Subject: Bebop

• Kansas City jazz legend dies at 90

  December 7, 2006

• Play On

  September 15, 2005

• Roy Hargrove

  January 4, 2007

• Skip Heller

  Friday, June 10, at the Jack-O-Lantern Ballroom.

  June 9, 2005

• Battle of the Saxes

  Thursday, August 28, at the Grand Emporium.

  August 28, 2003

• The Phil Woods Quintet

  Saturday, October 12, at the Folly Theater.

  October 10, 2002

• The Redevelopment Blues

  Kansas City has made an investment in the 18th and Vine Historic District. Isn't it about time it starts paying off?

  June 1, 2000

• Giving Kansas City the Bird

  The American Jazz Museum's Charlie Parker Symposium gives Kansas City a full lesson in jazz.

  Water witching -- not only is it still around, but you won't believe what it can do for you.

  March 23, 2000

• JOE CARTWRIGHT QUARTET

  LA LUNA NEGRA (AMAZON)

  March 23, 2000

• Reading Aloud

  July 9, 2009

• Mutual Musicians Foundation announces
  Bird Lives Festival

  This August 29 and 30, there'll be no sleepin' at 18th and Vine (not that there ever is sleepin' down there on a Saturday night) as the Mutual Musicians Foundation celebrates the birthday of immortal superlegend and KC native son Charles "Yardbird" Parker with 24 hours of music and ceremony. Here's the schedule so far. Call the Foundation at 816-471-5212 for more details. SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 12 p.m. - Jazz & Blues Musicians Group Photo 1 to 2 p.m. - Kansas City Jazz Pioneers Flags of Fame Dedi

  August 12, 2009

• Concert Review: Kind of Blue 50th Anniversary Tour

  REVIEW BY ELGIN SMITH There are few things to say about Miles Davis' 1959 album Kind of Blue that haven't been said already. Phrases like "historically significant," "most influential," and "jazz masterpiece" seem to show up no matter where you look. While endorsements like these certainly don't come easily, they really do seem applicable when considering the quality of the album's music and the superior musicians that recorded it. Unfortunately, the members of the sextet that recorded the al

  October 19, 2009