*Dennis Winslett and Sonie Joi Thompson-Ruffin aired their grievances about recent events at the American Jazz Museum in a Black Art in America podcast.
*A television station reported on the partnership between the Folly Jazz Series and the Kansas City Art Institute.
*The Kansas City jazz enthusiast Tom Wells is the subject of a lengthy interview at All About Jazz.
*Molly Hammer was interviewed for a second time by Joe Dimino.
*The Little Big Band was featured in The Martin City Telegraph.
*The Topeka Capital-Journal previewed the Downtown Jazz & Food Truck Festival.
*From Steve Kraske’s wish list: I’d figure out a way to make people like jazz. Many of you wonder why I like it. I can’t figure out why you don’t.
*Smoke Sessions Records created a new promotional video for Bobby Watson’s Made in America album.
*Tweet o’ the Week: ¡ɜɿoɾɪɹℲ- Pat Metheny on Super Audio Compact Disc direct from a Denon DCD-1500SE through a pair of MDR-7506s at Tower Records. What is life???
*From Marcus Lewis: The Marcus Lewis Big Band is joining forces with Kansas City emcees Kemet The Phantom and Kadesh Flow to combine big band with hip-hop in a show titled Brass & Boujee. Arranger and Trombonist Marcus Lewis will present big band arrangements of Kemet and Kadesh's original material, as well as full jazz band versions of songs such as Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" and Bruno Mars' "24K Magic". Friday, October 6, at Ruins Pub.
(Original image by Plastic Sax.)
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