After writing for Living Blues, Gilley worked on the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival, which was held at the Liberty Memorial in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, from 1990 to 2001. His brief ...

KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Hot Kansas City summers are giving way to cool jazz nights, as the 2006 Kansas City Music Blues & Jazz Festival takes shape. Show organizers have signed the legendary Bo Diddley to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The sounds of blues and jazz were floating through the air Saturday night at 18th and Vine. The Jazz and Blues Festival featured 20 musicians, and one of the most important ...

The bands will play on at the annual Kansas City jazz festival, but under a different name. The American Jazz Museum announced Wednesday that the former Rhythm and Ribs Festival will return Oct ...

June is Black Music Month throughout the nation, which gives us a chance to highlight some of the Black musical greats right ...

Kansas City firefighters were called to Champ's ... kcstar.com An overnight fire destroyed much of what remained of a blues and jazz bar previously damaged by a January blaze.

Kansas City PBS offered The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra an opportunity to take ... Two of these are swinging takes on an up-tempo blues and "I Got Rhythm" changes, and the third is a smoldering ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you’re not in the holiday spirit yet, it's time to get ready. Local musicians Friday released a Christmas benefit album for those with disabilities. Jazz, hip hop and ...