Sunday Session: November 8, 2020

Marshall Allen

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

* Rahsaan Roland Kirk: An Alternative Top Ten Albums Guaranteed To Bend Your Head (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Peter Jones (‘This is Bop: Jon Hendricks and the Art of Vocal Jazz’ to be published November 2020) (London Jazz News)
* Nica's Tempo: More Hipsters, Flipsters, And On-The-Scenesters (WFIU)
* Houston’s Ku-umba Frank Lacy still a messenger for jazz (Houston Chronicle)
* On 'Swirling,' Marshall Allen Keeps The The Sun Ra Arkestra Soaring Through Space (NPR)
* Cindy Blackman Santana: This Drummer Got Some (Jazz Times)
* The film exploring the avant-garde female pioneers of electronic music (DazedDigital.com)
* Benson, McBride and Metheny Among Readers Poll Winners (DownBeat)
* John Hollenbeck: Time to Rearrange (Jazz Times)
* Live from Rudy Van Gelder’s Studio Premieres Nov. 14 (Jazz Times)
* Lakecia Benjamin on a Heavy Year, the Healing Power of Music, and Breaking In Jazzfest Berlin (WBGO)
* Brian Blade: A 1970 Artist’s Choice (Jazz Times)
* Adam O’Farrill Is Only Scratching The Surface (DownBeat)
* Irvin Mayfield and Business Partner Ronald Markhamn set to be rearraigned next week (Offbeat)
* Marshall Allen Steers The Sun Ra Arkestra Into The Future (DownBeat)
* Singer, activist, sex machine, addict: the troubled brilliance of Billie Holiday (The Guardian)
* Studio whiz Don Hahn captured magic on the Band’s debut record (Toronto Globe and Mail)
* Elegy for A Side Man: Remembering Cornetist Peter Ecklund (Jazziz)
* Make ‘Y.M.C.A.’ Great Again (Rolling Stone)
* Cándido Camero, A Father Of Latin Jazz, Dies At 99 (NPR)

Sunday Session: July 15, 2018

Brian Blade

Here's a roundup of various music-related items of interest that have shown up in one of StLJN's various inboxes or feeds over the past week:

* 'You can't judge a generation's taste': making Now That’s What I Call Music (The Guardian)
* Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band Leaves Michael Bourne Mouth Agape in Montreal (WBGO)
* Kamasi Washington, the wisest man on Earth (TheFader.com)
* How did Irvin Mayfield, the man with the golden trumpet, end up in the poorhouse? (New Orleans Advocate)
* The Adventurous World of Brazilian Experimental Music (Bandcamp.com)
* MIT Develops AI That Can Isolate and Edit the Individual Instruments in a Song (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* An AI system for editing music in videos (MIT.edu)
* ‘Skyrockets in flight/Afternoon delight’: The story behind Starland Vocal Band’s one big hit (Washington Post)
* In Istanbul, a Display of National Music Culture (DownBeat)
* NEA Announces 2019 Jazz Masters (Jazz Times)
* Coltrane, Kamasi and the art of looking both directions at once (TheVinylFactory.com)
* Synths may be spared worst of US trade war – for now (CDM.link)
* Global Notation: a new notation system for world music (Sheffield.ac.uk)
* The Jazz Pianist Who Made One Masterpiece And Disappeared (VinylMePlease.com)
* Before Björk, There Was the Last Incan Princess (MessyNessyChic.com)
* How Ads Get Away with *Almost* Plagiarizing Existing Music (Vice.com)
* 10 Essential One-Track Albums (TrebleZine.com)
* “A Band At The Top Of Their Game”: Ravi Coltrane Talks John’s “Classic Quartet” (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* New $50,000 prize in improvised music gives its first awards to Joe McPhee and Susan Alcorn (Chicago Reader)
* Ellis Marsalis Jazz Piano Competition Winners Announced (Jazz Times)
* The GroundUP Festival Brings Even More Heat to Miami, on Jazz Night in America (WBGO)
* Who Is Benefitting From the Nostalgic Vintage Releases in African Music? (OkayAfrica.com)
* The Sonic Arts Union’s Handmade Electronic Music, 1966-1976 (RedBullMusicAcademy.com)
* Chicago label Still Music rescues decades of house history from a south-side storage locker (Chicago Reader)
* A Conversation with La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and Jung Hee Choi (RedBullMusicAcademy.com)

