*Steve Vockrodt wrote a thorough analysis of the latest funding initiative for the Jazz District for The Pitch. A television report about the development suggests that "the historic Jazz District is in disrepair.”
*Prohibition Hall, a new venue at 11th & McGhee, has jazz musicians booked on Wednesdays and Latin jazz and salsa bands booked on Thursdays through February.
*Mike Warren reviewed Mike Metheny’s Twelve For the Road album for KCUR.
*Jessie Riggins reviewed a Roger Wilder performance.
*Joe Klopus examines the week's jazz calendar in his latest column.
*KC Jazz Lark celebrates the 100th anniversary of Jay McShann’s birth.
*Paul Shinn has released the new album Into That Good Night.
*Vince Giordano and Molly Hammer are among Joe Dimino’s most recent interview subjects.
*Pat Metheny wrote a remembrance of his former collaborator David Bowie.
*Dogs, an album featuring Mike Dillon, Brian Haas, James Singleton and Johnny Vidacovich, will be released on Feb. 26. Here’s ”Bongo Joe”.
*Tweet o’ the Week: Mark Peavy- @LynnHorsley “Cleaver testified…18th and Vine is the 3rd most recognized street in the U.S.” That’s ridiculous. Maybe 12th & Vine(& KC Wine)
*From a press release: The spring 2016 season of the JCCC Jazz Series will kick off Tuesday, March 1, with the Ben Leifer Quartet. The series, which showcases the talents of local jazz musicians, is free and open to the public. Performances will take place at noon on Tuesdays for seven consecutive weeks. They will be held in the Polsky Theatre of the Carlsen Center unless otherwise noted. March 1: Ben Leifer Quartet, Polsky Theatre; March 8: Megan Birdsall Quartet, Polsky Theatre; March 15: Kansas City Jazz Collective, Polsky Theatre; March 22: Bram Wijnands Trio, Polsky Theatre; March 29: Doug Talley, tenor saxophone and Rod Fleeman, guitar, Recital Hall; April 5: Charles Williams Trio, Recital Hall; April 12: Max Groove Trio, Polsky Theatre.
(Original image by Plastic Sax.)
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