*Chris Robinson praises albums by Alaturka, Matt Otto, Eddie Moore, Chris Hazelton, T.J. Martley, Roger Wilder and Clint Ashlock in the August issue of Downbeat magazine.
*A cursory scan of the 2013 Downbeat’s Critics Awards revealed the following Kansas City-related winners: Pat Metheny- 2nd place, Guitarist; Bobby Watson- 16th place, Alto Saxophone; Pat Metheny- 15th place, Album (Unity Band); Karrin Allyson- 1st place, Rising Star, Female Vocalist.
*Three songs from Chris Hazelton’s Boogaloo 7- including a cover of “Suit & Tie”- are available at Bandcamp.
*KC Jazz Lark documents last weekend’s trumpet summit of Hermon Mehari, Stan Kessler and Mike Metheny at the Blue Room.
*John Elliott, a beloved instructor of many Kansas City musicians, has died.
*Black House Collective will host a "2 month long new music festival called Black Lab".
*The Pitch offers a lengthy feature on the “sophisticated dissonance” of the People’s Liberation Big Band in advance of the ensemble’s performance Sunday at the RecordBar.
*Stanley Crouch discusses his forthcoming book about Charlie Parker. (Via Tony’s Kansas City.)
*Here’s a video preview of Harold O’Neal’s Man On the Street album.
*Ahmad Alaadeen, Matt Kane and Pat Metheny were among the artists discussed in a roundup of the The Best Kansas City Music of 2013 (So Far) on KCUR’s Up To Date.
*St. Louis Jazz Notes reports that Marilyn Maye will play an integral role at the 2013 St. Louis Cabaret Festival.
*Bobby Watson is a guest on Intuition, the new album by the Czech-based Libor Šmoldas Quartet.
*Pat Metheny accompanies Buika on ”No lo sé”, a track on the Spanish vocalist’s new album.
*Here’s the latest edition of 12th Street Jump’s ”Blues In the News”.
*Tweet o’ the Week: Ben Leifer- Deborah Brown is the baddest! Thank you for your wonderful spirit! #kcjazz #swinghard #jazztradition @GreenLadyLounge
*Comment o’ the Week: Sam- YES! I'm not sure J.C. Deagan could've imagined this when he was making Xylophones in the '20's.
*Here’s a flyer touting the July Jazz Jam at Community Christian Church.
*From a press release (note change of venue from a previously published notice): Alaadeen Enterprises (AEI), the non-profit education organization founded in 1995 by the late Ahmad Alaadeen – jazz musician and educator – plans to re-launch its jazz educational initiative on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 (his 79th birthday) at the Jazz District Patio Terrace, next to the Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker Memorial, on 18th & Paseo.
*The Kansas City Jazz Calendar has been updated for July.
(Original image by Plastic Sax.)
I could care less what Stanley Crouch has to say about Charlie Parker. I'm way more interested to read the new Parker bio coming out by Kansas City's own Chuck Haddix!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link, Bill. The Cabaret Project and the Sheldon both seem pleased that Ms. Maye will be returning to St. Louis, and I know you've written approvingly of her work here on Plastic Sax. There's a good audience for cabaret here, but they usually come out in groups of 100 or so, mostly because that's how large the venues are. It'll be interesting to see how well the Maye/Graae bill does in filling the Sheldon's 700+ seats.
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