Plastic Sax

The camera is static, the sound mix is a little iffy and the bandleader is hidden behind a piano. But the muscularity of the Winard Harper ...

Here's a bulletin I received Wednesday from Andrew Zender of the American Jazz Museum regarding special memorial events for Ed Fenner: I...

* Earl Robinson , a founding member of the Scamps, died May 19. He was 85. Robinson and his excellent band were probably my favorite roots...

I had intended to dedicate an hour listening to authors at the Kansas City Literary Festival last weekend. Instead, the siren song of the W...

Watching this newly posted performance by Jimmy Rushing I was initially struck by his stylistic similarity to fellow native Oklahoman Jay M...

*The more I ponder Ed Fenner's passing, the more concerned I become for Kansas City's traditional jazz establishment. Fenner had be...

Self-styled "jazz activist" Ed Fenner reportedly died yesterday. Fenner was a tireless promoter of jazz in Kansas City. He was r...