KKFI Jazz Calendar for February 16 – February 22

  This is the KKFI Jazz Event Calendar for the week of Monday, February 16th to Sunday, February 22nd. This is shared for the benefit of jazz music lovers. Please check with the music venue to confirm details of the event.  All times are Central Time.  All performances are evening shows except where indicated with words like “brunch” or “noon.”       

Monday, February 16

• Shades of Jade hosts the Blue Monday Jam at the Blue Room at 18^th and Vine from 7:00 – 11:00. Musicians bring your axe.
• The Green Lady Lounge at 18^th and Grand presents drummer Philip Wakefield from 9:00 – 12:00
• Chaz at the Raphael Hotel at Wornall and Ward Parkway presents keyboardist Max Groove from 6:00 – 10:00
• The Majestic Restaurant at 9^th and Broadway has pianist Joe DeFio from 6:00 – 8:00
• The Piano Room at 8410 Wornall Road features the Waldo Jazz Collective from 7:00 – 10:00
• The Phoenix at 8^th and Central has vocalist Millie Edwards from 7:00 – 11:00.
• Jazz: a Louisiana Kitchen at 39^th and State Line Road presents Jazzbo at 6:00
• That’s your jazz calendar for Monday, February 16th. The Jazz Calendar can be seen at kkfi.org under recent news

Tuesday, February 17

• The Blue Room at 18^th and Vine celebrates Mardi Gras with Arny Young’s Necessity Brass Band from 7:00 – 11:00
• Californo’s at 4124 Pennsylvania celebrates Mardi Gras with organist Rich Hill and the Riffs from 7:00 – 10:00
• The Record Bar at Westport Road and Southwest Trafficway features Victor and Penny at 9:45
• The Green Lady Lounge at 18^th and Grand presents drummer John Kizilarmut from 9:00 – 12:00
• Guitarist Matt Hopper hosts a jazz jam at the Phoenix at 8^th and Central from 7:00 – 11:00. Musicians bring your axe
• The Majestic Restaurant at 9^th and Broadway has trumpeter Hermon Mehari from 6:00 – 10:00
• Harling’s at Main Street and Westport Road features the New Jazz Order Big Band from 9:00 – 12:00
• The American Restaurant at Crown Center presents pianist Eddie Moore from 6:00 – 9:00
• Sullivan’s at 119^th and Roe has the Bobby Adams duo from 6:00 – 10:00
• Café Trio at 4558 Main has Michael Pagan from 6:00 – 9:00
• That’s your jazz calendar for Tuesday, February 17th. The Jazz Calendar can be seen at kkfi.org under recent news
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Wednesday, February 18

• The Broadway Jazz Club at 3601 Broadway features Everette DeVan with Ian Corbett from 7:00 – 10:00
• The Green Lady Lounge at 18^th and Grand presents guitarist Matt Hopper at 7:30 followed by OJT from 9:00 – 12:00
• The American Restaurant at Crown Center presents vocalist Angela Hagenbach from 6:00 – 9:00
• The Gaslight Grill at 5020 W 137^th St in Leawood features clarinetist Lynn Zimmer from 6:30 – 9:30
• The Majestic Restaurant at 9^th and Broadway has trumpeter Hermon Mehari from 6:00 – 10:00
• Café Trio at 4558 Main features pianist Mark Lowrey from 6:00 – 9:00
• The Phoenix at 8^th and Central has guitarist Brian Ruskin from 7:00 – 11:00.
• Sullivan’s at 119^th and Roe has drummer Matt Leifer from 6:00 – 10:00
• Jazz: a Louisiana Kitchen at 39^th and State Line Road presents guitarist Rick Bacus at 7:00
• Chaz at the Raphael Hotel at Wornall and Ward Parkway presents keyboardist Max Groove from 6:00 – 10:00
• That’s your jazz calendar for Wednesday, February 18th. The Jazz Calendar can be seen at kkfi.org under recent news
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Thursday February 19

