*Vanessa Thomas is featured in The Lawrence Times.
*Joe Dimino interviewed Janice Borla and Kenneth Watson.
*Tweet of the Week: Kate Fuego- Mike Dillon at Jazzfest yesterday: 1. 8pm with the Nolatet. Exploratory avant-garde technical jazz perfection in a seated airy theater space. 2. 2am with the New F**k Yeahs. Rowdy dirty jazz punk with extra booty a sweaty mosh pit could have erupted at any time in the Maple Leaf.
*From a press release: Please join us in congratulating KU School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program for their recent success at the 2023 DownBeat Student Music Awards (SMA). The awards were announced this month, where KU Jazz Ensemble I was named a Large Ensemble co-winner in the Graduate College division. The Spencer Reeve Trio also received the Outstanding Performance award in the Jazz Combo Undergraduate division.