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*Larry Kopitnik examines the Charlie Parker Celebration for The Pitch . *Ron Carlson’s For You was recently released. *Da...

*Gale Tallis, the executive director of the concert hall, recently announced that the next season of the Folly Theater's ...

*Chuck Haddix and Gerald Spaits discussed Jay McShann’s legacy on KCUR’s Up To Date .  KCUR’s weekly Local Listen segment...

I recently learned that guitarist Mark Tonelli is based in Kansas City.  His gig with a band led by Ron Carlson at the Art Factory on Frida...

*Chris Robinson reviewed Eddie Moore and the Outer Circle’s Live in Kansas City . *Danny Alexander wrote a thoughtful revi...

* The Pitch reports on the shuttering of Broadway Kansas City.  KC Jazz Lark ponders the closing. *Natalie Gallagher do...

* Feast reports that the jazz venue Broadway Kansas City may soon become a Scandinavian restaurant. *Chris Hazelton’s Boog...

Ron Carlson ’s new album Kind Folk is dedicated to Charlie Haden and Kenny Wheeler.  The title track of the project would...

*KC Jazz Lark suggests that the audience at last month’s Prairie Village Jazz Festival numbered 5,000 in the text accompany...

The Jazz for a Rainy Afternoon compilation was one of the bestselling jazz albums of 1998.  I was reminded of the concept...

I found the perfect vantage point for a performance featuring the aggressive saxophonist Rob Scheps .  As I sat in a low-s...

*Pete Weber has informed Plastic Sax of forthcoming live tapings of 12th Street Jump featuring prominent guest artists.  Th...

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

*A contributor to UMKC's student newspaper reviewed a recital.   (Via Offstage .) *A commentator admires the "serio...

Two of the most valuable people on Kansas City's jazz scene are amateur musicians.  Doug Chandler plays drums.  ...

"I love this place," a friend told me Friday at Lucky Brewgrille .  "They don't have to have jazz- bu...

Although I'm accustomed to crazy talk, I did a double take when a friend told me that Rob Scheps (warning- buggy site) was the best sax...