• The Westport Coffee House Theater at 4128 Pennsylvania presents bassist Ben Leifer at 8:00
• The Green Lady Lounge at 18^th and Grand features drummer Kevin Frazee from 9:00 – 12:00
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• The Blue Room at 18^th and Vine has Parallax from 7:00 – 11:00
• The Broadway Jazz Club at 3601 Broadway features saxophonist Steve Lambert from 7:00 – 10:00
• The Majestic Restaurant at 9^th and Broadway has pianist Mark Lowrey from 6:00 – 10:00
• Ca Va (sah vah) at 4149 Pennsylvania features trumpeter Hermon Mehari
• The American Restaurant at Crown Center presents bassist Dominique Sanders from 6:00 – 9:00
• Jazz: a Louisiana Kitchen at 39^th and State Line Road presents Grand Marquis at 7:00
• Tomlinson’s in the Kansas City Club at 918 Baltimore hosts a jazz jam with Dan Sturdevant from 7:00 – 10:00. Musicians bring your axe.
• The Intercontinental Hotel at Wornall and Ward Parkway presents Lonnie McFadden tonight from 8:00 – 12:00
• EBT at 435 and State Line features vocalist Anne Trinkl from 6:00 – 9:00
• Chaz at the Raphael Hotel at Wornall and Ward Parkway presents keyboardist Rich Hill from 6:00 -10:00
• Café Trio has pianist Tim Whitmer from 6:00 – 9:00
• Chaz at the Raphael Hotel at Wornall and Ward Parkway presents Rich Hill from 6:00 – 10:00
• The Phoenix at 8^th and Central has Damon Parker from 7:00 – 11:00.
• Sullivan’s at 119^th and Roe has the Everette Freeman trio from 5:30 – 10:00
• Tomorrow vocalist Jennifer White appears at Immanuel Lutheran Church at 1700 Westport Road at noon
• That’s your jazz calendar for Thursday, February 19th. The Jazz Calendar can be seen at kkfi.org under recent news
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Friday February 20

• The Take 5 Coffee Bar at 6601 W 135^th has pianist Mark Lowrey from 8:00 – 10:30
• The Friday Indigo hour at the Blue Room at 18^th and Vine features live music at 5:30       followed by bassist Bob Bowman from 8:30 – 12:30
• The Green Lady Lounge at 18^th and Grand presents Tim Whitmer and the KC Express from 5:30 – 8:30 followed by organist Chris Hazelton from 10:00 – 2:00
• Louie’s Wine Dive at 71^st and Wornall has live music from 7:00 – 11:00
• The Broadway Jazz Club at 3601 Broadway features vocalist Kelley Gant from 7:00 – 10:00 followed by pianist Max Groove until 12:30
• The Tank Room at 1813 Grand presents Shades of Jade from 9:00 – 1:00
• The Phoenix at 8^th and Central has Lonnie McFadden from 4:30 – 8:30 followed by Brother Bagman until 1:00.
• The Majestic Restaurant at 9^th and Broadway has pianist Bram Wijnands from 7:00 – 11:00
• The American Restaurant at Crown Center has Lauren Crum with Mike Stover and Brad Cox from 6:00 – 9:00
• The Chesterfield at 14^th and Main features vocalist Molly Hammer from 9:00 – midnight
• The Piano Room at 8410 Wornall Road presents pianist Dave McCubbin tonight from 8:00 – midnight.
• Californo’s at 4124 Pennsylvania features pianist Charles Pridgen every Friday from 7:00 – 10:00
• The Intercontinental Hotel at Wornall and Ward Parkway presents vocalist Lori Tucker tonight from 8:00 – 12:00
• The Mutual Musicians’ Foundation at 1823 Highland has the Friday late night jam at 1:00 AM
• The Gaslight Grill at 5020 W 137^th St in Leawood presents clarinetist Lynn Zimmer from 6:30 – 9:30
• Sullivan’s at 119^th and Roe has keyboardist Max Groove from 6:00 – 11:00.
• Piropos at 4141 North Mulberry Drive in Briarcliff presents Mike Ning with Sherry Brummett from 5:00 – 7:00 followed by Dan Sturdevant with Tiffany Miller.
• EBT at 435 and State Line features trumpeter Stan Kessler from 6:00 – 9:00
• Café Trio at 4558 Main presents pianist and vocalist Alice Jenkins from 7:30 – 10:30
• That’s your jazz calendar for Friday February 20th.  Stay tuned for the Saturday and Sunday Jazz Calendar at 2:30. The Jazz Calendar can be seen at kkfi.org under recent news
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Saturday, February 21 and Sunday, February 22

