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News: Education

Education and Audiences

June 21, 2016

The educators surprised me. They’re engaged in far more than developing the next KC jazz superstar. They’re introducing children to the music. They’re developing audiences. They’re bringing the best of the best to this city. They’re perpetuating our jazz culture. This is the third week of articles culled from the latest Jam. It’s available available – ...

News: Advocacy

$27.6 Million Proposed for 18th and Vine in Kansas City

June 19, 2016

Probably the earliest efforts to build a jazz hall of fame in Kansas City date to 1969. That group envisioned it near 12th and The Paseo. In 1997, following decades of fits and starts, feints and fights, the jazz museum opened, along with the Negro Leagues museum, the Black Archives and a rebuilt Gem Theater, at ...

News: Video / DVD

Phil Woods: 1960

May 2, 2016

I'm just back from Kansas City and will have a full BBQ report this coming weekend. For now, dig Phil Woods in 1960 with the Quincy Jones Big Band and his own ensemble in Paris: Here's Quincy Jones's big band (with Phil) in Belgium playing Birth of a Big Band, Moanin', Lester Leeps In, The Gypsy, ...

Article: Album Review

Logan Richardson: Shift

by Mark F. Turner
February 11, 2016

Shift is a welcome return to the emotive stylings of Logan Richardson, the Paris-based, Kansas City-born saxophonist and composer who garnered respect as a fluent voice with his 2007 debut Cerebral Flow (Fresh Sound) and projects with peers like pianist Gerald Clayton in NEXT Collective. With this debut on Blue Note the blending of culturally rich ...

Article: Interview

Gary Burton: On ECM & Playing With Pat Metheny

by Mark Sullivan
September 18, 2015

Vibraphonist Gary Burton was a busy man at the 2015 Detroit Jazz Festival. He was a member of the Mack Avenue Superband (organized by Mack Avenue Records, his current record label), and joined Artist-in-Residence Pat Metheny for two shows. The Pat Metheny/Gary Burton Quartet Reunion took place on Saturday night, and the North American premiere of ...

Article: Interview

Michael Ricci: A Modern Day Jazz Messenger

by Ian Patterson
September 8, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating its twentieth anniversary but for founder Michael Ricci it's business as usual. For the Philadelphian that means dedicating huge amounts of time and energy to giving jazz musicians everywhere a platform, promoting the music globally, providing numerous services and encouraging debate around the key issues facing jazz today. This ...

Article: Book Excerpts

Jive-Colored Glasses

by John Goodman
July 16, 2015

The following is an excerpt from “Chapter 4: Chicago" of Jive-Colored Glasses by John F Goodman (jg publications, 2015). Growing up in and around Chicago in the 1950s brought me to all kinds and flavors of jazz. Between the house parties, clubs and concerts, there was a menu to please everyone. The Rush Street ...

News: Recording

JMood Records Is Pleased To Announce The New CD Release Of The Roberto Magris Trio Entitled "Enigmatix"

July 9, 2015

JMood Records is pleased to announce the release of the “New” Roberto Magris Trio CD entitled Enigmatix. Enigmatix captures the global effects of our music as it is seen now and in this new century. “Roberto and I have not, until now, expressed this global effect in our music as a whole or in part in ...

News: Recording

Althea Rene’ Productions LLC Presents The Release Of New CD "Althea Rene' Live In Detroit"

June 10, 2015

LOS ANGELES – Making a smash hit debut, Althea Rene – Live In Detroit is crushing the competition across the globe with its’ killer production selection. Classical music trained Althea Rene’ has been climbing up the charts with her amazing flute skills over the last 10 years. With her critically acclaimed 6th project, Live In Detroit, ...

Article: Genius Guide to the Good Life

Struttin' With Some Barbecue

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
June 9, 2015

The contributions the South has made to America are innumerable and varied. My beloved Virginia, for example, gave such priceless gifts as the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and seven presidents (I do not count William Henry Harrison, because he was a dumbass). We gave the nation Smithfield ham, Virginia peanuts, Eskimo pies, and the first ...