Terell Stafford will join a band led by Adam Larson at the Prairie Village Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 10. The New York based trumpeter is best known in the Kansas City area for his affiliation with hometown hero Bobby Watson. Stafford is accompanied by the Chilean star Melissa Aldana and the Prism Quartet- featuring Kansas City’s Zach Shemon- in the embedded video.
Confirmation: Weekly News and Notes
Original image by Plastic Sax.
*John Armato discussed his new album with Nic Spacek for a feature in The Kansas City Star.
*Zach Shemon, Assistant Professor of Saxophone at UMKC’s Conservatory of Music and Dance, was part of an hour-long conversation about his ensemble Prism Quartet on Classical KC.
*Kansas City Magazine created a guide titled “The Best Places to See Live Jazz in Kansas City Right Now.”
*Tweet of the Week: KC Jazz Orchestra- Join us one week from today at Polsky Theater (on the Johnson County Community College campus) for a free masterclass with Jaleel Shaw featuring the music of Charlie Parker! We can't wait!