Sunday Session: December 24, 2017

Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner

Here's the roundup of various music-related items of interest that have shown up in one of StLJN's inboxes over the past week:

* Chicago Jazz Pianist Willie Pickens Is Remembered For Performing And Teaching (NPR)
* Spotify Executives Are Earning Seven-Figure Salaries, Tax Returns Show (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Saxophonist Ralph Carney Dead at 61 (Pitchfork.com)
* Music and technology: Blurred lines (ITProPortal.com)
* After Losing Ground In the Streaming Era, Rock Charts Its Comeback (Billboard)
* Disney, Netflix and the Squeezed Middle: The Real Story Behind Net Neutrality (Music Industry Blog)
* Irvin Mayfield, New Orleans Jazz Pillar, Indicted For Laundering Library Funds (NPR)
* Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee to Head New Jazz Caucus, Presents New Preservation Bill (Billboard)
* Kevin Mahogany, Jazz Singer with a Big Sound and a Soulful Style, Has Died at 59 (WBGO)
* The Power of the People: Kamasi Washington on artistic freedom and intellectual expansion (TheKey.xpn.org)
* Bassist and Singer-Songwriter Thundercat Talks About 'Drunk,' and A Year in the Spotlight (WBGO)
* New instrument composes music based on human body's biorhythms (CBC.ca)
* 50 Out of the Top 50 SoundCloud Artists are Rappers (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Donald Fagen Discusses the Loss of Walter Becker and Steely Dan's Future (Rolling Stone)
* Adam Rogers: Rhythm, Guitar (Jazz Times)
* How British Jazz Won The Underground In 2017 (TrenchTrenchTrench.com)
* Plundering dead artists for Christmas sales is more than creepy (TheConversation.org)
* Mississippi Goddam: Dr. Nina Simone Remembered (FashionUnfiltered.com)
* Sunny Murray 1936–2017: Eye Of The Storm (The Wire)
* A Look Back At 4 Jazz Luminaries Who Died In 2017 (NPR)
* YouTube, Music Labels End Standoff, Move Toward Paid Service (Bloomberg.com)
* Call to rename Williamsburg Bridge after saxophonist Sonny Rollins gains steam (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
* Why hip-hop, once ostracized in clubs, is ruling the festival circuit (Los Angeles Times)
* 'Jazz Night In America' Remembers Artists We Lost In 2017 (NPR)
* Is Secretive Virtual Reality Startup Magic Leap Dreaming Up the Future of Music? (Pitchfork.com)
* How the U.S. Used Jazz as a Cold War Secret Weapon (Time)
* RIP, Roswell Rudd (Ottawa Citizen)
* Roswell Rudd Dies at 82 - Trombonist and composer bridged gap between early jazz and the avant-garde (Jazz Times)
* I’m Dreaming Of A Blue Christmas (London Jazz Collector)
* Analog For The People: Synth Master Tatsuya Takahashi On Engineering Fun (NPR)
* ‘Santa Baby’ composer Phil Springer, 91, still can't figure out why his sexy Christmas song endures (Los Angeles Times)

Sunday Session: July 17, 2016

Herbie Hancock

Some interesting music-related items that have landed in StLJN's inbox over the past week:

* The Loudest Sound In The World Would Kill You On The Spot (FiveThirtyEight.com)
* I Can’t Believe I’m Saying This, But I Miss My CDs (Wired)
* Hermeto Pascoal's 80th Birthday Concert - Multi-instrumentalist performs with his all-star British ensemble (Jazz Times)
* Brian Eno Plays the Universe (Nautil.us)
* Jazz Stars Unite Across Generations in Rochester (DownBeat)
* theartsdesk at Love Supreme Festival 2016: Kamasi Washington, Esperanza Spalding and Stanley Clarke - Laid back atmosphere, inspiring music at the UK’s only green field jazz festival (TheArtsDesk.com)
* Marvin Gaye Documentary ‘Marvin, What’s Going On?’ Being Developed With the Support of Gaye’s Family (IndieWire.com)
* Snap, Crackle And Swing: Young Roy Haynes (IndianaPublicMedia.org)
* Four Really Weird Music Gadgets (AJournalOfMusicalThings.com)
* Listen to the Bad Plus Cover Prince’s ‘The Beautiful Ones’ From the Trio’s Upcoming Album ‘It’s Hard’ (Exclusive) (Wall Street Journal)
* New study ranks the best (and worst) U.S. cities for music fans (ConsequenceOfSound.net)
* The Music Business And The Great Youtube Debate (MagneticMag.com)
* Surprise! 78 DSO musicians each receive $5,000 bequest (Detroit Free Press)
* A rude car salesman did me a huge favor, says jazz icon Herbie Hancock (CNBC)
* Culture, not biology, decides the difference between music and noise (PBS)
* How the ’70s Dethroned the ’60s as Popular Music’s Golden Age (Pitchfork)
* How It All Stax Up: Charting the Rise of Neo-Classic Soul (Bandcamp.com)
* 50 years ago, this Boston band toured with The Beatles, then broke up immediately (Boston Globe)
* Music Ownership Incredibly Unimportant to 15-19 Year Olds, Study Finds (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Warner Music Issues Potentially Devastating Blow to Small Record Stores (Pitchfork)
* Neuroscientists Still Don’t Know Why Music Sounds Good (Wired)
* Rob Mazurek’s Universe of Sound (Bandcamp.com)
* In New Orleans, scandal tarnishes a jazz star and the libraries he was asked to help (Washington Post)
* Headphones Everywhere (The New Yorker)

