Jazz St. Louis

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.

Bradford, who also hosts St. Louis Public Radio's jazz show The Next Set, announced his departure Monday. He will start a new role in mid-February at the Savannah Music Festival in Georgia.

The trumpeter and bandleader plays at Jazz St. Louis through Sunday.

Dennis Owsley, the author, photographer and jazz historian who hosted the St. Louis Public Radio show “Jazz Unlimited” until 2019, has died in Arizona. He was 78.

Jazz St. Louis and St. Louis Public Radio (STLPR) announce the launch of The Next Set: Live From Jazz St. Louis, a new radio show bringing the improvisational art of live jazz music, performed from the Ferring Jazz Bistro stage, into the ears of listeners across the region.