Confirmation: Weekly News and Notes

*The New York Times caught up with Marilyn Maye.

*Eboni Fondren and Rashida Phillips considered the role of women in the development of Kansas City jazz on KCUR’s Up To Date program.

*KCUR published A Guide to the Best Venues for Live Music Around the Metro.

*​All Night Trio and Back Alley Brass Band submitted entries to NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest.

*Tweet of the Week: Coalback- Saw u last night @GreenLadyLounge. Excellent show!

Now’s the Time: All Night Trio

All Night Trio, Matt Villinger’s jazz-adjacent band, performs at the Blue Room on Friday, July 8. The embedded music video for the wavy “All Faded” features cameo appearances by the Kansas City musicians Stephen Martin and Peter Schlamb.

Now’s the Time: The All Night Trio

People look at me as if I’m speaking gibberish every time I say Matt Villinger’s All Night Trio is among my favorite bands in Kansas City.  The limited awareness of the outstanding group is reprehensible.  I’m posting this extended video documentation of the vital collaboration between Villinger, Peter Schlamb and Zach Morrow as a public service.