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Saxophonist Jim Mair remembers: Live at the Temple—Honors the Kansas City Women of Jazz
Live performance is the juice of jazz. It is for the moment. That is why missing Live at the Temple-Honors the Kansas City Women of Jazz...
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JAM
- Jun 6, 2022
- 2 min
Jazz Moves Outdoors for Summer Listening
With the weather growing milder, it’s time for jazz to move outdoors. All our great clubs and concert venues are still supporting the...
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JAM
- May 6, 2022
- 3 min
Natalie Bates - Homegrown Kansas City Drummer from Idaho
It was Friday, January 28, 2022. We were at the Record Bar, in Downtown Kansas City as Grand Marquis took the stage, ushering in a new...
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JAM
- May 6, 2022
- 1 min
Future of Jazz Series Concludes with High School All-Stars
The KC Jazz Ambassador’s Future of Jazz scholarship & internship program concludes its inaugural year of performances. On Tuesday, May 9...
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JAM
- May 6, 2022
- 2 min
Mary Ellen & Nelson Farney, a Great Pair of Jazz Ambassadors
Mary Ellen and Nelson Farney go back a long way as Jazz Ambassadors--- back to 1989, when the organization was just getting started....
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JAM
- Apr 1, 2022
- 3 min
Pete Fucinaro: The Migration to KC Continues with the New Omaha Import on Saxophone
The introduction of new jazz saxophonist Pete Fucianaro into the fertile Kansas City jazz scene was truly a baptized by fire scenario....
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JAM
- Mar 4, 2022
- 7 min
Stephen Martin: KC & High Plains — and Beyond
Stephen Martin has a killer new album, “High Plains.” KC saxophonist, bandleader, and educator Martin spoke with JAM, revealing his...
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JAM
- Mar 4, 2022
- 6 min
Adam Larson: Planting KC Roots
We talked right after the pandemic began in March 2020. Before we get to your new trilogy of albums, how have you been? I think it's fair...
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JAM
- Mar 3, 2022
- 2 min
Spotlight on Our Sponsors
This month, we inaugurate a feature on the folks who make JAM and the Jazz Ambassadors possible. We invite you to join these Jazz...
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JAM
- Feb 5, 2022
- 4 min
Adam Larson Jazz Ginger
The Adam Larson Trio: With Love from Chicago (11 Feb. 2022) REVIEW Saxophonist/bandleader/composer/(UMKC) educator Adam Larson has a new...
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JAM
- Feb 4, 2022
- 1 min
Next KCJA Meet Up Tuesday, February 8
KC Jazz Ambassadors will get together at Johnnie’s Jazz Club, 14th and Main, on Tuesday, February 8 from 7-9pm to support the “Future of...
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JAM
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra Riff Generation
Tickets on Sale February 1st Tickets for Riff Generation, the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra’s new, second ensemble, are on sale as of...
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JAM
- Feb 4, 2022
- 1 min
Pat Metheny in Kansas City: the Genesis of Genius
Johnson County Community College (JCCC) invites jazz fans to learn more about noted jazz guitarist Pat Metheny on Thursday, February 17,...
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JAM
- Jan 2, 2022
- 5 min
Marty Morrison - Jazz Frequent Flyer - Interview
What’s been going on with you? I teach at Missouri State University, so when I come to play in KC it's a two-and-a-half-hour drive home....
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JAM
- Dec 2, 2021
- 4 min
Steve Million - The Missouri Touch – A Real Songwriter
Chicago-based Jazz Pianist, Composer & Educator Steve Million stands as one of the most accomplished pianists in the modern jazz world....
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JAM
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
Drummer Carl Allen: The Benefit of Being a Blessed Man
In August of 2021, Carl Allen became the new William and Mary Grant Endowed Chair and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of...
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JAM
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Live Jazz KC Big Band featuring Rob Scheps, Angela Hagenbach, and others!
Economic downturns and changing styles have always affected the big band business. Whether it’s a Jazz Orchestra, a Big Band, a Large...
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JAM
- Nov 4, 2021
- 4 min
Peter Shilliday
How did this evolved artistry of spoons come into your world? “I was really inspired by the stories my mother told me about my...
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JAM
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
Karrin Allyson Returns to the Folly Theater
Venues around the world reopen their doors to those hungry to hear live music. The Folly Theater continues their long-running Jazz Series...
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JAM
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
Trent Austin Joins Kansas City Jazz Orchestra
It can take decades to find the right place to live. For veteran trumpeter Trent Austin, the newest member of the Kansas City Jazz...
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