Behzod Abduraimov will perform at the Folly; Vadym Kholodenko will join the Symphony’s finale concert in June. (Vadym Kholodenko pictured above) Within a month of..
From the mid-1930s through the mid-1940s, the roots of American modernity in popular music and painting were set in the hot-house urban culture of Kansas City.
It’s a challenge to describe Chestnut House, the 1884 brick Victorian shared by Late Night Theatre founder Ron Megee and costume designer Jon Fulton Adams in KC’s Northeast neighborhood.
The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra’s Third Annual Gala Event will feature “Rhapsody in Blue”
Rhapsody in Blue was first performed by Paul Whiteman and his band Palais Royal Orchestra, with an added section of string players and George Gershwin..
Rhapsody in Blue: KC Jazz Orchestra’s 3rd Annual Gala Celebration
Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition by American composer George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music..
Stan Kenton’s last successful experiment was his mellophonium band of 1960-1963. Despite the difficulties in keeping the four mellophoniums (which formed their own separate section)..
