*Lonnie McFadden promoted his Charlie Parker tribute with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra to KCUR and Kansas City magazine. The concert is August 23 at the Folly Theater.
*The Steely Dan tribute band Glamour Profession headlines the Prairie Village Jazz Festival on September 6.
*The fall lineup of the Maronde Professional Recital Series opens with an homage to Charlie Parker on September 30.
*Joe Dimino shared footage of a recent Jazz Ensemble Directors Reading Band event.
*A representative of KC Jazz Alive asked Plastic Sax to advise its readers that the Live Jazz KC calendar is “fully back in operation.”