Beginning on Thursday, October 12th, 2023, The KC Jazz Ambassadors will present their third annual Future of Jazz Scholarship Program concerts at the Uptown Lounge, 34th and Main Streets, in the midst of Kansas City’s exciting new Main Street Corridor renovation. Dan Thomas, who worked side by side with Bobby Watson at UMKC brings his #1 band from Ottawa University, at 7pm, for the maiden voyage. The Uptown Lounge is rapidly shaping up to be an important place to see and be seen. This richly app

Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors Blog

17.02.2024

Jazz in the Valley

Jazz in the Valley, a free music festival on the Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley campus, will be held 6-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29. The public is invited. Penn Valley’s third annual jazz event will feature: • The Jim Lower Jazz Orchestra (6 p.m.) – Lower is a Kansas City-based traditional jazz drummer and bandleader who attended MCC-Penn Valley and played in a big band on campus. Lower enjoys an active performing schedule all over Kansas City, with his 16-piece big band, the same group h

Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors Blog

17.02.2024

President Mark Edelman, Retiring Jazz Ambassador

As we enter 2024, the Jazz Ambassadors would like to shed light on those who have shepherded this non-profit organization for the good of the community over the past several decades. We begin by honoring retiring president / treasurer, Mark Edelman. Mark has enjoyed a long and successful career in show business. He played bass in some of the top soul bands in the area, while still attending Shawnee Mission High School. After high school, he attended college and continued his show business forays

Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors Blog

17.02.2024

Paganova

Happy Hour at Upcycle Piano Craft 3945 Main Street, KCMO As I walk in late, to Upcycle Piano Craft’s monthly jazz event, I feel at home immediately. Thirty-some jazz folks sit around casually, on piano benches and chairs, moving their bodies to the irresistible rhythm of Paganova. led by the prolific pianist, composer, and arranger Mike Pagan, Paganova includes Mike’s son Louie on bass, Ray DeMarchi on drums, and saxophonists Brett Jackson (filling in for David Chael) and Mike Herrera. “It’s imp

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