Venues around the world reopen their doors to those hungry to hear live music. The Folly Theater continues their long-running Jazz Series...

It can take decades to find the right place to live. For veteran trumpeter Trent Austin, the newest member of the Kansas City Jazz...

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...

Kansas City jazz pianist and composer Desmond Mason is further proof of how local musicians fought and survived during the pandemic....

The path of Kansas City guitarist Michael McClintock has been one of the more unlikely, yet enlivened biographies for a self-actualized...

The name, Warwick, is regal and steeped in tradition. Warwick, pronounced (WORR-ik) is a market town in England that has been continually...

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...

In a recent press release, The Brownville Concert Series says, “There is nothing he can’t do! His infectious personality is only matched...

f living through a pandemic was an example of the youth in America learning to be resilient and patient, then Kansas City-raised,...

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...

In Beneath Missouri Skies author Carolyn Glenn Brewer examines the formative years in the life of Kansas City’s guitar phenomena, Pat...

Bird lives at Saxophone Supreme: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker. Just in time for the Bird’s 101st birthday celebration, the...

The Johnson County Community College is celebrating the 101st birthday of Kansas City native Charlie Parker on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021....

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...

What started as a chamber music festival back in 1987 has grown to be one of the Midwest’s featured summer performing arts events....

spotlightcharlieparker.org During the month of August 2021, the Kansas City metropolitan area will celebrate the 101st birthday of music...

It’s spring. And as you probably already know, this spring is a very special spring. Leaving the Morningstar Baptist Community Center,...

By Chris Robinson The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra is thrilled to present the reimagined composition as the centerpiece of the May 6...

by Joe Dimino Full Interview @: https://youtu.be/h4Oz-9EPVKo How do you feel about having material coming out during a pandemic? We would...

Each year, visitors from all over the world come to the American Jazz Museum for a chance to view Charlie Parker’s plastic Grafton...