*A pair of Kansas City-adjacent jazz albums received Grammy acknowledgments this week. The Count Basie Orchestra’s Live at Birdland is nominated in the category of Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) is nominated in the category of Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
*Pat Metheny was named Guitarist of the Year in the 86th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll.
*The Lansing City Pulse interviewed Carl Allen. The drummer who was named the William D. and Mary Grant/Endowed Professor of Jazz Studies at UMKC this year mentioned the formation of the Jazz Professors, a group featuring saxophonist Tia Fuller, trombonist Mitch Butler, pianist Cyrus Chestnut and bassist Rodney Whitaker.
*Pat Metheny is on the cover of the December issue of Jazzwise magazine.
*Joe Dimino chatted with drummer Marty Morrison.
*Tweet of the Week: KCUR- A score of Kansas City musicians are nominated for the 2022 Grammy Awards (link)