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*The Kansas City Star reported that Patti Austin’s name was misspelled on her plaque at her induction into the Jazz Walk of Fame on 18th Street. Austin quipped “with friends like you, who needs enemies?” KCUR’s Steve Kraske previewed the event.
*Lucy Wijnands is featured in a television news report about an anti-Israeli act of vandalism at the Brooklyn jazz club Wilson Live.
*Joe Dimino interviewed Mike Parkinson.
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*The Kansas City Star reports on plans for the renovation of the El Torreon Ballroom.
*The American Jazz Walk of Fame’s concert featuring two “grown-and-sexy” R&B artists is among KCUR's concert recommendations for July.
The Kansas City bassist and bandleader Blair Bryant performs at an event in the Jazz District presented by the American Jazz Walk of Fame on Saturday, July 3. The organization’s new inductees are the late Al Jarreau and the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
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*Kansas City magazine includes Black Dolphin, Green Lady Lounge and Mutual Musicians foundation in a clickbait listing of the city’s best bars.
*St. Louis Jazz Notes runs down Jazz St. Louis’ recently announced 2021-22 season.
*The Tulsa World published a lengthy examination of the depressing decline of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, an institution beset with “financial mismanagement and scandal.”
*Tweet of the Week: American Jazz Walk of Fame- We're back! Join us in one week.July 3rd, It's the annual American Jazz Walk of Fame. Music and Walk of Fame induction, Plus, this year it wraps with the big fireworks display! All on 18th & Vine.