21. Harris-Stowe to Host Concert of Jazz Greats

The Buzz -- Harris-Stowe State University, home of the Don and Heide Wolff Jazz Institute, will host a benefit concert of jazz greats on Saturday, August 29, 2009, at 7 p.m., in the Henry Givens Jr. Administration Building’s Main Auditorium. Atty. Don Wolff will serve as the emcee. Featured performers include drummer and vibraphone player Chuck Redd; trumpeter Randy Sandke; trombonist Wycliffe Gordon; jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer Houston Person; pianist Rossano Sportiello; bassist Nicki Parrot; drummer Eddie Locke; St. Louis’ very own Clark Terry, trumpeter and flugelhornist; bassist Jim Widner and songstress Denise Thimes. Tickets sold through Metrotix. Prices are as follows: main floor seats, $30; balcony seats, $20 and students pay $10 with a valid student ID. All proceeds with go toward expanding the Wolff Jazz Institute. For more information, contact Rhoda Hayes-Wilson, Coordinator of the Wolff Jazz Institute at HSSU, at (314) 340-5773.