Category Archives: Music

Year-End Specials!

Posted on 26 December 2010 by Don Adams

You may have read my excuses elsewhere on the Web: school has crowded out other forms of cultural life for me since August. But I — and you! — have a chance to make up for it this week, as … Continue reading →

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Magic Moments: Seeing SEE SAW

Posted on 26 October 2010 by Don Adams

I saw it: YOU should see it. Unfortunately, the run is over, but the beauty of the evening is suggested by this photo gallery from Brooke Vandever Photography. And much more detail about the performance itself and its back-story is … Continue reading →

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Snuff Jazz Hosts Sait Arat

Posted on 14 October 2010 by Don Adams

One of Kansas City’s most creative musicians I try not to miss, Mark Southerland often produces performances under the rubric Snuff Jazz. Last time I caught him — he performs so often, I fail in my ambition — was at … Continue reading →

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Do you hear The Sound?

Posted on 2 September 2010 by Don Adams

Was it the heat? The fact that I was dashing to get into grad school — then reading my first 1,000 pages? (Gulp!) Hitting the bottom of my personal recession? (One hopes…) Getting put back into a cast for last … Continue reading →

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Wee Small Hours: Sinatra on Acid

Posted on 15 August 2010 by Don Adams

I’ve made my way in the Kansas City music scene largely through a process of association. I find an interesting artist, then track what else they’re doing, which usually turns out to be doing much more than one would expect, … Continue reading →

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Ahmad Alaadeen R.I.P.

Posted on 15 August 2010 by Don Adams

This just announced by the Mutual Musicians Foundation: Memorial Services for Ahmad Alaadeen Tuesday, August 17, 2010, at 10 A.M. Watkins Brothers Memorial Chapel 4000 Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard 816-861-3030 12:30 P.M. Graveside and Internment at the National Cemetery in … Continue reading →

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Gamelan Genta Kasturi: Treasure in Our Midst

Posted on 19 June 2010 by Don Adams

Kansas City has an extraordinary musical resource in our midst: it came out last night, and will be here again today — don’t miss it! Gamelan Genta Kasturi performs today at 2 pm at Unity Temple on the Plaza, free … Continue reading →

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Alternative Jazz @ the RecordBar: Sailing Twice a Month,

Posted on 8 June 2010 by Don Adams

Two Sundays each month, I make my way to the recordBar for the “Alternative Jazz Series” programmed by bassist Jeff Harshbarger: once for People’s Liberation Big Band of Greater Kansas City, and a second time for — well, that depends; … Continue reading →

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New Jazz Order: Does Size Matter?

Posted on 26 May 2010 by Don Adams

Whenever you’re not scheduled on Tuesday night: go here! Continue reading →

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Pablo Sanhueza Latin Jazz Quintet — Plus One

Posted on 22 May 2010 by Don Adams

Destiny led me to the Afro-Latin jazz ensemble, Makusa, less than two weeks after I drove into Kansas City from California in 2008. That, and the Rhythm & Ribs jazz festival (canceled in 2009, due to a shortfall in local … Continue reading →

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