The jazz world has lost a giant. World Saxophone Quartet founder Hamiet Bluiett died Thursday. He was 78. A native of Brooklyn (Lovejoy), Illinois, Bluiett was an internationally admired innovator who frequently returned to the St. Louis region as a performer and educator. He was known as a master of the baritone saxophone. His sound on the horn was unmistakable, said trumpeter George Sams, a friend for more than 50 years.
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