By James Maiden For 120 years, the Folly has stood in the heart of Downtown Kansas City, pulsing with creative energy and vitality and...

Photos &-Article by Luke Harbur 2020 will go down as one of the most memorable years in America’s recent history. From the downward and...

November 4, 2020 To Sam, Stacy, Family, and Friends of Pam Hider-Johnson, On behalf of the Kansas City Jazz ALIVE community of...

by Larry Kopitnik Molly Hammer Our town lost a treasure the day before Thanksgiving, when Molly Hammer finally succumbed in her long...

Around the corner and down the street from its original location at 602 E 12th St, the Reno Club rises up again, this time with KC jazz...

If you missed the broadcast on Channel 19 during the Parker Centennial Celebration, Bird: Not Out of Nowhere, KCPT’s documentary...

In the midst of #MeToo and the #BlackLivesMatter movement, cancel culture has also emerged, asking people to withdrawal support from...

by Susan Tolleson, JCCC writer Fall 2020 Jazz Series broadcasts original music and early jazz roots “I think it is in collaboration that...

By James Maiden As the Folly staff continues to stay ever observant on the COVID-19 health regulations we have determined that moving...

by Jam Staff As summer turns to autumn Kansas City’s jazz clubs are slowly reopening for business. Mostly centered around downtown, our...

Charlie Parker’s 100th birthday will be celebrated by our own Kansas City Jazz Orchestra on the Bird’s birthday, Saturday, August 29, 8pm...

Kansas City celebrates the 100th birthday of Charlie “Bird” Parker this month with a ten day series of Performance and Educational....

She has a Plan and She will Survive By James Maiden The last few months have been a struggle for all of us. Many of Kansas City’s arts...

by Macy Layne KC Jazz Alive Founded in 2014 by an active group of Kansas City jazz supporters, KC Jazz ALIVE exists to keep jazz ALIVE in...

by Marissa Baum and Luke Harbur We are in a new era, one where all museums must maintain a digital presence. The online experience must...

Bobby Watson’s newest CD release Keepin’ It Real, on Smoke Sessions Records gets an unusual CD release party on Thursday, July 16 at 8pm....

The 38th Folly Theater Jazz Series is here! By James Maiden, Marketing Manager The last few months have been difficult, and the arts have...

By David Basse Born and raised in St. Louis, Rashida Phillips comes to the American Jazz Museum from the Old Town School of Folk Music in...

Our favorite jazz club may be closed and the drinks no longer flowing, but that hasn’t stopped area jazz musicians from learning,...