Though keyboardist Jim Hegarty considers himself the introvert of the STL Free Jazz Collective, he's also the group's de facto bandleader, having put together the six-piece group in advance of its March 2015 debut at the late, lamented Tavern of Fine Arts. A resident of St. Louis for about twenty years, Hegarty had gigged with most of these players and knew the rest.…
Though keyboardist Jim Hegarty considers himself the introvert of the STL Free Jazz Collective, he's also the group's de facto bandleader, having put together the six-piece group in advance of its March 2015 debut at the late, lamented Tavern of Fine Arts. A resident of St. Louis for about twenty years, Hegarty had gigged with most of these players and knew the rest.…