10/31/2023 0 Comments Kansas city jazz festival*A television station filed a report from the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Harlem last weekend. *The author of Plastic Sax reviewed a performance by Bob Bowman and Peter Schlamb at his nondenominational music blog. *Anita Dixon and Jakob Wagner lobby for additional arts spending in a television news feature. *Kansas City’s YouTube channel includes a new video feature about the Spotlight Charlie Parker initiative. ![]() at … Helzberg Hall… Brown is one of many American jazz performers who found her greatest fame and recognition overseas rather than in the U.S. *From a press release: The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra Executive Director Lea Petrie today announced the next concert for the 2022-2023 20th Anniversary season, The Voice featuring guest artist Deborah Brown, Thursday, November 10 at 7 p.m. Eddie Moore, MellowPhobia, The Electric Lungs, purextc, and Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream! Grab tickets: (link) #apocalypsemeow #abbysfund *Tweet of the Week: Midwest Music Foundation- JUST ANNOUNCED! Check out the official lineup for Apocalypse Meow, Nov 5th at the ft. *Joe Dimino interviewed Morgan Faw and shared clips of performances by the Greg Meise Trio, Lisa Henry and the Hannover Big Band. ![]() * Jazzwise considers the sound of Britain’s Big Band Metheny ensemble. *Bobby Watson promoted a concert in Schenectady in a candid interview with a correspondent for Albany’s The Times-Union. *The Kansas City debut of the Los Angeles duo Ohma is reviewed at There Stands the Glass. *Brian Baggett and Ken Lovern discuss Baggett’s forthcoming album in a promotional video. at the Helzberg Hall of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts… Multitalented local legend Lonnie McFadden, a vocalist, trumpeter, and tap dancer, grew up immersed in Kansas City jazz through his deep, familial ties from his father Jimmy, a tap dancer who worked alongside Count Basie, Jay McShann, and Charlie Parker. *From a press release: Kansas City Jazz Orchestra Executive Director Lea Petrie today announced the next concert for the 2022-2023 20th Anniversary season, The Family featuring guest artists Lonnie and Chloe McFadden, Tuesday,December 6 at 7 p.m. It seemed like it was an ode to his hometown, or his love for jazz, not a project driven to serve story or character. *Tweet of the Week: Cinephile- Watched Altman's Kansas City. *Marc Myers has been on a Freddie Green spree at Jazz Wax. *Mary Lou Williams aficionados are advised to investigate South Korean bassist Jeong Lim Yang’s startling interpretation of Zodiac Suite. In 2017, Lonnie received the Best Entertainer award from Ingram’s Magazine.*Snippets from a performance by Arnold Young and the Roughtet were shared by Joe Dimino. ![]() The McFadden Brothers have also performed for all types of audiences including a very special 2004 USO tour to Kuwait and Iraq for our troops.Most recently The McFadden Brothers received Life Time Achievement Awards from the Jazz Museum in May 2016, and Living Legends Awards from Tapology October 2017. Wayne Newton, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Orlando, Lee Greenwood, Gladys Knight and The Count Basie Orchestra are just some of the great entertainers they have had the pleasure of working with. Lonnie and his brother Ronald McFadden (The McFadden Brothers) have shared the stage with some of the biggest names in show business. ![]() His performances have been seen internationally and include such events as the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland and the Nice Jazz Festival in Nice, France. Lonnie McFadden | Photo: Brad Austin Lonnie McFaddenīorn and raised in Kansas City, MO, Lonnie McFadden is a unique multi-talented performer who sings, tap dances and plays trumpet.McFadden has traveled the globe performing and representing Kansas City Jazz at major jazz festivals and shows around the world.
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