The Whitaker Music Festival, a series of free concerts held each summer at the Missouri Botanical Garden, has announced its 2008 lineup. The series opens June 4 with Erin Bode, who will make up a date that was rained out in 2007, and continues on Wednesdays through August 13.Other shows in the series that may be of potential interest to jazz listeners include Two Times True, with pianist Carolbeth True and her son, drummer David True, on June 11; Le Jazz Hot, featuring pianist Ptah Williams, bassist Darrell Mixon, drummer Bensid Thigpen and saxophonist Chad Evans, on June 18; the Tony Simmons Band on June 25; singer Anita Rosamond (pictured) on July 2; singer Kim Massie on July 16; and French cabaret music purveyors the Poor People of Paris on July 23.
All concerts start at 7:30 p.m., and admission to the Garden is free after 5 p.m. on concert days. The Missouri Botanical Garden is located at 4344 Shaw Blvd. in St. Louis, just off I-44 at Vandeventer. For more information and a complete schedule, visit the Garden's Web site or call 314-577-9400 or 1-800-642-8842.
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