Plastic Sax

A Kansas City musician posted a derisive comment in response to a video clip I shared on Instagram documenting a dissonant performance at...

Renee Rosnes , one of the most accomplished mainstream pianists of the last 30 years, will perform with Dan Gailey’s KU Jazz Ensemble I at ...

*Bobby Watson reveals that “I plan on retiring from academia and going back to touring full-time and writing and composing and living my ...

The great sage Willie Dixon insisted that “you can’t judge a book by looking at the cover.”  If I hadn’t already seen the former Kansas C...

The weekly Jim Lower Big Band session recently migrated from Parker & Vine to Black Dolphin .  The ensemble performs at the latter clu...

* That’s My Jazz , a short documentary in which “Milt Abel II, a world-renowned pastry chef, reflects on his relationship with his deceas...

A swank jazz club opened in January.  It’s not in downtown Kansas City, nor is it situated in an affluent suburban development.  424 Loun...