The New Haven born native has released a consistently high level of solo albums on various labels since his Seven Arrows release on...

With their self-titled Band Camp release, and several live gigs booked, the Back Alley Brass Band is ready to kick this thing off . . ....

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...

With the weather growing milder, it’s time for jazz to move outdoors. All our great clubs and concert venues are still supporting the...

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...

The KC Jazz Ambassador’s Future of Jazz scholarship & internship program concludes its inaugural year of performances. On Tuesday, May 9...

Mary Ellen and Nelson Farney go back a long way as Jazz Ambassadors--- back to 1989, when the organization was just getting started....

The introduction of new jazz saxophonist Pete Fucianaro into the fertile Kansas City jazz scene was truly a baptized by fire scenario....

Stephen Martin has a killer new album, “High Plains.” KC saxophonist, bandleader, and educator Martin spoke with JAM, revealing his...

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...

This month, we inaugurate a feature on the folks who make JAM and the Jazz Ambassadors possible. We invite you to join these Jazz...

The Adam Larson Trio: With Love from Chicago (11 Feb. 2022) REVIEW Saxophonist/bandleader/composer/(UMKC) educator Adam Larson has a new...

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...

Tickets on Sale February 1st Tickets for Riff Generation, the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra’s new, second ensemble, are on sale as of...

Johnson County Community College (JCCC) invites jazz fans to learn more about noted jazz guitarist Pat Metheny on Thursday, February 17,...

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....

Chicago-based Jazz Pianist, Composer & Educator Steve Million stands as one of the most accomplished pianists in the modern jazz world....

In August of 2021, Carl Allen became the new William and Mary Grant Endowed Chair and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of...

Economic downturns and changing styles have always affected the big band business. Whether it’s a Jazz Orchestra, a Big Band, a Large...

How did this evolved artistry of spoons come into your world? “I was really inspired by the stories my mother told me about my...