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Madeleine Peyroux Live! at Midest Trust Center
Tickets are on sale now for acclaimed jazz vocalist Madeleine Peyroux, coming to the Midwest Trust Center at JCCC on May 22 for one...
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Apr 1, 20222 min read
We Always Swing Jazz Series for April
The “We Always Swing” Jazz Series is thrilled to celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month this April at full capacity after a couple years of...
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Mar 4, 20222 min read
American Jazz Museum Turns 25
Believe In: Legacy 25 Saturday, April 30th The American Jazz Museum emerged through the revitalization of Kansas City’s Historic 18th &...
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Mar 4, 20222 min read
Bessie, Billie, & Nina – Pioneering Women in Jazz – Sunday, March 6
Three dynamic vocalists celebrate the enduring legacies of three iconic female artists. Carmen Staaf – Musical Director Eli Wolf –...
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Mar 4, 20222 min read
We Always Swing Jazz Series Present Two Unique Saturday Concerts
We Always Swing brings {Trés} with saxophonist Miguel Zenón to Columbia, MO on Saturday March 12. The concert will be presented at the...
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Mar 4, 20221 min read
Jazz ALIVE! Hosts Conversation on Future of Jazz
On Friday, March 11, KC Jazz ALIVE! will host a panel discussion at the Westport Coffee House Theater from 11:45am-1:30pm. The RSVP...
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Mar 4, 20221 min read
Big Band Smooth Jazz at the Kauffman KCJO Welcomes Grammy® Award-winner Kirk Whalum
Whether you’re already a huge fan of Grover Washington and George Benson, or if you still need convincing, our Kansas City Jazz...
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Mar 3, 20221 min read
KCJA Meet-Up Scheduled for Tuesday, March 8 and Tuesday April 12
Tuesday, March 8 is the date for KC Jazz Ambassadors’ next Meet Up at Johnnie’s Jazz Club, 14th and Main. Jim Mair’s Kansas City Kansas...
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Feb 4, 20222 min read
“We Always Swing” Jazz Series for Black History Month
The “We Always Swing” Jazz Series will celebrate Black History Month with 3 outstanding concerts, culminating with Jazz at Lincoln Center...
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Feb 4, 20221 min read
JCCC Jazz Recitals for Spring ‘22
The JCCC Jazz recitals begin on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at noon in the Polsky Theatre in the Midwest Trust Center with a performance by the Adam...
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Feb 4, 20222 min read
A Message from the Executive Director
In the early 1990s, an actor friend invited me to see him in a musical being performed at the Folly Theater. I was born and raised in...
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Jan 2, 20222 min read
Dr. Don & Barbara Potts
At the recent KC Jazz Ambassadors annual meeting, KCJA Vice President Stephen Mann mentioned that we hadn’t seen Dr. Potts in a while....
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Jan 2, 20222 min read
Folly Theater Up and Rolling in January
The Folly Theater opens again this January with its most progressive and diverse line-up to date, beginning with Grammy Award-winning...
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Jan 2, 20221 min read
Jazz Ambassadors Elect Board of Directors, Plan for 2022
The Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors held their annual meeting Tuesday, December 14. Jazz pianist Dan Sturdevant was elected to the board of...
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Jan 2, 20221 min read
KCJA Meet Ups Set for January, February & March
KC Jazz Ambassadors will get together at Johnnie’s Jazz Club, 14th and Main, on Tuesday, January 11 to support up and coming jazz...
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Jan 2, 20221 min read
Bobby Watson, Lonnie McFadden Take Home First Annual Jam Musician Awards
Bobby Watson, Lonnie McFadden, Charles Williams, and vocalist Eboni Fondren were among those voted KC “Favorites” in the first annual JAM...
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Jan 2, 20221 min read
“We Always Swing” Jazz Series Spring Line-Up Columbia, MO
The “We Always Swing” Jazz Series is gearing up for an excellent slate of concerts in the second half of their 27th season, anchored by...
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Jan 2, 20222 min read
What Good Came of It?
When jazz was played at all the major hotel rooftop bars. Say Kansas City, in the mid-nineteen seventies, it seemed the bands would...
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Jan 2, 20222 min read
Kansas City Jazz Greats Share Their Smooth, Contemporary, and Innovative Sound
Winterlude, a jazz festival designed to keep us warm and comfortable while attending a winter jazz festival, is a highly successful idea...
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Dec 2, 20211 min read
Winterlude continues Sunday, January 23, 2022, 7pm
Glenn North is an award-winning poet, activist, and educator. The Eclipse Trio is known for taking jazz standards and popular rhythm and...
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