Plastic Sax

The Brooklyn based trumpeter Pablo Masis is touring with guitarist Dave Juarez and bassist Jeff Koch.  The trio will be joined by saxopho...

*Hermon Mehari chatted with KCUR’s Chuck Haddix. *The editorial board of The Kansas City Star suggests that the “status q...

The jazz bro woo-cry is a repellent element of many jazz performances.  Yet I find myself involuntarily yelping the enthusias...

There was no chance I would miss the discussion of Ornette Coleman’s groundbreaking 1958 album The Shape of Jazz to Come las...

Favorite Performances by Kansas City Artists 1. Marilyn Maye- Quality Hill Playhouse 2. Eddie Moore and the Outer Circle- Ta...

Your gray-haired correspondent was one of the youngest members of the audience of about 125 at Polsky Theatre last Tuesday fo...

The transmutation of Jazz in the Woods into SoJo Summerfest is a disheartening blow to the jazz community.  Details about th...

*Cheptoo Kositany-Buckner, the new CEO of the American Jazz Museum, was interviewed by The Pitch . * Live at Pilgrim Chapel...

I often cringe when I hear the opening strains of “In a Sentimental Mood.”  The chestnut is played far too often. Houston...

*Recently at Inside Jazz Kansas City: John Kizilarmut encourages listeners “on the fence” about jazz to embrace the music. ...

*The lineup of the next edition of the Jazz In the Woods festival has been announced .  Rick Braun and Peter White are Friday’s ...

I first heard Peter Schlamb perform during my initial visit to 1911 Restaurant and Lounge in 2011.  The absurdly chaotic a...

If the goal of Society Red is to generate renewed interest in the music of Dexter Gordon, the band has already achieved a m...