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*Steve Paul offers his take on the year in Kansas City jazz. *Pat Metheny's Day Trip is ranked at #38 in the Village Voice 's annu...

Artist Robert Graham is dead . His appropriately gargantuan Charlie Parker piece was installed in Kansas City's jazz district in 1999....

*James Zollar, a trumpeter scheduled to perform tonight (December 26) with Bobby Watson at the Blue Room, is the subject of Joe Klopus' ...

Julia Lee is "afraid ol' Santa won't be coming." The band on this '47 date includes Vic Dickenson on trombone, Benny...

There's nothing like ringing in the new year in true Kansas City fashion with a renowned jazz band. Perhaps the musicians will precede...

Is any jazz musician in Kansas City capable of reeling off a more viscerally entertaining and intellectually stimulating solo than Bobby Wat...

*Steve Paul composed an engaging profile of Megan Birdsall. His piece indicates that the vocalist's next recording project may not ple...