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Jazz Unlimited for August 4, 2019 will present “Kansas City.” The music of Kansas City was side open and inventive in the late 1920’s, the 1930’s and…

Jazz Unlimited for Sunday, February 10, 2019 will be “The Music of Buck Clayton.” Born in Parsons, Kansas, trumpeter Buck Clayton spent the first two…

Jazz Unlimited for September 16, 2018 will be “The Career of Buddy Rich.” At age eight, Buddy Rich was in vaudeville and was known as “Traps, the Drum…

Jazz Unlimited for Sunday, April 15, 2018 will be “Grammy Winners in My Collection-Part 3.” In it’s early days, the jazz Grammy Awards were not awarded…

Jazz Unlimited for Sunday, January 7, 2018 will be “The Bebop Hot House.” The bebop style, which flowered in the hot house of the mid 1940’s burst on the…

Jazz Unlimited for Sunday, December 4 is "The Career of Max Roach." One of the founders of bebop drumming, Max Roach’s 69 year performance career included…

Jazz Unlimited for October 1, 2017 will be “The Music of John Lewis.” Best known as the pianist and music director of the Modern Jazz Quartet, John Lewis…

Jazz Unlimited for Septemner 17, 2017 will be “The Dizzy Gillespie Centennial.” Jazz needs a Dizzy Gillespie for his audience communication skills and…

Jazz Unlimited for December 4, 2016 is “The Music of J.J. Johnson.” Trombonist J.J. Johnson was born in Indianapolis in 1922. He began piano lessons at…

Jazz Unlimited for October 9 will be preempted in the first hour by the Presidential debate and will resume at 10 pm for “Kansas Citians.” Not only was it…