Sunday Session: July 10, 2016

Tyshawn Sorey

Some interesting music-related items that have landed in StLJN's inbox over the past week:

* Photos: DC Jazz Festival - Kamasi, Cécile, Revive, Marquis Hill and more perform (Jazz Times)
* Corea and Friends Take Part in Multi-Generational Tribute to Tyner (DownBeat)
* Jazz Legend Charlie Parker’s Mystery Music Uncovered (The Daily Beast)
* Live Springsteen: The Floodgates Have Opened (No Depression)
* Sony Music Tricked Michael Jackson Fans Into Buying Fake CDs (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Today In History – July 3, 1969: Newport Jazz Fest Experiments With Rock Music (What's Up Newport)
* Irvin Mayfield resigns as director of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (Offbeat)
* Irvin Mayfield resigns from New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
* Hear Electronic Ladyland, a Mixtape Featuring 55 Tracks from 35 Pioneering Women in Electronic Music (OpenCulture.com)
* How Jazz-Loving Teenagers–the Swingjugend–Fought the Hitler Youth and Resisted Conformity in Nazi Germany (OpenCulture.com)
* BadBadNotGood: making jazz hip (hop) again (The Guardian UK)
* Critic's Notebook: Who Will Write the First Great Rock 'n' Roll TV Drama? (Hollywood Reporter)
* The Long Play: The Death and Resurrection of the Pop Album (ThirdBridgeCreative.com)
* Carl Allen: Learning From the Giants (Modern Drummer)
* 10 Cutting-Edge Artists That Have Captured the Imagination Mid-Year (WQXR)
* JALC Announces 2016 Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame Inductees (Jazz Times)
* Iyer, Sorey, Crump Rekindle Bonds at Chicago’s Constellation (DownBeat)
* Beyond “La Bamba”: Los Lobos is the best rock band nobody’s listening to (A.V. Club)
* Review: Steps Ahead at Ronnie Scott's (Jazz Journal UK)
* Bayou Maharaja: James Booker, the tragic genius of New Orleans (The Independent UK)
* Is jazz entering a new golden age? (The Guardian UK)
* Inside the Oldest Labor Union for Black Musicians (Atlas Obscura)
* Benny Golson Remembers John Coltrane (Jazz Times)
* Kansas City Union, Home to Bird and Basie, Plans Centennial Celebration (DownBeat)

Sunday Session: May 15, 2016

Frank Zappa

Some interesting music-related items that have landed in StLJN's inbox over the past week:

