Lonnie and Ronnie McFadden, of Kansas City's McFadden Brothers, grew up at 29th and Euclid Avenue, on Kansas City's east side. They've...

Kansas City’s long-standing Queen of Jazz and Blues, Ida McBeth passed away on March 1st, 2023 in her hometown. A Celebration of Life...

Daughter of pianist, Bram Wijnands (Why-Nands) Lucy Wijnands has been exploring music and art in New York City for the past few years and...

7:00 pmJazz Talk 8:00 pm-Concert Like many other Mid-Mo students, Hermon Mehari attended grade school and high school. Then, wanting to...

The new Uptown Lounge in Midtown Kansas City is the brainchild of Alan Stribling. Alan was born in South Carolina and transplanted to...

Deborah Brown Present Blues Treasure Janice (Jan) Harrington Thursday, March 23, 8:00 pm On the website of Janice (Jan) Harrington you...

It is admirable to meet a musician as focused and hard-working as saxophonist Adam Larson. His vision of releasing 3 major label albums...

How did you survive the 2 year COVID Period: During COVID I was still in Springfield, MO. I grew up near Ozark, MO. During that time, I...

Practically everything is cyclical. Like the Bobby Watson composition, ‘A Wheel Within A Wheel” everything comes back around. It’s how we...

By Dr. Wayne Goins “When I put the group together, I used the atmosphere of the club to dictate the vibe of the group, letting the room...

The October 17th through 24th visit of the Hannover Jazz Orchestra to Kansas City, part of a Sister City jazz exchange program between...

The October 14-24 visit, part of a Sister City jazz exchange program between the cities of Hannover, Germany, and Kansas City is upon us....

Kansas City Trumpeter Daniel Dissmore is a restless soul. He found our time with COVID-19 a comforting time, a time to slow it all down....

Noted pianist and composer Eddie Moore will be unveiling songs from his latest recording, Intuition at the Prairie Village Jazz Festival...

Each year, on August 29th Yoko Takemura places a beautiful bouquet of cut flowers on Bird’s grave. She does this from her home in Tokyo,...

Morgan Faw is a rising Kansas City star. The KC saxophonist and bandleader is a strong product of the KC jazz system, a protégé of Bobby...

by Steve Penn When Leon Brady left Sumner High School in 1978, there should have been a major sendoff for someone of his stature. Yet,...

by Joe Dimino It was another Spring Thursday at Noon off 18th and Vine at the Historic Blue Room and KC Pianist Alyssa Murray was at the...

The Kansas City jazz community is routinely applauded for fostering a supportive musical environment. Musicians say it is a sort of...

Hamburger Mary’s raises $1,200 for Musicians Assistance Fund On June 15, the popular eatery at 37th and Broadway became Hamburger Mary...