JAM
Matt Otto: Umbra
Origin Records 2023 It is an album of all originals, nine in total, penned by bandleader and saxophonist Matt Otto, KC staple, but also...
top of page
Search
JAM
- Nov 16, 2023
- 3 min
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra: “In the Key of KC” (22 Sept. 2023)
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra (KCJO) has a new album. And on it they swing hard, are hip and precise—and, in the tradition, they’ll make you...
310
JAM
- Nov 16, 2023
- 4 min
Gabriela Martina: Honoring the Farm Roaming to Career Comfort
Life tends to be a full circle event and for Amsterdam-based jazz vocalist, composer, and bandleader Gabriela Martina, nothing could be...
520
JAM
- Sep 20, 2023
- 2 min
Matt Kane: Song Poems
Matt Kane came up in Hannibal, MO and, after his term at UMKC, he stayed and was on the scene. Now based in New York, Kane is a...
230
JAM
- Aug 10, 2023
- 4 min
Rod Fleeman Leaps In...
With “Saturday Afternoon Live at Green Lady Lounge, Vol. 2” (2023) With the change in live music because of the pandemic Rod Fleeman, KC...
530
JAM
- Jun 26, 2023
- 2 min
E.E. Pointer: Incomplete Fool
Kansas City area trumpeter and composer E.E. Pointer has done it again, offered up a very personal, meditative album, quiet but present,...
1010
JAM
- May 10, 2023
- 3 min
Kansas City Jazz Guitarist Alan Voss Returns
Release His Debut Album At Fifty-One It is a rare musical feat that a debut album gets released by an artist at the age of 51. Yet,...
680
JAM
- Mar 31, 2023
- 2 min
Dave Stryker Trio Prime
CD Review This Hammond B3 trio of Stryker’s cooks. And this album is one of its delicious one-night-only, specialty item meals. Although...
150
JAM
- Mar 11, 2023
- 4 min
Range of Motion
Jack Mouse Group, with Bob Bowman and more Jack Mouse, Chicago jazz-scene staple, has moved back to his hometown of Emporia, Kansas,...
1920
JAM
- Mar 11, 2023
- 2 min
Call Me Irresponsible: The Songs of Jimmy Van Heusen Lucy Wijnands & John Di Martino (2022) REVIEW
Brooklyn-based jazz vocalist Lucy Wijnands, part of the Wijnands KC jazz legacy, has a new album. It is a remarkable album, at once a...
260
JAM
- Feb 2, 2023
- 2 min
Christopher Burnett: The Standards, Vol. 2 “Live at the Drum Room” (Review)
Chris Burnett’s recent (and second) installment in his live standards collection has energy and levity. It feels like being there, and...
320
JAM
- Feb 2, 2023
- 2 min
Bob Himmelberger Trio Legacy (Review)
Pianist and composer Bob Himmelberger leads a fascinating, straight-ahead, contemporary album in Legacy. Former luminary Kansas Citian...
470
JAM
- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
Hermon Mehari: Asmara
Review November 2022 Hermon Mehari’s new album is full of a kind of uncommon grace. It feels like a love letter to his home country,...
280
JAM
- Nov 4, 2022
- 6 min
Brian Baggett Trio—Groovin’ and Swingin’ At Green Lady Lounge CD Review & Interview
By Dr. Wayne Goins “When I put the group together, I used the atmosphere of the club to dictate the vibe of the group, letting the room...
2840
JAM
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
Christopher Burnett: Cbq+5: The Standards, Vol. 1—review
KC staple Christopher Burnett and crew have released a new album of standards, and it’s a delight—lively and solidly in the KC spirit....
240
JAM
- Oct 13, 2022
- 1 min
Josh Nelson Bob Bowman Collective: Tomorrow is not Promised—Review
KC’s Bob Bowman teams up with Josh Nelson and crew and cooks up a tasty new album, a delicious entree of original tunes. But beneath...
620
JAM
- Sep 8, 2022
- 3 min
Steve Knight: Persistence (2022) Review
Steve Knight, originally from Olathe, has a new album out. Now a Chicagoan, Knight assembled a stellar jazz trio in Chicago. They played...
310
JAM
- Jul 8, 2022
- 2 min
Jeff Shirley: Blue Gold
(Review 2022) An inventive listen, Jeff Shirley’s BLUE GOLD mixes Eastern and Western music confidently and seamlessly. There’s an...
950
JAM
- Jun 6, 2022
- 5 min
Ben Allison: Moments Inside
The New Haven born native has released a consistently high level of solo albums on various labels since his Seven Arrows release on...
370
JAM
- Jun 6, 2022
- 2 min
Tano Pumara: Incierto (2022)
This thing swings! There’s a kind of hot, 1930’s Parisian energy to talented violinist Tano Pumara’s new album, Incierto, a tight, small...
890
bottom of page