* How a Chatbot Helped This Vinyl Records Startup Make $1 Million in 8 Months (Billboard)
* How One Man Made The Eiffel Tower Sing (NPR)
* From Steve Reich to rock: why 1976 was a big year for minimal music (The Guardian UK)
* Jazz Music and Physics Have a Lot More in Common Than You Think (Gizmodo)
* Zappa Documentary Reveals Many Faces of Frank (DownBeat)
* Listen to how pop hits have evolved over the years (CreateDigitalMusic.com)
* An Alternate History for Music, YouTube, & Everything Else (IllusionOfMore.com)
* The art of bad singing: A legacy lives on (Washington Post)
* The Jukebox At Your Local Bar Just Got More Dangerous (Fast Company)
* Detroit recording studio could be seized by feds (The Detroit News)
* How Music Piracy Is Completely Changing In 2016 (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Henry Kaiser - Clouds of colored light (Innerviews.org)
* Arhoolie Records Acquired by Smithsonian Folkways (Offbeat)
* Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: 50 Years Of Mondays (NPR)
* Classic DEVO guitars recreated (DangerousMinds.net)
* GZ Vinyl to open new pressing plants in North America and Asia (TheVinylFactory.com)
* Can the Church of John Coltrane Survive Gentrification? (Pitchfork.com)
* This app will change the way you hear the world (TheDailyDot.com)
* Prince’s Most Notorious Musical Instruments (Zzounds.com)
* Kamasi, Pharoah & the Arkestra in Brooklyn (Jazz Times)
* Amazon Launches a New Rival for YouTube (Billboard)
* Scientists create a new way to categorize music (Phys.org)
* 16 Pieces of Protest Jazz for 2016 (Revive-Music.com)
* Irvin Mayfield’s New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Reportedly Agrees to Pay Back Library Foundation (Offbeat)
* Saxophonist Joe Temperley Dies - Baritone great was invaluable member of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (Jazz Times)
* Other Music and the End of an Era: A Look Back at New York's Legendary Record Store (Billboard)
* T Bone Burnett’s Remarks on Music and the American Story (with intro by Rosanne Cash) (Medium.com)

Jazz this week: Dee Dee Bridgewater & Irvin Mayfield, Tammy McCann, Joe Krown, Pink Martini, and more

With the weather taking a timely spring-like turn, it's a very busy week for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with a couple of touring headliners in town plus visits by some lesser-known but worthy musicians from NYC, Chicago, Boston and New Orleans.

Let's go to the highlights...

Wednesday, 
March 16
Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and trumpeter Irvin Mayfield (pictured, top left) will perform for the first of four nights at Jazz at the Bistro.

The two have been touring together since last year in support of Dee Dee's Feathers, a collaborative album featuring contemporary interpretations of famous songs associated with Mayfield's hometown of New Orleans. For more about that, and some video samples of Bridgewater, Mayfield and their touring band, the New Orleans 7, in action, see this post from a couple of Saturdays ago.

Wednesday also is the opening night for Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing, a play at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis that includes in its cast saxophonist and St. Louis native Eric Person, who's in from NYC to make his theatrical debut in the production.

Set in 1947, the play by Trey Ellis and Ricardo Khan is a story of "baseball by day and jazz by night as the impassioned and devoted players tried to find their place in a country on the verge of change." Playing a character called simply "Jazzman," Person will act and perform music composed for the play by Kansas City saxophonist and former Jazz Messenger Bobby Watson. The production runs through April 10 on The Rep's main stage.

Also on Wednesday, Cabaret Project St. Louis presents their monthly "Open Mic Night" at Tavern of Fine Arts, and Sarah Jane and the Blue Notes will be deploying an unusual lineup up of vocals, vibes and bass at The Feasting Fox.

Thursday, March 17
The critically acclaimed Chicago-based singer Tammy McCann (pictured, center left) will kick off the weekend's Gaslight Cabaret Festival shows with a performance of "The Storytellers - Sarah, Ella, Dinah and Billie" at the Gaslight Theater, while another Chicago native now based in Boston, drummer Yoron Israel, will bring his band High Standards to the Kranzberg Arts Center.

Friday, March 18
The touring theatrical production "In The Mood", a nostalgic evocation of the Swing Era featuring live music from an onstage big band, will be presented in matinee and evening performances at the Touhill Peforming Arts Center; and singer Marissa Mulder returns from NYC to present the first of two performance of a new show, "Fragments of Marilyn" at the Gaslight Theater.

Also on Friday, The 442s will perform at Cyrano's; the Sentimental Journey Dance Band plays for dancers at the Casa Loma Ballroom; singer Erika Johnson and guitarist Tom Byrne return to Montrey's Cigar Lounge; and the Funky Butt Brass Band will play their monthly show at Broadway Oyster Bar.

Saturday, March 19
Another Chicago-based singer, Keri Johnsrud, will be making her St. Louis debut in concert with her quartet at The Chapel, while New Orleans keyboardist Joe Krown and his organ trio, featuring guitarist Walter "Wolfman" Washington and drummer Russell Batiste Jr. will bring the funk to the Broadway Oyster Bar.

