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Recollections of Jazz Organist Everette DeVan
The sound of jazz is forever changed by an expanded musical palette brought on by the swinging sound of the Hammond B3 organ. The recent...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 3 min
Desmond Mason Playing & Producing Music from LA to KC
Kansas City jazz pianist and composer Desmond Mason is further proof of how local musicians fought and survived during the pandemic....
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- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
Busiest Guitarist in a Woke Kansas City — Meet Michael McClintlock
The path of Kansas City guitarist Michael McClintock has been one of the more unlikely, yet enlivened biographies for a self-actualized...
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- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
The Warwick Theatre 3927 Main Street
The name, Warwick, is regal and steeped in tradition. Warwick, pronounced (WORR-ik) is a market town in England that has been continually...
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- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
Blue Beat Syncopation: Selected Poems 1977-2002 by Stan Banks
Poet Stan Banks is one of KC’s finest poets to write about jazz. It’s in his blood and tradition, the grandson of a KC Vine Street...
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- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
God Has Blessed Lonnie McFadden
In a recent press release, The Brownville Concert Series says, “There is nothing he can’t do! His infectious personality is only matched...
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- Jul 4, 2021
- 3 min
Kansas City Jazz Royalty Grows on Her Own The Story of NYC Jazz Vocalist Lucy Wijnands
f living through a pandemic was an example of the youth in America learning to be resilient and patient, then Kansas City-raised,...
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- Jul 4, 2021
- 1 min
KCJA Scholarship Winners Keeping Jazz Alive
They couldn’t be more different. He’s an alto sax player from rural Hesston, KS and she’s a home- schooled jazz guitarist from nearby Oak...
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- Jul 4, 2021
- 2 min
Beneath Missouri Skies—Review
In Beneath Missouri Skies author Carolyn Glenn Brewer examines the formative years in the life of Kansas City’s guitar phenomena, Pat...
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- Jul 3, 2021
- 1 min
Saxophone Supreme Goes Worldwide
Bird lives at Saxophone Supreme: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker. Just in time for the Bird’s 101st birthday celebration, the...
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- Jul 3, 2021
- 2 min
Spotlight: Charlie Parker - Charles Perkins and Gerald Spaits Polsky Theater Midwest Trust Center
The Johnson County Community College is celebrating the 101st birthday of Kansas City native Charlie Parker on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021....
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- Jun 5, 2021
- 3 min
Tyrone Clark
Bassist Tyrone Clark is a pillar of the Kansas City jazz community. He and his wife Alyce have been together for 40 years. Ty was a...
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- Jun 5, 2021
- 1 min
Deborah Brown Headlines Free Sunflower Music Festival
What started as a chamber music festival back in 1987 has grown to be one of the Midwest’s featured summer performing arts events....
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- Jun 5, 2021
- 2 min
Spotlight: Charlie Parker 2021
spotlightcharlieparker.org During the month of August 2021, the Kansas City metropolitan area will celebrate the 101st birthday of music...
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- May 4, 2021
- 2 min
Bright Stars of the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra
By Chris Robinson The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra is thrilled to present the reimagined composition as the centerpiece of the May 6...
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- May 4, 2021
- 6 min
Roundtrip Kansas City Jazz Musician Rob Scheps of Oregon and New York
by Joe Dimino Full Interview @: https://youtu.be/h4Oz-9EPVKo How do you feel about having material coming out during a pandemic? We would...
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- Mar 31, 2021
- 3 min
Charlie Parker’s Grafton Saxophone Spends the Summer in Florida
Each year, visitors from all over the world come to the American Jazz Museum for a chance to view Charlie Parker’s plastic Grafton...
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- Mar 31, 2021
- 4 min
New Kid in Town — Drummer, Evan Verploegh
Meet one of the new transplants to the Kansas City jazz scene. His name is Evan Verploegh. Originally from rural Northern Wisconsin, he...
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- Mar 31, 2021
- 4 min
Watch Your Step #8: The Creed
There are no explicit rules for the working musician. You learn as you go what works and what doesn't. Some things you learn the hard...
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