Kevin Burt, a member of the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame and International Blues Challenge overall winner, entertains the audience at the Beat the Winter Blues and Jazz Festival at Gathered Oaks in ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — June is Black Music Month throughout the nation, which gives us a chance to highlight some of the Black musical greats right here in Kansas City. Kansas City is hailed as one of the ...

Before Will Matthews was a Grammy Award-winning guitarist, traveling the globe with the internationally renowned Count Basie Orchestra, he was a young boy growing up on Kansas City’s East Side, ...

Eddie Moore, jazz pianist and arts advocate, works to evolve the sound of jazz in the Kansas City metro by pushing the genre through innovative performances. Editor's Note: This interview is part of ...

Rows and rows of 45 records line shelving in the basement space of 7th Heaven on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. The documentary "Sounds of the City," created by Kansas City filmmaker Dustin Phillips, ...

THE VIRUS. WELL, TODAY MARKS INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY, A GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF ART FORM THAT HAS SHAPED CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD, AND MANY CONTRIBUTE ITS ROOTS THROUGH RIGHT HERE IN KANSAS CITY. THE ...

Kansas City Jazz Alive has announced two April events that celebrate the rich history and ongoing impact of jazz in Kansas City and beyond: The Jazz Organizations “Common Ground” Panel and Walking ...

THE TEAM A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS OVER THE YEARS. YOU KNOW, AND NEW ORLEANS HAS HAD A TON OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSIC WORLD. I MEAN, YOU CAN’T GO ANYWHERE IN THIS CITY AND NOT HEAR SOME JAZZ. SO WE ...

Youth Jazz Alumni come from cities and towns throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area. KC is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — June is Black Music Month ...