Also on Saturday, guitarist Matthew Von Doran makes a rare live appearance with his trio at the gallery and event space 1900 Park; singer Danita Mumphard will performs in a benefit concert for North Side Community School; Franglais plays Gypsy jazz and swing at Evangeline's; and trumpeter Jim Manley and guitarist Randy Bahr's All-Star Band returns to Nathalie's

Sunday, March 20
Pianist Jon Weber, in town to accompany Tammy McCann and Melissa Mulder, gets his own moment in the spotlight with "From Joplin to Jarrett: 100 Years of Piano Jazz" at the Gaslight Theater; and the Dave Dickey Big Band plays their monthly gig at Jazz at the Bistro.

Also on Sunday, NYC-based saxophonist Michael Eaton will perform with organist Brad Whiteley and drummer Shareef Taher at BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups. They'll be playing music from Eaton's 2014 album Individuation and previewing material from his planned next album Dialogical, which is scheduled to be recorded at live sessions next month in Brooklyn.

Monday, March 21
The eclectic ensemble Pink Martini (pictured, lower left), which draws on jazz, classical, Latin, and pop music to create a singularly suave sound, will make their St. Louis debut in a performance at the Sheldon Concert Hall.

Also on Monday, guitarist Steve Schenkel and pianist Kim Portnoy will perform in Webster University's Winifred Moore Auditorium.

For more jazz-related events in and around St. Louis, please visit the St. Louis Jazz Notes Calendar, which can be found on the left sidebar of the site or by clicking here. You also can keep up with all the latest news by following St. Louis Jazz Notes on Twitter at http://twitter.com/StLJazzNotes or clicking the "Like" icon on the StLJN Facebook page.

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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Dee Dee Bridgewater and Irvin Mayfield

Today, let's look at some videos of singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and trumpeter Irvin Mayfield, who are coming to St. Louis to perform starting Wednesday, March 16 and continuing through Saturday, March 19 at Jazz at the Bistro.

Already well-established as individual artists, Bridgewater and Mayfield joined forces for the first time in 2015 to collaborate on the album Dee Dee's Feathers, which features the two of them with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and assorted guest stars playing songs associated with New Orleans.

Up above, you can see a brief "making of" video put together by their label OKeh Records to promote the release of Dee Dee's Feathers.

After the jump, you can see Bridgewater, Mayfield, and their touring band the New Orleans 7 performing "Saint James Infirmary" and "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans" at a gig last October in Brussels.

Below that, there's a version of "One Fine Thing" recorded at the 2015 Festival Jazz à l'Hospitalet in Narbonne, France, followed by a brief commentary on the song by Bridgewater and Mayfield, and an in-studio performance of "House of the Rising Sun".

In the final video, shot in August of last year at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, Bridgewater and Mayfield are interviewed for the museum's video show The Drop, and then are joined by students from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Ensemble to perform music from Dee Dee's Feathers.

For more about Bridgewater and Mayfield, check out their appearance last August on PBS' Tavis Smiley Show, and the segment about Bridgewater that ran the same month on NPR's "All Things Considered."

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

Sunday Session: January 24, 2016

Ron Carter

For your Sunday reading, some interesting music-related items that have turned up recently in StLJN's inbox:

* Ten Pianists reflect on the enduring influence of Paul Bley (Notes on Jazz)
* Prototype Festival shows opera houses one path to new work (Washington Post)
* NYC Winter Jazzfest 2016 (AllAboutJazz.com)
* The New Thing: 5 Artists to Watch From Winter Jazzfest 2016 (Billboard)
* What We Loved At Winter Jazzfest 2016 (NPR)
* Revolutionary Recording Techniques Are Bringing Bach Back (Vice.com)
* New Orleans Jazz Fest Lineup Announced (Jazz Times)
* What Will the Sound of Jazz Be in 2016? (The Atlantic)
* Free Improvisation as Experience & Self-Disclosure (Artidolia.com)
* Washington, Porter, Kneebody To Headline Newport Jazz Festival (DownBeat)
* Canadian pianist Paul Bley played pivotal role in birth of free jazz (Toronto Globe and Mail)
* Spooner Oldham: Lord Loves A Session Man (American Songwriter)
* Stanley Jordan: “My Spirit Transcends Gender” - The guitarist speaks out about freedom and authenticity (Jazz Times)
* Chano Pozo: Legacy of the Ultimate Rumbero (SFJAZZ.org)
* Ron Carter earns world record as the most recorded jazz bassist in history (GuinnessWorldRecords.com)
* An Interview With Cécile McLorin Salvant - From Monk Competition winner to Grammy nominee (Jazz Times)
* The Grateful Dead Literary-Industrial Complex Is A Long, Strange Trip All Its Own (Deadspin.com)
* Old music is outselling new music for the first time in history (ChartAttack.com)
* Kamasi Washington’s Giant Step (New York Times)
* Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Orchestra Reneges on Promise to Pay Back Library Foundation (Offbeat)
* Jaco! The Story Behind Robert Trujillo's Intense New Documentary (Bass Player)
* Q&A: John Cale On Memorializing Lou Reed & Re-Making Music For A New Society (Stereogum)
* NYC Winter Jazzfest 2016: Comprehensive Coverage - "Jazz is not dead, but back with a vengeance" (Jazz Times)
* David Bowie: 7 Wild Quotes From the 'Station to Station' Era (Rolling Stone)
* Dan Wilson Talks John Seabrook’s The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory (TheTalkhouse.com)

