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*Wynton Marsalis chatted with Steve Kraske about Rock Chalk Suite on KCUR’s Up To Date . * Brandon McCray died from a coronavirus-rel...

*Ryan Heinlein surveys Kansas City’s jazz scene in Libby Hanssen’s feature for The Pitch . * On the Lam , a 2010 recording by Todd Wilk...

*David Basse cites Steve Caporale, Sam Copeland, Matt Kane, Stephen Martin and Nate Nall as UMKC jazz study musicians to watc...

*Chris Burnett’s monthly engagement at Black Dolphin was spotlighted on KCUR. * Matt Kane and Charles Williams were inte...

Matt Kane , a drummer with longstanding connections to Kansas City, will lead a band of locally based luminaries at Black Dolphin on Friday...

*Eric Wesson recaps the procedural maneuvering surrounding the American Jazz Museum for The Call . *Michael McClintock, th...

Favorite Albums by Locally Based Musicians 1. Eddie Moore and the Outer Circle- Live In Kansas City (Plastic Sax review) 2. Ma...

I’m taking a break from blogging for two or three weeks. Here are lists of my favorite things on the jazz scene during the ...

*Eldar Djangirov promotes World Tour Vol. 1 album in a video . The new release that is “exclusively available” at his site. ...

Creating a compelling straight-ahead album in the style of the Jazz Messengers is difficult in 2015.  Yet Acknowledgement ...

*New albums by Matt Kane, OJT and Dominique Sanders are reviewed by KC Jazz Lark. *Joe Klopus highlighted Joe Locke’s forth...

*Former Hannibal residents Matt Kane, Michael Shults and Andrew Ouellette are featured in their hometown newspaper. * The P...

*The Jorge Arana Trio was interviewed by The Pitch . *KC Jazz Lark provides a second round of excellent photos of the Prairie...

*Bobby and Pamela Baskin-Watson are one of the "create couples" examined by KCUR.  (Via Tony's Kansas City.)...

I ran into one of Kansas City's most prominent jazz musicians at a rock concert Saturday.  In addition to enjoying the...

*Matt Kane is featured on Joe Dimino's Neon Jazz . *There's plenty of jazz content in The Pitch 's survey ...

First impressions in jazz aren't very reliable.  I spent the first ten minutes of my initial audition of Suit Up! , t...

*The 2013 lineup for the Jazz In the Woods festival has been announced.  Greg Adams and East Bay Soul, Tony DeSare and Marc...