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Winter comes to life with Jazz Winterlude
Johnson County Community College will banish the winter blues with a new three-day jazz festival - Jazz Winterlude: Kansas City Style running Friday-Sunday, January 8-10, in several venues at the Carlsen Center.
Johnson County Community College will banish the winter blues with a new three-day jazz festival - Jazz Winterlude: Kansas City Style running Friday-Sunday, January 8-10, in several venues at the Carlsen Center.
Jazz Winterlude consists of two full days of jazz and a Sunday brunch. Musicians are all local. Festival-goers will hear styles from Dixieland to contemporary and everything in between - swing, big band, bebop and vocal jazz.
"Kansas City has a huge cache of wonderful musicians who deserve to be heard by a wide audience in a concert setting," said Doreen Maronde, festival organizer.
Friday, January 8
4-5 p.m. Luqman Hamza Trio in Recital Hall
New Red Onion Jazz Babies in Polsky Theatre
5:30-6:30 p.m. Danny Embrey/Rod Fleeman Quartet in Recital Hall
Greg Carroll Quartet in Polsky Theatre
8-9 p.m. Rich Hill/Charles Perkins Quartet in Yardley Hall
9:15-10:15 p.m. 9Plus1 in Yardley Hall
Saturday, January 9
4-5 p.m. James Ward Trio in Recital Hall
Doug Talley Quintet in Polsky Theatre
5:30-6:30 p.m. Sherry Jones/Mike Ning Quartet in Recital Hall
Sons of Brasil in Polsky Theatre
8-10:15 p.m. Kansas City Jazz Orchestra in Yardley Hall
Sunday, January 10
11 a.m.-1:30 p.m Sunday brunch with the Dan DeLuca Trio (music until 2 p.m.) at the Capitol Federal Conference Center
Adding to the festival setting will be food available at Café Tempo in the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art and Encore! Espresso in the Carlsen Center. Free parking is available and plentiful as Jazz Winterlude takes place during JCCC's winter break.
The cost of Jazz Winterlude is $20 for either Friday or Saturday, $25 for both days and $20 for brunch with tickets available at the Carlsen Center box office, 913-469-4445, or online at www.jccc.edu/JazzFestival.
The complete list of Jazz Winterlude artists includes:
LUQMAN HAMZA TRIO
Luqman Hamza, piano and vocals
Will Matthews, guitar
Tyrone Clark, bass
NEW RED ONION JAZZ BABIES
Walter Bryant, piano
Gary Gollner, clarinet and arrangements
Peter Kersten, banjo, guitar, vocals and emcee
Kent Rausch, drums, vocals and arrangements
Paul Rodabaugh, tuba
Barry Springer, cornet and trumpet
Dan Strom, trombone
ROD FLEEMAN/DANNY EMBREY QUARTET
Rod Fleeman, guitar
Danny Embrey, guitar
Bob Bowman, bass
Todd Strait, drums
GREG CARROLL QUARTET
Greg Carroll, vibres
Michael Pagan, piano
Ben Leifer, bass
Matt Leifer, drums
RICH HILL/CHARLES PERKINS QUARTET
Rich Hill, organ and vocals
Charles Perkins, reeds and flute
Matt Hopper, guitar
Arnold Young, drums
9PLUS1
Tim Doherty, alto and soprano saxes and flute
Brad Gregory, tenor sax and flute
Todd Wilkerson, baritone sax, flute and bass c
Bob McCurdy, trumpet and flugelhorn
Fred Mullholland, trumpet and flugelhorn
Jeff Hamer, trombone
Rob Whitsitt, guitar
Roger Wilder, piano
Kevin Payton, bass
Matt Leifer, drums
JAMES WARD TRIO
James Ward, bass
Angela Ward, piano and keyboards
Ryan Lee, bass
DOUG TALLEY QUINTET
Doug Talley, tenor and soprano saxes
Joe Parisi, trumpet and flugelhorn
Wayne Hawkins, piano
Tim Brewer, bass
Keith Kavanaugh, drums
SHERRY JONES/MIKE NING QUARTET
Sherry Jones, vocals
Mike Ning, piano and vocals
James Albright, bass
Victor Perelmuter, drums
SONS OF BRASIL
Stan Kessler, trumpet and flugelhorn
Danny Embrey, guitar
Roger Wilder, piano
Greg Whitfield, bass
Doug Auwater, drums
KANSAS CITY JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Saxophones:
David Chael, lead alto, Bob Long, Doug Talley, Brad Gregory, Kerry Strayer
Trumpets:
Steve Molloy, split lead, Bob Harvey, split lead, Joe Parisi, David Aaberg
Trombones:
Jeff Hamer, lead, Earlie Braggs, Stephanie Bryan, Paul Roberts
Rhythm Section:
Charles Williams, piano, Rod Fleeman, guitar, James Albright, bass, Tim Cameron, drums
Vocals: Brienn Perry
Music Director: Jim Mair
Sound Technician: Ian Corbett
DAN DELUCA TRIO
Dan DeLuca, piano
Monte Muza, guitar
James Albright, bass
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