*Rod Fleeman, Gerald Spaits and Todd Strait are
praised in a letter to the editor published by
The Kansas City Star.
*Joe Dimino shares
footage of a performance by the River Cow Orchestra.
*The Bad Plus, Danilo Perez, Chris Potter and Craig Taborn are among the musicians performing at the
Iowa City Jazz Festival in July.
*Tweet o’ the Week:
Melissa Bower-
Great music this weekend at the @424Lounge - quickly becoming an African-American-owned, veteran-owned #BlackBusiness icon in #leavenworth #kansas - check out their website for a schedule of musicians. #kcjazz #KCMO http://424lounge.com
*From a press release: The teen Olathe saxophonist
Evan Kappelman “has earned the honor of being selected as one of 22 of the brightest young jazz musicians from across the U.S. for the 2019 roster of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra... this summer he’ll be training with world-class jazz musicians and performing at Carnegie Hall before embarking on NYO Jazz’s debut tour to Asia.
*From a press release:
KU Jazz Ensemble I, under the direction of Dan Gailey, was named the best graduate college large jazz ensemble in the country in the 42 Annual Downbeat Student Music Awards. DownBeat also recognized Alex Annan, a master’s student in jazz composition from Omaha, Nebraska… Under Gailey’s leadership, the KU Jazz Studies Program has received 27 DownBeat Student Music Awards since 1992.
(Original image by Plastic Sax.)
