Jazz St. Louis

Plus a politician's kiss, a hot new restaurant, East St. Louis jazz and more.

A quintet of jazz players assembled for Music at the Intersection will pay tribute to the indelible contribution of jazz musicians and educators from the east side of the river.

Jazz great David Sanborn, a Kirkwood native, got his start playing teen hangouts and clubs around St. Louis. Jazz St. Louis will honor him with its first lifetime achievement award on Thursday.

Keyon Harrold mixes jazz, hip-hop and R&B on this third solo album. The Ferguson-born trumpeter’s new songs reflect his quest for inner peace.

The public scrutiny of Jazz St. Louis President and CEO Victor Goines started after he rejected a T-shirt design of Keyon Harrold holding a trumpet and a fist raised above his head from local artist Cbabi Bayoc.

Claire Maue, 20, will lead her quartet at Jazz St. Louis for the first time Wednesday. She dedicated her debut album to her twin sister, Hana, who died last year in a car crash.

Jazz vocalist Denise Thimes will perform Christmas songs and other favorites when she plays Jazz St. Louis on Wednesday and Thursday.

Victor Goines, a longtime member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and distinguished educator, will lead Jazz at St. Louis.

Native son Keyon Harrold is the new host of St. Louis Public Radio and Jazz St. Louis’ live weekly jazz show, The Next Set: Live From Jazz St. Louis.

Jazz St. Louis President and CEO Gene Dobbs Bradford will step down after more than 20 years of leading the organization. Bradford, who leaves this week to head the Savannah Music Festival in Georgia, said he’s excited about the future of jazz in St. Louis.