October dates at clubs and festivals offer a scary amount of jazz ...

Get ready for a busy October for jazz. Not only do we have the usual full plate of club offerings, the festival and concert offerings are also hot.

The big one, of course, is the Rhythm and Ribs 18th & Vine Jazz and Blues Festival on Oct. 13, headlined by trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, R&B hit maker Brian McKnight and blues man Joe Louis Walker. And there?s bassist-singer-composer Esperanza Spalding at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday. Read more on Spalding in The Star?s A+E section on Sunday.And there?s pianist Vijay Iyer and his trio at the Folly Theater on Oct. 19. It?s the Kansas City debut of a critical favorite who?s set expectations high with a provocative series of recordings. And fans of great singing can hear Nnenna Freelon again, in a program that?s a tribute to Lena Horne, on Oct. 12 at the Lied Center at the University of Kansas.There?s a lot to look forward to in October. And the fun has already started with this week?s offerings: ??The Phoenix, 302 W. Eighth St., is throwing a little festival to celebrate more than 22 years of live music. The Saturday street party has music outside and inside the club, plus food and drink. The music lineup on the outside stage (bring a lawn chair) has the McFadden Brothers at 1:30 p.m., the Wild Women at 3 p.m., the J. Love Band at 4:30 p.m., Rick Bacus and Janet Jameson at 6 p.m., the Dan Doran Band at 7:30 p.m. and Deadman Flats at 9 p.m. Inside there?s a blues jam with Brody Buster and Brother Bagman at 7:30 p.m. and the band Cadillac Flamb? at 9 p.m. Festival tickets are $8 and can be had at thephoenixkc.com. The presenters of the Jazz in the Weeds pop-up festival a few weeks back are doing another one on Saturday at their urban farm, or big yard. This one, called Weedstock 2012, has Brazilian jazz and samba from Mistura Fina (that?s ?fine blend?), featuring singer Shay Estes at 6 p.m.; jazz-inflected world folk from Passport, the duet of guitarist Beau Bledsoe and trumpeter Stan Kessler plus percussionist Pat Conway at 7:15 p.m.; a nine-piece variety band called Black Tie Billie with some of the best horn players in town at 8:30 p.m.; and blues from the Blues Notions plus singer Millie Edwards at 9:35 p.m. The location is 7611 E. 65th St., east of Swope Park. Tickets are $10 in advance ( mojoproductions.org) or $20 at the gate. A portion of the proceeds goes to KKFI-FM. ??The next installment of the daytime jazz concert series at Johnson County Community College presents the Vine Street East Band, featuring guitarist Monte Muza, at noon Tuesday in the recital hall at Carlsen Center. It?s free. ??Kansas City Kansas Community College is starting a free daytime jazz concert series of its own. Organist Everette DeVan and his quartet featuring singer Eboni Fondren start it off at noon Thursday in the conference center next to the campus lake. ??The ensemble Book of Gaia, with singers Angela Hagenbach, Nedra Dixon and Pamela Baskin-Watson, performs at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Centennial United Methodist Church, 1834 Woodland Ave. ??Take Five Coffee + Bar, 5336 W. 151st St. in Leawood, has singer Megan Birdsall at 8 p.m. Friday; pianist Roger Wilder?s trio at 8 p.m. Saturday; and pianist Bram Wijnands with special guest reed man Hal Melia at 7 p.m. Sunday.??Composer and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Alonzo Conway and theater artist Heidi Van are this year?s recipients of the Charlotte Street Foundation?s Generative Performing Artist Awards. They?ll celebrate with a performance of a new piece written and performed by Van with music by Conway, ?The Voyeur: An Urban Rhapsody.? It takes place at 9 p.m. Friday at the Fishtank Performance Studio, 1715 Wyandotte St.; tickets are $20 and are available at brownpapertickets.com. The event is followed by a street party with the People?s Liberation Big Band of Greater Kansas City playing Conway?s music. That same People?s Liberation Big Band of Greater Kansas City, directed by Brad Cox, performs at 8 p.m. Sunday on the alternative jazz series at the RecordBar, 1020 Westport Road. ??The Blue Room, 1600 E. 18th St., has the band Karma at 7 p.m. Thursday. There?s a Kansas City trumpet summit conference at 8:30 p.m. Friday, with three of the best brassmen around: Stan Kessler, Hermon Mehari and Mike Metheny. Singer Lisa Henry and pianist Charles Williams perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Pianist Eddie Moore is in charge of the Monday jam session, at 7 p.m. ?Esperanza Spalding | Tuesday at the Kauffman CenterThe most talked-about artist in jazz seems like a reluctant star. Esperanza Spalding is a bassist, vocalist and composer who looks just as happy playing a complementary role in the band of saxophonist Joe Lovano as she does leading her own ensemble. Tuesday?s concert is her second headlining show in Kansas City and the first since she claimed the Grammy Award for best new artist in 2011. Spalding is expected to focus on material from her recent funk-flavored release, ?Radio Music Society.? Curiosity seekers should expect to hear a prescient preview of the sound of jazz in the millennium. Tickets to the 7 p.m. show range from $39 to $69. | Bill Brownlee, Special to The Star

Source: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/03/3844915/october-dates-offer-a-scary-amount.html

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