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Watch Your Step #7-What In The World?
by Stanton Kessler What in the world is going on in the mind of a jazz player during an improvised solo? To most people this is a...
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- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
Change Chiefs to Yardbirds, Anyone?
by Mark Edelman, KCJA President I’m as bummed as anybody about the Chiefs’ loss to Tampa Bay (without our offensive line, it was bound...
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- Mar 2, 2021
- 3 min
Serving Our Country JAZZ
Trombonist, Kevin Cerovich is one of an elite group of young Kansas City musicians who have found their way in the world as professional...
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- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
Scampology
I was in my late 20's when I first saw The Scamps on a hot summer Saturday night in 1980 at the Sni-Blu Lounge at the intersection of...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Remembering Tony DiPardo
In honor of the Chiefs’ upcoming return to the Superbowl, we look back ten years to the man who brought live music to professional...
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- Jan 27, 2021
- 4 min
Hermon Mehari
Trumpeter, Hermon Mehari is a stellar musician. He was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, attended high school there and went on to...
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- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
if It’s Too Cold to Venture Out, Stream Some Jazz
If the snow, cold or pandemic keeps you hunkered down indoors this month, there’s a chance to catch some jazz and blues on that 42”...
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- Jan 1, 2021
- 4 min
Big for Kansas City Jazz
For the past several decades Merle Stalder has been frequenting jazz clubs around the city. You might have seen a lanky unassuming fellow...
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- Jan 1, 2021
- 4 min
America Patton: Son of Rufus Harley
The composition, Theme for the Eulipions written by Rahsaan Roland Kirk with words by Betty H Neals begins; “Ah Hun, you wouldn’t forget...
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JAM
- Nov 30, 2020
- 4 min
Watch Your Step #5—The Company Christmas Party
Let’s pretend that there’s no pandemic. Traditionally, December would light up like a Christmas tree with holiday parties. Musicians...
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- Nov 30, 2020
- 3 min
The Reno Club, Back in the Day
With the opening of Lonnie’s Reno Club in the Ambassador Hotel this month, we look back on the venue’s namesake, courtesy of an article...
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JAM
- Nov 30, 2020
- 4 min
The Tradition Jams On
The upscale department store, Saks Fifth Avenue rolled onto the Country Club Plaza with a fundraising event in honor of the Elder...
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- Nov 30, 2020
- 6 min
Trumpeter & Flugelhornist Pete Carroll
by Joe Dimino Pete Carroll is staying active and making the best of what’s coming his way. He’s a veteran trumpeter and flugelhornist and...
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- Oct 28, 2020
- 4 min
Watch Your Step 4 -The Simple Life
Life used to be so simple. When I tell my students this they give me that, here we go look. Grandpa wants to tell us about the Good 'Ol...
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JAM
- Oct 11, 2020
- 5 min
Rich Wheeler – Working Hard and Loving it
On September 11, 2020 Ensemble Ibérica crowded onto a stage, set in the underground garage of Pod Plex. Jackie Myers’ open-air KC...
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- Oct 11, 2020
- 10 min
Joe Farnsworth
With jazz venues essentially shutdown, there is a palatable cloud of uncertainty over the world of the arts and entertainment. As for new...
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JAM
- Oct 8, 2020
- 4 min
Remember the Little Man
by David Basse There is a new mural on the south wall of the historic Mutual Musician’s Foundation at 1823 Highland Avenue. The painting...
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- Oct 7, 2020
- 2 min
Kansas City Jazz ALIVE now in its 7th year “Raising the Tide”
Founded in April 2014, the non-profit catalyst organization Jazz ALIVE continues its efforts to make Kansas City a premier destination...
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- Sep 6, 2020
- 4 min
Watch Your Step: A Big Mistake
by Stanton Kesler The legendary pseudo rock band Spinal Tap once appeared on The David Letterman Show and addressed the subject of jazz....
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- Sep 3, 2020
- 9 min
Revelations - Surviving the Pandemic
by Joe Dimino & David Basse Jazz Musicians Around the World on COVID-19 People’s lives have been radically rearranged since mid-March by...
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