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Johnson County Community College
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College Information and Publications
913-469-8500
Julie Haas, Associate Vice President, Marketing Communications, ext. 3120
Peggy Graham, Writer, ext. 3425
Tyler Cundith, Sports Information Director, ext. 3122

10/01/09
Story by Peggy Graham

Winter comes to life with Jazz Winterlude

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Johnson County Community College will banish the winter blues with a new three-day jazz festival -- Jazz Winterlude: Kansas City Style, Friday-Sunday, Jan. 8-10, in the acoustically stellar venues of the Carlsen Center.

Kansas City brought jazz to life in the 1930s, and, vice-versa. Jazz brought life to Kansas City as political boss Tom Pendergast turned a blind eye to liquor laws and closing hours for bars with colorful names like the Chesterfield and Hey-Hay clubs, where jam sessions lasted ‘til breakfast.

Jazz Winterlude continues the tradition with two full days of jazz and a Sunday brunch. Musicians are all local. Festival-goers will hear styles from Dixieland to contemporary and everything in between — swing, big band, bebop and vocal jazz.

“Kansas City has a huge cache of wonderful musicians who deserve to be heard by a wide audience in a concert setting,” said Doreen Maronde, one of the festival organizers. 

The weekend program is:

Friday, Jan. 8
4-5 p.m. Lukman Hamza Trio Recital Hall
New Red Onion Jazz Babies Polsky Theatre
5:30-6:30 p.m. Danny Embrey/Rod Fleeman Recital Hall
Greg Carroll Quartet Polsky Theatre
8-9 p.m. Rich Hill/Charles Perkins Quartet Yardley Hall
9:15-10:15 p.m. 9 Plus1 Yardley Hall

Saturday, Jan. 9
4-5 p.m. James Ward Trio Recital Hall
Doug Talley Quintet Polsky Theatre
5:30-6:30 p.m. Sherry Jones/Mike Ning Recital Hall
Sons of Brasil Polsky Theatre
8-10:15 p.m. Kansas City Jazz Orchestra Yardley Hall

Sunday, Jan. 10
11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday brunch with the
Dan DeLuca Trio
(music until 2 p.m.)		 Capitol Federal Conference Center

“Because Kansas City is one of the jazz centers of the nation, this is the perfect location for a jazz festival. A lot of jazz greats like Charlie Parker and Count Basie got their start here, and I’m excited about the professionals performing today,” said Ron Stinson, JCCC professor of instrumental music.

Along with Maronde and Stinson, other organizers are Janice Mires, administrative assistant, and Collin Thomas, JCCC alumni, now professional percussionist and composer.

JCCC president Terry A. Calaway allotted seed money for the first year of the festival with a goal to earn money for music scholarships in future annual festivals.

Adding to the festival setting will be food available in the Carlsen Center. Free parking is available and plentiful as Jazz Winterlude takes place during the JCCC winter break.

“The festival gives people a chance to hear great jazz professionals for very little money at a convenient location with plentiful parking, “ Stinson said.

Cost of Jazz Winterlude is $20 for either Friday or Saturday, $25 for both days and $20 for brunch with tickets available at the Carlsen Center box office, 913-469-4445, or online at http://www.jccc.edu/home/depts.php/1109/site/JazzWinterlude.

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