So What: Local News, Notes & Links

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

* Trumpeter and Webster Groves native Ally Hany Albrecht recently was featured with the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West performing one of her original compositions on "AZAM," the morning newscast of the Fox affiliate in Phoenix, AZ. 

* A recent performance by saxophonist Eric Person (pictured) at The Falcon in Marlboro, NY was reviewed by writer Rudy Lu for the upstate NY arts website Nippertown.

* The Funky Butt Brass Band's new album Onward was reviewed by the Riverfront Times' Christian Schaeffer.

* Also in the RFT, a look at Takeshima Records, a new Japanese-style "listening room" and bar opening this week on Chouteau Avenue in the Grove.

* "Job's Blues," a track from bassist Dan Loomis' new album Job's Trials, this week was featured as a "Download of the Day" on AllAboutJazz.com. Loomis also was interviewed this week about the album and his career on the "Neon Jazz" radio program hosted by Joe Dimino on KCXL in Liberty, MO.

* Jazz St. Louis has published on their website a Q&A with saxophonist Tim Warfield, who's performing at the venue through Sunday night.

So What: Local News, Notes & Links

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

* A performance by trumpeter and St. Louis native Keyon Harrold and a screening of the documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool will be featured during the upcoming "Celebration of Cool" at the famed Apollo Theater in NYC on Saturday, February 1.

* Euclid Records in Webster Groves (pictured) was noted as "The Largest Record Store In Missouri" by the website OnlyInYourState.com.

* New Music Circle administrator Jeremy Kannapell was interviewed about the organization's upcoming concerts by the Riverfront Times' Christian Schaeffer.

* A recent episode of the podcast The Funky Blues Show focused on St. Louis, offering "a celebration of the Jazz and Blues tradition of one of the great musical cities of the USA, with music from Albert King, Roosevelt Sykes, Chuck Berry, Clark Terry, Donny Hathaway and many more."

* St. Louis County will get a new outdoor music venue later this year with the opening of Saint Louis Music Park, a new 4,500 seat facility at the Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights. The venue will debut on May 25 with a show featuring pop singer Kesha and hip-hop star Big Freedia, with operators promising to book acts from a variety of musical genres going forward.

* Singer Anna Blair's cabaret show last week at Blue Strawberry was reviewed by KDHX's Chuck Lavazzi.

So What: Local News, Notes & Links

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

* Singer and pianist Harry Connick Jr. (pictured) talked about his holiday show next Thursday at the Stifel Theatre for a Post-Dispatch story by Dan Durchholz.

* Multi-instrumentalist and singer Tonina Saputo came in at number eight on NPR's list of "Best New Artists of 2018."

* Singer Storm Large's "Holiday Ordeal" show this past Tuesday at the Sun Theatre was reviewed by KDHX's Chuck Lavazzi.

* Multi-instrumentalist Lamar Harris was interviewed by St. Louis Public Radio's Don Marsh about his musical direction for Metro Theater Company’s “Wonderland: Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure,” which runs through December 30 at the Grandel Theatre.

* St. Louis Symphony oboist Callie Banham's new Christmas album, which includes musical contributions from pianist Adam Maness, bassist Bob DeBoo and drummer Montez Coleman, is the subject of a feature story by the Riverfront Times' Christian Schaeffer.

So What: Local News, Notes & Links

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

* With the 30th anniversary of his first broadcast on KWMU coming up in the new year, radio host, author and photographer Dennis Owsley last weekend was the subject of a profile written for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch/STLtoday.com by Steve Giegerich.

* Legendary trumpeter Clark Terry has posted a message of holiday greetings on his blog.

* Drummer Dave Weckl (pictured) was interviewed by drummer/podcaster Joe Crabtree about his sound, the craft of recording, and his new crowd-funded album project with keyboardist Jay Oliver.

* The new downtown music venue Voce is the subject of a feature story by the Post's Kevin Johnson.

* Electronic musician Joe Raglani's new album Real Colors of the Physical World was reviewed by the Riverfront Times' Christian Schaeffer.

* Drummer Montez Coleman will ring in the new year playing with saxophonist Sherman Irby at Jazz at Lincoln Center's new club in Doha, Qatar. Irby's group, which also features trombonist Vince Gardner, pianist Ricky Germanson, and bassist Gerald Cannon, will be featured next Thursday, January 3 in a live webcast on JALC's web site.