• The Folly Jazz Series at the Folly Theater at 8^th and Central brings in the Hot Sardines Saturday. The music starts at 8:00 preceded by an onstage interview at 7:00
• The Topeka Jazz Workshop at the Ramada Inn in downtown Topeka presents the New Vintage Big Band Sunday from 3:00 – 5:00
• The Take 5 Coffee Bar at 6601 W 135^th brings in Los Parranderos Saturday from 8:00 – 10:30. Sunday trumpeter Stan Kessler plays the Take 5 brunch from 10:00 – 2:00
• The Blue Room at 18^th and Vine has KKFI’s own Jazz Disciple from 8:30 – 12:30 Saturday. Sunday vocalist Bryan Hicks appears at the Blue Room at 7:00
• The Green Lady Lounge at 18^th and Grand presents saxophonist Brett Jackson from 6:00 – 9:00 followed by a Buck Clayton Revival Show Saturday. The Buck Clayton revival returns to the Green Lady Sunday from 8:30 – 11:30.
• The Broadway Jazz Club at 3601 Broadway has vocalist Pamela Baskin Watson from 7:00 – 10:00 followed by guitarist Danny Embrey until 12:30 Saturday.  
• The Record Bar at Westport Road and Southwest Trafficway hosts a Lincoln College Prep fundraiser with Trio Aztlan and the Joe Miquelon/Bryan Hicks Duo from 4:00 – 8:00
• The American Restaurant at Crown Center presents saxophonist Brett Jackson from 6:00 – 9:00
• Louie’s Wine Dive at 71^st and Wornall has live music from 7:00 – 11:00 Saturday
• The Majestic Restaurant at 9^th and Broadway has pianist Bram Wijnands from 7:00 – 11:00 Saturday. Sunday Rich Hill plays a jazz brunch at the Majestic from 11:00 – 1:00 and Joe DeFio follows from 6:00 – 8:00
• Californo’s has pianist Marilyn Wood every Saturday and Rich Hill every Sunday from 7:00 – 10:00.
• EBT at 435 and State Line features pianist Rueben Pascottini from 6:00 – 10:00 Saturday
• Cascone’s at 91^st and Metcalf presents Kathleen Holeman with Rod Fleeman from 6:30 – 9:30 Saturday
• YJ’s at 18^th and Wyandotte has bassist Bryan Hicks every Sunday from 7:00 – 10:00
• Chaz at the Raphael Hotel at Wornall and Ward Parkway features vocalist Molly Hammer for the Saturday jazz brunch from 10:00 – 1:00. Vocalist Megan Birdsall appears at Chaz Saturday evening from 7:00 – 11:00
• The Phoenix at 8^th and Central has a jazz brunch Saturday with Alex Abramowitz and the swingin’ Kansas City Fives from 10:00 – 2:00 and Tim Whitmer from 4:30 – 8:30 followed by vocalist Shay Estes until 1:00
• The Piano Room at 8410 Wornall Road presents pianist Dave McCubbin tomorrow night from 8:00 – midnight.
• The Bristol at 119^th and Nall has the Greg Meise Trio Sunday from 5:00 – 8:00
• The Mutual Musicians’ Foundation at 1823 Highland has the Saturday late night jam at 1:00 AM
• The Gaslight Grill at 5020 W 137^th St in Leawood presents clarinetist Lynn Zimmer from 6:30 – 9:30 Saturday and Sunday
• Sullivan’s at 119^th and Roe has Will Matthews and the Saturday Night Trio Saturday from 7:00 – 11:00. Sunday Lonnie McFadden appears at Sullivan’s from 5:30 – 9:00  
• Café Trio at 4558 Main presents pianist and vocalist Alice Jenkins Friday and Saturday from 7:30 – 10:30
• That’s your jazz calendar for Saturday, February 21st and Sunday, February 22nd. The Jazz Calendar can be seen at kkfi.org under recent news

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