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*Gerald Dunn of The American Jazz Museum encourages The Kansas City Star to make amends in the wake of the newspaper’s admission of decades of insufficient jazz coverage.

*I included tracks by Flutienastiness and Bobby Watson in a survey of The 10 Best Songs To Come Out of Kansas City in 2020 on a Christmas Eve broadcast on KCUR’s Up To Date program. In an adjacent segment titled The 10 Best Holiday Songs by Kansas City Artists, I shared selections by Charlie Parker, Oleta Adams, Ida McBeth, Jay McShann and The Count Basie Orchestra.

*Stan Kessler chatted with Joe Dimino.

*Tweet of the Week: Sharon Hoffman- Do you know how many times @KCStarinterviewed hometown jazz legend Charlie Parker? Zero. @eadler writes of a culture ignored, part of our “Truth in Black and white” series. (link)

*Lonnie McFadden’s longstanding Friday afternoon gig at The Phoenix will end October 30. He’s slated to begin performing at the former Reserve Restaurant & Lounge at The Ambassador Hotel in November. The Kansas City Business Journal reports the venue is now named The American Reserve Bar & Grille.

*Joe Dimino documented a performance by We the People. He also recorded his chat with saxophonist Rich Wheeler.

*Hermon Mehari created a lush music video for “Dreamscapes,” a track from his A Change For the Dreamlike EP.

*From a press release: The American Jazz Museum's newest gallery space honors Kansas City native Ida McBeth, a self-proclaimed "song stylist" and nationally recognized jazz legend. The Ida McBeth Gallery offers space for artists, particularly those devoted to music, who need a small gallery space to showcase their work. The inaugural collection Legendary Jazz Greats by Robert Blehert honors Ida along with 26 other jazz heroes like Count Basie, Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker… (T)he new exhibit... will be on display until December 31. The Ida McBeth Gallery is open to the public with paid admission to the American Jazz Museum.