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...