Local heroes: As part of the Excellence in the Community concert series, Westminster College will host saxophonist Joe McQueen, pianist Wayne Egan and friends Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory, 1250 E. 1700 South, Salt Lake City. Bassist Lars Yorgason, vocalist Rebecca Ray and drummer Christian Parry will share the stage. Get ready for an evening of classic swing and romantic ballads. Tickets are $12 at 801-832-2457 or at Hires Big H restaurants, Holladay Pharmacy and Bank of Utah branches.

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Mr. McQueen played tuba and then saxophone in the Ardmore High School band. He has played with Nat King Cole, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Paul Gonsalves, Lester Young, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Dizzy Gillespie. He began traveling and playing music when World War II ended. He worked and played at the Porters and Waiters Club in Ogden—one of the few venues open to black Americans at the time. In 1962 Joe played with Hoagy Carmichael in Idaho Falls.

The organizer told me that anyone that mentions Swing Utah at the door will get $2 off.