davis recording for Bloomsbury’s "33 1/3" series, plus an ensemble  of St. Louis musicians led by keyboardist Adam Maness performing Davis' music.

After the jump, you can see another "Whitaker Jazz Speaks" event, featuring a conversation with and music by tenor saxophonist and composer Benny Golson that was recorded in October 2019.

Next, it's guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli and his trio with guest vocalist Catherine Russell, with part of a set from their "Billie and Blue Eyes" show that played the Bistro in May of last year.

That's followed by full sets from percussionist Pedrito Martinez and his group, recorded in April 2019; drummer Mark Guiliana's quartet, from March 2019; and singer Shoshana Bean, who performed at the Bistro in May of last year.

You can see the rest of today's videos after the jump...

So What: Local News, Notes & Links

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

* The Red and Black Brass Band (pictured) was featured Wednesday night on a segment of the PBS NewsHour, produced by the local PBS affiliate Nine Network.

* Drummer Emmanuel Harrold was the guest on this past Tuesday's episode of the Mike Dolbear drum podcast.

* "The Enduring Cultural Legacy of Miles Davis" was the subject of an online discussion that took place this past Monday with participants including multi-instrumentalist and producer Marcus Miller, Davis' nephew Vince Wilburn Jr. and his son Erin Davis, and producers of the recent documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool. You can see the entire program archived on YouTube.

* Also on the Miles Davis beat, the trumpeter's historic performance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Music Festival is the subject of an article in the UK magazine Jazzwise.

* Drummer Dave Weckl will teach another master class online via Zoom on Saturday, September 12. Get more information and sign up to reserve one of the 15 spots in the class at http://thegroovemasters.com/.

* As music venues in St. Louis (and everywhere) try to figure out how and when to reopen, stories this past week from St. Louis Public Radio's Jeremy Goodwin and KMOV's Alexis Zotos examined some of the issues involved and potential solutions.

* Meanwhile, in a related story, a number of local venues on Tuesday night lit up their exteriors with red lights, hoping to draw attention to the Restart Act, a bill being considered by Congress that would provide financial help to the music and performing arts industries. The campaign to pass the bill has been branded on social media with the hashtag "#SaveOurStages," and you can read more about it and the Restart Act here.

Recently on Heliocentric Worlds

It's the start of another new month, and so it's time once again to check in on StLJN's sibling site Heliocentric Worlds, where each day there's posted a different online music video, drawing on genres including jazz, blues, soul, funk, classic rock, prog rock, experimental, and more.

The five most-watched videos added to the site last month were:

McCoy Tyner - "Just Feelin'"
Ensemble InterContemporain - "Gruppen"
Rahsaan Roland Kirk and the Gil Evans Orchestra - "Theme For The Eulipions"
Moon Hooch - "Acid Mountain"
Jean-Luc Ponty - "Enigmatic Ocean"

Other recent posts have featured performances on video by Devo, Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, Cymande, Sly & The Family Stone, Osibisa, Soft Machine, The Byrds, Roy Wood, Kraftwerk, Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, Steps Ahead, Camel, Phineas Newborn Jr., Humble Pie, Fairport Convention, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Woody Herman, Miles Davis, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Captain Beefheart, David S. Ware Quartet, George Duke, Boz Scaggs, Bill Frisell Trio, Bob James Trio, and Marshall Tucker Band.

If you've somehow missed out on all this up until now, it's easy to catch up - just go to https://heliocentricworlds.blogspot.com/, and you still can see all of these videos, plus thousands more from the archives.