Lush Life
The new July calendar distracted me as I sat in a dark corner of Jardine's on Saturday afternoon. A terrific female flugelhorn player had joined Luqman Hamza and Tommy Ruskin on the tiny stage but only a couple dozen people were on hand to hear her. As I looked over the club's stellar lineup for the next four weeks, I vowed to shill for the joint come Monday. While I don't get anything out of this endorsement, would it kill the bar staff to smile at me just once? A few nights look especially promising. I adore the weekly Saturday afternoon jam sessions. And local favorite Ida McBeth plays every Saturday night. Unheralded trumpet genius Gary Sivils performs July 8. Bram Wijnands- one of the few local jazz musicians with a decent web presence- revives prime Kansas City jazz on July 11. Young chanteuse Megan Birdsall sings on July 25. And the seasoned Wild Women of Kansas City play July 29.
posted by Happy In Bag @ 2:37 PM
2 Comments:
At 9:32 PM,
bgo said…
Aside from snide wait staff at bars, jazz or not, Gary Sivils is a hero of mine. The guy has all the goods and then some. My ex-cousin by marriage, Paul Smith was his partner in crime all so many years ago when you were still wearing diapers, HIB.
I love the old guys, or ht ones getting older, and I miss the ones I met and knew like McShann, Minor, Lovett who have left our mortal coil, and on and on like a full circle around the sun. Day in and day out.
I've lived and loved and had my heart broken, but some KC Cats & Kittens have always brought me back home. Thinking of you Priscilla.
Bgo
At 8:36 AM,
Happy In Bag said…
Here's a secret only you might care about, BGO: Sivils is my third cousin, or something like that.
Here's another bit of personal trivia: The first time I snuck into the Grand Emporium, Priscilla Bowman was on stage.
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