Stan Kessler, Plastic Sax’s 2013 Person of the Year, was recently inducted in the Kansas Music Hall of Fame. Sons of Brasil, Kessler’s long-lived Brazilian jazz group, appears at Sail Away Wine on Tuesday, January 11.
Confirmation: Weekly News and Notes
Original image by Plastic Sax.
*Coal and Diamonds, an album by Kansas City Kansas Community College’s The Standard Vocal Jazz Ensemble, was released last week.
*Stan Kessler and Bennie Moten were recently inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame
*The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a feature about Robert Boone, the current drummer of The Count Basie Orchestra.
*Tweet of the Week: Tom Jackman- Also in KC, the Green Lady Lounge is an all time great jazz joint. #opentil230
Confirmation: Weekly News and Notes
Original image by Plastic Sax.
*Gary Sivils, a trumpeter and bandleader whose integral role in Kansas City’s jazz scene included a mentorship of the teenage Pat Metheny, has died.
*Stan Kessler is teaching a virtual class in jazz appreciation through the auspices of Village Presbyterian Church.
*Tweet of the Week: Marc Myers- Friday at JazzWax, a little-known 3.5-hour documentary on Charlie Parker produced in Norway in 1989 with amazing interviews. Go here