Tickets are on sale now for acclaimed jazz vocalist Madeleine Peyroux, coming to the Midwest Trust Center at JCCC on May 22 for one...

The “We Always Swing” Jazz Series is thrilled to celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month this April at full capacity after a couple years of...

Believe In: Legacy 25 Saturday, April 30th The American Jazz Museum emerged through the revitalization of Kansas City’s Historic 18th &...

Three dynamic vocalists celebrate the enduring legacies of three iconic female artists. Carmen Staaf – Musical Director Eli Wolf –...

We Always Swing brings {Trés} with saxophonist Miguel Zenón to Columbia, MO on Saturday March 12. The concert will be presented at the...

On Friday, March 11, KC Jazz ALIVE! will host a panel discussion at the Westport Coffee House Theater from 11:45am-1:30pm. The RSVP...

Whether you’re already a huge fan of Grover Washington and George Benson, or if you still need convincing, our Kansas City Jazz...

Tuesday, March 8 is the date for KC Jazz Ambassadors’ next Meet Up at Johnnie’s Jazz Club, 14th and Main. Jim Mair’s Kansas City Kansas...

The “We Always Swing” Jazz Series will celebrate Black History Month with 3 outstanding concerts, culminating with Jazz at Lincoln Center...

The JCCC Jazz recitals begin on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at noon in the Polsky Theatre in the Midwest Trust Center with a performance by the Adam...

In the early 1990s, an actor friend invited me to see him in a musical being performed at the Folly Theater. I was born and raised in...

At the recent KC Jazz Ambassadors annual meeting, KCJA Vice President Stephen Mann mentioned that we hadn’t seen Dr. Potts in a while....

The Folly Theater opens again this January with its most progressive and diverse line-up to date, beginning with Grammy Award-winning...

The Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors held their annual meeting Tuesday, December 14. Jazz pianist Dan Sturdevant was elected to the board of...

KC Jazz Ambassadors will get together at Johnnie’s Jazz Club, 14th and Main, on Tuesday, January 11 to support up and coming jazz...

Bobby Watson, Lonnie McFadden, Charles Williams, and vocalist Eboni Fondren were among those voted KC “Favorites” in the first annual JAM...

The “We Always Swing” Jazz Series is gearing up for an excellent slate of concerts in the second half of their 27th season, anchored by...

When jazz was played at all the major hotel rooftop bars. Say Kansas City, in the mid-nineteen seventies, it seemed the bands would...

Winterlude, a jazz festival designed to keep us warm and comfortable while attending a winter jazz festival, is a highly successful idea...

Glenn North is an award-winning poet, activist, and educator. The Eclipse Trio is known for taking jazz standards and popular rhythm and...