*Everette DeVan, Kansas City’s foremost jazz organist for decades, has died.
*Pat Metheny says the quiet part out loud in an interview with In Kansas City magazine. Asked why Kansas City is no longer included in his tour itineraries (Plastic Sax lamented the issue in 2018), Metheny cites the town’s limited audience for improvised music. He says the “intense listening… that is found all over Europe, New York, LA, those kinds of places, for this kind of music has always been elusive for Kansas City musicians.”
*Tweet of the Week: Duane A Daughtery- I am heartbroken to learn of the passing of my friend and KC jazz legend, Everette DeVan. A man of serious artistic and personal integrity. Go in grace. You are already missed.