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Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival serves as joyous sendoff for Jim Widner

Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival serves as joyous sendoff for Jim Widner

UMSL's director of jazz studies, who is retiring from teaching this year, founded the festival in 2004 and has served as artistic director ever since....

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Jazz Orchestra to pay tribute to Ellington, Basie

Jazz Orchestra to pay tribute to Ellington, Basie

When speaking of jazz visionaries and musical trailblazers, Duke Ellington and Count Basie are typically mentioned in the same sentence. And while their music falls clearly into the same category,...

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