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Madeleine Peyroux Live! at Midest Trust Center

JAM

Apr 1, 20221 min read

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...

JAM

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...

JAM

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 &...

Bessie, Billie, & Nina – Pioneering Women in Jazz – Sunday, March 6

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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 –...

We Always Swing Jazz Series Present Two Unique Saturday Concerts

JAM

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...

Jazz ALIVE! Hosts Conversation on Future of Jazz

JAM

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...

Big Band Smooth Jazz at the Kauffman KCJO Welcomes Grammy® Award-winner Kirk Whalum

JAM

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...

KCJA Meet-Up Scheduled for Tuesday, March 8 and Tuesday April 12

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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...

“We Always Swing” Jazz Series for Black History Month

JAM

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...

JAM

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...

JAM

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...

JAM

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....

JAM

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...

Jazz Ambassadors Elect Board of Directors, Plan for 2022

JAM

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...

KCJA Meet Ups Set for January, February & March

JAM

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...

Bobby Watson, Lonnie McFadden Take Home First Annual Jam Musician Awards

JAM

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...

“We Always Swing” Jazz Series Spring Line-Up Columbia, MO

JAM

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...

JAM

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...

Kansas City Jazz Greats Share Their Smooth, Contemporary, and Innovative Sound

JAM

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...

Winterlude continues Sunday, January 23, 2022, 7pm

JAM

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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