Blue Room

Singer and drummer Kevin "Church" Johnson says he's been the musical director for Ginuwine.

Stacy & the Band packed the Blue Room on July 3, and they're back on Friday, November 13.

Singer David Watson, who co-founded Re-Birthing The Cool with Pete Petersen, leads the band's Kansas City version.

Trombonist Henry Fears was a Kansas City Area Youth Jazz Fellow in 2021 and 2022.

Soul and R&B singer Lauren-Ashley has performed with her band on Fox 4's Great Day KC.

Alex Abramovitz and His Swing'n Kansas City Jazz Band was a finalist in The Pitch's Best of KC 2024.

Jazz Ambassador Magazine readers voted Stan Kessler their Favorite Trumpet Player in 2022 and 2023.

Vocalist Lori Tucker was a founding member of the Wild Women of Kansas City, the group Myra Taylor started in 1994.

O's Place Jazz heard "a strong sense of swing" on Mikole Kaar's 2003 CD Six Horn Strut.

Flutist Jazzy Jazz Miyagi went to the New England Conservatory of Music on a full scholarship.

The Blue Room's Monday Night Jam Session opens with a featured set at 7 pm; this week's host will be announced here.

The KCKCC Blue Devil Funk Band won a 2022 DownBeat Student Music Award in the Blues/Pop/Rock Group category.

Gayle Price of Pure Sweetness is the daughter of Priscilla Bowman, whose "Hands Off" went to number one on the Billboard R&B chart.

Eboni Fondren sang with Kansas City Ballet this May as the vocalist in The Great Gatsby at the Kauffman Center.

Trumpeter Darryl White is an associate professor of trumpet and jazz studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Plastic Sax called organist Chris Hazelton one of Everette DeVan's most accomplished apprentices.

Sir James Atwood sang a Gregory Porter tribute with his band, The Collective, at the Blue Room on August 29.

Organist Chris Hazelton produced The Freedom Affair's 2020 debut, Freedom Is Love, and plays bass guitar on it.

The Slide SyndiKCate released its self-titled debut, with a Herbie Hancock tune among its three tracks, in March 2026.

The Blue Room's Monday Night Jam Session opens with a featured set at 7 pm; this week's host will be announced here.

Singer and tap dancer Chloe McFadden has played the Kauffman Center with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra.

Saxophonist Joe Wakefield, who leads The R&J Playerz Band, met Art Porter at Chicago's Cotton Club.

Pianist Angela Ward played keyboards and did the arranging on The James Ward Band's 2010 album, Groove Axis.

The Tetsuya Nishiyama Trio won Outstanding Jazz at the 20th Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards in February 2026.

NoMAD is singer Marcel Daly, who writes his own jazz and hip hop and appeared in Porgy and Bess for Lyric Opera of Kansas City.