Plastic Sax

Point of the Story , the new album by Jeff Shirley , is impeccably tasteful.  It’s a shock, consequently, when a bit of grit ...

Few things on Kansas City’s jazz scene make me happier than seeing Doug and Lori Chandler break out extra chairs to accommoda...

The Project H , the ensemble responsible for my favorite jazz-oriented performance by Kansas City musicians of the first few months of 2015...

Become Light , the effervescent second album by The Project H , was Plastic's Sax's top release by a locally based...

Kansas Citians are blessed with recurring opportunities to chatter during dazzling performances by Mark Lowrey . Lowrey, bassist Gerald Sp...

A recently completed opera project offered further evidence that the Black House Collective is one of Kansas City's most multifarious ...

Of the many notable albums that have been released in the past few years by Kansas City-based jazz musicians, only a few ha...

Keyboardist Eddie Moore doesn't attempt to conceal his admiration of Robert Glasper.  The Freedom of Expression , the new album by Moo...

*KCJazzLark hauls out heavy artillery- two previously unreleased live tracks by Jay McShann- in an adamant retort t...

* The Kansas City Star reviewed the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz and Blues Festival.  KCJazzLark provides an account .  UMKC...

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

*The NEA has awarded $200,000 for the restoration of Boone Theater in the Jazz District. A press release is available as a PDF here . Key l...