Plastic Sax

As someone who didn’t grow up in a jazz-friendly home, I’m fascinated by the paths of discovery that led other people to th...

Content advisory: Mike Dillon 's introduction to a "weird punk rock song" and a "punk rock hip hop" selection is la...

*Over twenty years after releasing her debut album, former Kansas City resident Karrin Allyson received the “Rising Fema...

Tap: John Zorn’s Book of Angels, vol. 20 is almost certainly the most surprising collaboration of 2013.  Pat Metheny and J...

Although he's been demonstrating a multiplicity of talents for some time, Ryan Lee continues to startle me every time I see him mannin...

*"Kansas City, this home to jazz with institutions and a tradition other cities can envy, is mired in minor fes...

It's time to repent.  After thoroughly enjoying myself Friday at Jazz in the Woods , I realized that I need to come cl...