Plastic Sax

*A saxophone once owned by Charlie Parker will be auctioned June 8. The instrument is "expected to sell for $30,000-$35,000."...

*From a flyer provided by a friend: Welcome to the Gold Star Lounge, the "New Home for Metro K.C. Jazz". Our op...

*Tim Finn checks in with BCR on the band's 30th anniversary. *KCJazzLark laments the premature death of Bill Caldwell and the absence ...

*Bill Caldwell has died . The saxophonist was 49. * Steve Miller , a popular Kansas City bandleader for decades, has died. He was 84. *...

*Here's a little history of the St. Joseph Coleman Hawkins Jazz Festival . The 2008 edition takes place this weekend. *Sometime jazz c...