Summer Spotlight STL Artist Series returns this summer, June 13 through August 17! This year’s exciting and expanded schedule shines the spotlight on marvelously gifted St. Louis-based musicians as they come together for a St. Louis summer brimming with unique collaborations and memorable celebrations at absolutely no cost to you, thanks to the generous underwriting of long-time friends of Jazz St. Louis and the arts community, Steward Family Foundation & World Wide Technology.

Award-winning film composer and multi-instrumentalist Christian McGhee returns to Jazz St. Louis for his “Midwest Album Release Party.” The album, described as “cinematic jazz” incorporates strings and vocals and features all original music that McGhee recorded in January but hasn’t released it. McGhee will be joined on stage by Georgia Heers on vocals, Jahari Stampley on piano, Santosh Sharma on tenor saxophone, Brad Kang on guitar, and Nathan Pence on bass.