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*Lori Chandler of Take Five Coffee + Bar implores jazz musicians to "stop questioning the art form’s relevance" in...

I slapped together a four-hour playlist of Kansas City jazz on Spotify as I battle the flu.  Feel free to notify me of any ...

The Louis Neal Big Band is one of Kansas City's most under-appreciated ensembles.  A new promotional video may help draw deserved attent...

*Tim Finn reports on Mark Lowrey's new album, the keyboardist's collaboration with Tech N9ne and a jazz-based bene...

1. Bird Is the Word Two essential biographies of Charlie Parker- Stanley Crouch's Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and ...

As Joe Klopus reports in his latest Jazz Town column , Jayne McShann and Bishop L.F. Thuston have organized a "Christmas Gospel-Jazz E...

*KCUR aired a five-minute feature about the Kansas City Kansas Community College Jazz Ensemble's trip to Havana. *Mark Lo...