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The annual Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival returns a little earlier than usual, but with an all-star lineup.
Saxophonist Lou Marini, known for high-profile groups like the Saturday Night Live Band, The Blues Brothers, and Blood Sweat and Tears, will perform with a combo Friday night. Multiple Grammy-nominated jazz composer and trombonist Steve Weist and trumpeter Clay Jenkins also will perform on Friday.
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, with brothers Jeff and John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton, will perform Saturday. The UMSL Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jim Widner, will perform both nights.
On Friday, 鈥淐ityscape鈥� host Steve Potter talked to Marini and Widner about the festival and about Marini's career.
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Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival
- When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 20-21, 2015
- Where: UMSL's Touhill Performing Arts Center
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