If you think you've seen this little sax-playing 'toon and his compatriots somewhere before, you're right - almost.
The artwork used to promote this year's US Bank Saint Louis Jazz Festival is done in tribute to the style of the late Jim Flora, whose illustrations and design adorned many jazz album covers during the 1940s and '50s.
Flora's work has undergone something of a rediscovery in recent years with the publication of the book The Mischievious Art of Jim Flora, written by record collector, radio host and outsider music expert Irwin Chusid. To find out more about Jim Flora and his whimsical yet still fresh-looking art, you can read an interview with Chusid here; see a gallery of some of Flora's work at the official Jim Flora Web site; and read an interview with Flora himself here.
(edited 6/23/05 to fix typos)
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