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Jeff Hamilton Trio
Dates: Nov. 18-19 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Originality is what versatile drummer Jeff Hamilton brings to the groups he performs with and is one of the reasons why he is constantly in demand, whether he is recording or performing with his trio, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, and countless others....
Admission: $30
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Megan Birdsall
Dates: Nov. 25 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St, Kansas City, Mo.

Megan began singing Jazz in Kansas City in 2002 as a featured vocalist with Greg Richter and David Basse at The New Point. She soon became favored by many other KC notables including Dan Doran, Rob Whitsitt, and Mark Lowery. Later that year she fron...
Admission: $3
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Trio ALL
Dates: Nov. 20 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.

Sons of Brasil
Dates: Nov. 12 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St, Kansas City, Mo.

By incorporating the upbeat, samba-influenced styles of — you guessed it — Brazil into the Kansas City jazz template, the Sons of Brasil have created a sound that's anything but the usual. It's a taste of Rio that you just won't find anywhere else i...
Admission: $3
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Danny Embrey
Dates: Nov. 10 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St, Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas City-based Danny Embrey has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading jazz guitarist. In addition to recording and playing concerts, festivals and club dates, Embrey is in demand as an arranger, composer and producer....
Admission: Free
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Mark Southerland
Dates: Nov. 21 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St, Kansas City, Mo.

Chris Hazelton
Dates: Nov. 14 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St, Kansas City, Mo.

Chris is a Hammond Organ player from Kansas City who now makes his home in Astoria, NY. He started the piano at age 8 and then found quick success as a bass player in high school and college. With this bass knowledge already in store, moving to the ...
Admission: $3
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Sons of Brasil
Dates: Nov. 20 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

By incorporating the upbeat, samba-influenced styles of — you guessed it — Brazil into the Kansas City jazz template, the Sons of Brasil have created a sound that's anything but the usual. It's a taste of Rio that you just won't find anywhere else i...
Admission: $5
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Barclay Martin Ensemble
Dates: Nov. 17 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Barclay Martin Ensemble...
Admission: $5 cover
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Julia Othmer
Dates: Nov. 23 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St, Kansas City, Mo.

Othmer's music is described as "raw and thoughtful - piano-driven." She's a singer-songwriter of jazz-rock with a well established following, and her debut album Oasis Motel was licensed to ABC's Army Wives and Big Shots; to the DVD release of Part...
Admission: $15
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Andrew Trim CD Release Party
Dates: Nov. 28 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St, Kansas City, Mo.
Andrew Trim is one of the upcoming bandleaders performing in the Denver/Boulder, Colorado Jazz Scenes. In addition to his bands - The Trim Organ Trio, and the Andrew Trim Quartet/Quintet's - Trim performs with the Denver/Boulder bands Baseless Accu...
Admission: $3
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Jazz Combo Concert
Dates: Nov. 9 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes, Kansas City, Mo.

Ensemble Series...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Kansas City Jazz,Music & Dance
Angela Hagenbach
Dates: Nov. 21 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

This versatile Kansas City native sings everything from swinging, straight-ahead jazz and blues to sensual, rhythmic Latin Jazz with seemingly effortless agility. Her lush contralto spans a range of nearly three octaves, and her rich life experience...
Admission: $5
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Ida McBeth
Dates: Nov. 14 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Award-winning singer Ida McBeth is one of Kansas City's most enduring treasures. Her many musical gifts have thrilled audiences since 1970, and as a new millennium begins, she is poised to win the hearts of even more music lovers, both at home and o...
Admission: $5 cover
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Joe Cartwright
Dates: Nov. 24 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Jazz pianist Joe Cartwright has lived, performed and taught in the Kansas City area for the last twenty three years. He is a graduate of the UMKC Conservatory of Music. Cartwright currently leads his own duo, trio and quartet. Joe has performed on a...
Admission: $3
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Julia Othmer
Dates: Nov. 27 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St, Kansas City, Mo.
Julia Othmer's music is described as "raw and thoughtful - piano-driven." She's a singer-songwriter of jazz-rock with a well established following, and her debut album Oasis Motel was licensed to ABC's Army Wives and Big Shots; to the DVD release o...
Admission: $15
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Mark Lowery & Shay Estes
Dates: Nov. 27 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.

Shay Estes draws from a large and varied musical pallet, from the standards of Tin Pan Alley to Brazilian and Afro-Cuban favorites to adaptations of pop/rock selections by Lennon/McCartney, Tom Waits, Radiohead and more. Shay's deliberate and person...
Admission: $3
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Bram Wijnand's Majestic 7
Dates: Nov. 11 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.

Bram Wijnands, Rob Fleeman, Jurgen Welge, Lucky West....
Admission: $3
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Mark Lowrey
Dates: Nov. 13 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Mark Lowrey is a pianist/bandleader based in the Kansas City Metro area. Although his roots are in jazz music, Mark performs solo piano and in a wide variety of highly acclaimed ensembles, such as: Shay Estes and the Mark Lowrey Trio, the Mark Lowre...
Admission: $3
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Tim Whitmer and KC Express
Dates: Nov. 13 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.

Special guests: Millie Edwards (vocals) & Terry Peffer (sax). Check out our website for more information on our performers, menu, and more. Dinner reservations by phone or email are always recommended....
Admission: $5 cover
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Wild Women of Kansas City
Dates: Nov. 20 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: The Blue Room, 1600 E 18th St, Kansas City, Mo.

One of Kansas City's most popular and entertaining groups, the Wild Women of KC consist of four outstanding soul, blues and jazz vocalists: Myra Taylor, Geneva Price, Lori Tucker and Millie Edwards. Countless audiences have been entertained by the ...
Admission: $10
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Bowdog
Dates: Nov. 27 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: The Blue Room, 1600 E 18th St, Kansas City, Mo.
Bowdog is a Kansas City-based ensemble led by bassist Bob Bowman, who also appears frequently as a member of the PBT Trio and Karrin Allyson's touring bands, in addition to his duties as an instructor at the UMKC Conservatory of Music. With special ...
Admission: $10
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Blue Monday Jam: Dennis Winslett
Dates: Nov. 16 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: The Blue Room, 1600 E 18th St, Kansas City, Mo.

The traditional jam session will be led by local saxophonist Dennis Winslett. Come down, bring your axe and sit in with the band - or just swing by to take in one of Kansas City's best jam sessions....
Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Kansas City Jazz
Jazz Disciples
Dates: Nov. 21 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: The Blue Room, 1600 E 18th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Featuring saxophonist Gerald Dunn, bassist Tyrone Clark, drummer Mike Warren & pianist Everett Freeman, the Jazz Disciples perform original compositions & standards in a style blending traditional Kansas City jazz and contemporary sounds.
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Admission: $10
Type: Kansas City Jazz
D.J. Sweeney Band
Dates: Nov. 27 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Phoenix Jazz Club, 302 W 8th St, Kansas City, Mo.

Live Jazz by the D.J. Sweeney Trio....
Type: Kansas City Jazz