![]() Admission is free.įeatured guest artist for the event is drummer Dennis Mackrel, an alumnus of the Count Basie Orchestra and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, who will perform with the Mid-Kansas Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Arts Ensemble 1 starting at 5:30 p.m. Fri, March 22, and all day Sat., March 23, in Miller Concert Hall and elsewhere on campus. Dinner reservations must be made by Wed., March 27.įor the jazz festival’s opening event, Wichita State University will host a Jazz Invitational for nearly 20 high school and college ensembles starting at 5 p.m. Show only is included in the $80 Festival Pass, but dinner is not. Tickets for dinner and show are $75, show only is $40. and the performance will follow at 7:30 p.m. Spanning 11 glorious days, wickedly talented artists put on performances in dance, theater, comedy, music, visual arts and burlesque. You wont see ordinary performances at Kansas Citys Fringe Festival. A special dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Dancefestopia puts Kansas City and the Midwest on the map as a top-tier place for amazing festival experiences. Tucker will perform Fri., March 29, at the Crown Uptown with her Kansas City Band. Starting in 1999, she became a headlining singer for the Westin hotel chain, and was based at the Westin Tokyo in Japan for months at a time. She has the type of jazz voice that can really class up a joint.įollowing studies at Kansas State University, she sang in a variety of venues and circumstances across the country, including with the Woody Herman Orchestra and the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. If you haven’t seen her perform live, you’ve probably heard her on a commercial. ![]() Singer Donna Tucker has been a Wichita mainstay for a number of years. The Delano Jazz Orchestra will open the concert. Tickets are $40 or included with the $80 Festival Pass. He’ll appear with his trio (with drummer Rudy Royston and bassist Thomas Morgan) at the Crown Uptown at 7 p.m. Make no mistake about his jazz bona fides, though he’s held his own on albums with drummer Elvin Jones and bassist Ron Carter. ![]() Two of his most recent popular albums include a tribute to John Lennon (“All We Are Saying”) and a tribute to the Fender Stratocaster guitar (“Guitar in the Space Age!”). Guitarist Bill Frisell is a Grammy Award winner who often uses his jazz skills to explore other types of music like folk, country, and general Americana from Aaron Copland to Bob Dylan. “Jazz in the Neighborhood” will feature music from area high school musicians the longtime local blues/jazz favorites the Macy Brothers Quartet and the Delano Jazz Orchestra, a community big band that will play classics from Count Basie, Stan Kenton and more. The area hosted and spawned many great musicians and entertainers for decades starting in the 1920s. Sit on the grass with a picnic or get something from a food truck. The festival will pay tribute to the musical legacy of the Dunbar / McAdams Arts and Business District with a free afternoon concert 3-7 p.m.
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