Friday, September 7, 2012

Now's the Time: Karrin Allyson at the Prairie Village Jazz Festival


Karrin Allyson returns to the Prairie Village Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 8. Her band of ringers includes drummer Todd Strait. The pair perform a voice/drum duo in the embedded video. Allyson participated in an interview with Plastic Sax last year.

Here's the festival's complete schedule:

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.: Diverse
 Hermon Mehari, trumpet, Ben Leifer, bass, Brad Williams, drums

4:20 – 5:20 p.m.: Rich Wheeler Quartet Rich Wheeler, tenor saxophone, T.J. Martley, piano, Bill McKemy, bass, Sam Wisman, drums

5:40 – 6:40 p.m.: Mike Metheny Quartet
 Mike Metheny, trumpet and flugelhorn, T.J. Martley, piano, Gerald Spaits, bass, Todd Strait, drums

 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.: Megan Birdsall Quartet
 Megan Birdsall, vocals, Wayne Hawkins, piano, Bob Bowman, bass, Matt Leifer, drums

8:20 – 9:20 p.m.: Bobby Watson Quartet
 Bobby Watson, alto saxophone, Chris Clarke, piano, Curtis Lundy, bass, Michael Waren, drums

9:40 – 10:55 p.m.: Karrin Allyson Quintet
 Karrin Allyson, vocals and piano, Bob Sheppard, tenor saxophone and flute, Rod Fleeman, guitar, Gerald Spaits, bass, Todd Strait, drums

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is by far the best line this year up for a jazz festival in KC. Good job PV!!!