Thursday, September 12, 2019

Now's the Time: Marilyn Maye

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At 91, Marilyn Maye remains a wondrously energizing entertainer.  Her five-night stand at Quality Hill Playhouse runs through Sunday, Sep...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Confirmation: Weekly News & Notes

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*Robert Castillo and Forrest Fowler of the Sextet were guests on KTGB’s weekly Eight One Sextet program. *Bobby Watson’s concert at Leg...
Sunday, September 8, 2019

Freed by Free Jazz: The 2019 Chicago Jazz Festival, Part One

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The Chicago Jazz Festival radicalized me.  Never before have I attended a jazz-centric, multi-day festival showcasing the full spectrum o...
Thursday, September 5, 2019

Now's the Time: The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra at Muriel Kauffman Theatre

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As hundreds of thousands of people in the Kansas City area watch the second half of the Kansas City Chiefs’ season opener on television, hu...
Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Confirmation: Weekly News & Notes

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*A television station’s report about the American Jazz Museum amplifies the talking points of the institution’s interim director Ralph Ca...
Sunday, September 1, 2019

Plastic Fantastic

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If someone absolutely had to appropriate the name of my Kansas City jazz blog, I’m glad the culprit is Ted Nash .  Beginning with his 2012...
Thursday, August 29, 2019

Now's the Time: Al Di Meola

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The embedded clip captures Al Di Meola performing “The Romantic Warrior” with Return to Forever in 1976.  Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and ...