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/spring 2016 jazz preview, part 3

Today, it's part three of StLJN's winter/spring 2016 jazz preview, giving you an advance look at some of the noteworthy bands and musicians who will be playing in St. Louis during the next several months. (You can see part one here and part two here.)

Following the chronological progression established in those first two installments, the first video up above features the Chicago-based group Spektral Quartet, who will be coming to town to perform in a concert presented by New Music Circle on Saturday, March 5 at the 560 Music Center. The quartet, which plays both new works by contemporary composers and interpretations of canonical classical music, is seen here in a 2015 performance of Philip Glass' String Quartet No 2 "Company".

After the jump, you can see a video of singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and trumpeter Irvin Mayfield, who will be co-headlining shows starting Wednesday, March 16 through Saturday, March 19 at Jazz at the Bistro. Bridgewater and Mayfield last year joined forces to record an album of New Orleans music called Dee Dee's Feathers, and have been touring together in support, playing shows including the one last summer in San Sebastian, Spain that's documented here.

The following weekend, trumpeter Byron Stripling will return to front the Jazz St. Louis Big Band for a "Tribute to Clark Terry" on Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26 at the Bistro. In the third clip, you can see Stripling, who very early in his career played in Terry's big band, being interviewed about his former employer in conjunction with another tribute to Terry presented last year by the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, which Stripling directs.

The week after that, the all-star SFJazz Collective will return to St. Louis for the first time since 2007 as part of their tour featuring interpretations of music made famous by the late singer and self-proclaimed "King of Pop," Michael Jackson. They'll play Wednesday, March 30 through Saturday, April 2 at Jazz at the Bistro, and can be seen here performing a Warren Wolf arrangement of Jackson's "Working Day And Night" at last year's Winter Jazz Festival in NYC.

Next to visit our city will be the veteran pianist Kenny Barron, who's returning with his trio on Wednesday, April 6 and Thursday, April 7 to the Bistro. Barron, who played the Bistro last year in a duo with vibraphonist Stefon Harris, is seen here playing "Triste," backed by bassist Chuck Bergeron and drummer Evan Hyde in a performance last spring at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music.

Later that same week, the Bistro will host another ad hoc group of musicians brought to St. Louis to work with students in Jazz St. Louis' various educational programs, as clarinetist and saxophonist Anat Cohen, drummer Matt Wilson, trumpeter Marquis Hill, and bassist Linda Oh join forces to perform on Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 at Jazz at the Bistro.

Since the group is being assembled specifically for the occasion, the only way to preview it would seem to be to take a look at each of the individual musicians in turn, starting with the sixth video, which shows Cohen performing "In The Spirit of Baden" with her quartet in November 2015 in the studios of KPLU in Seattle.

Below that, you can see Hill's set from the semifinals 2014 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition - which he eventually won - recorded in November, 2014 at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall in Los Angeles, California. Hill is accompanied by the 2014 competition band, with former St. Louisan Reggie Thomas on piano, Rodney Whitaker on bass, and Carl Allen on drums.

Then, you can see Oh leading her quartet in a performance of her original composition "Yoda," recorded in June of last year for the podcast BreakThruRadioTV. Today's final clip features Wilson (who was just at the Bistro in December with his Christmas Tree-O) and his band Arts and Crafts performing "Free Range Chicken" in 2013 at radio station KMHD in Portland, OR.

Next week, it's part four of StLJN's winter/spring 2016 jazz preview. You can see the rest of today's videos after the jump...