Friday, September 18, 2020

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.

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