RFT's "Best of St. Louis" includes Bode, Bluiett, Whalum, JATB and Owsley

The 2006 "Best of St. Louis" edition of the Riverfront Times is out this week, and includes the results of the annual Music Awards readers' poll as well as the editorial staff's picks for the best people, places and things in our town.

In the readers' poll, Erin Bode (pictured) won the Music Award as Best Jazz Artist, while category winners in the BoStL editor's picks section include Hamiett Bluiett as Best Jazz Artist, Hugh "Peanuts" Whalum as Best Lounge Act, Jazz at the Bistro as Best Jazz Club and KWMU's Jazz Unlimited, hosted by Dennis Owsley, as Best Jazz Radio Program. You can see the full list of Music Award winners here, and the entire Best of St. Louis listings here.