06.18.2008 6:57 am
Benefit concert set for ailing Ike & Tina Turner saxophonist
Jim Koerber, whose claim to fame includes working as a sideman/saxophonist for Ike & Tina Turner, is the beneficiary of a special concert from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Sunday at BB’s Jazz, Blues and Soups, 700 South Broadway.
Soulard Blues Band, the Mighty Big Band, Los Carnales, and Alvin Jett and the Phat noiZ Blues Band will perform.
Proceeds are going to Koerber, who is living with tongue cancer.
The North St. Louis native, who recorded “Proud Mary” with Ike & Tina Turner and also appeared with them on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and “The Tonight Show,” is no longer working as a musician.
Admission is $10. Get more information at 314-436-5222 or www.bbsjazzbluessoups.com.
Kevin C. Johnson has covered the St. Louis' music and nightlife scene for the past decade. 
