Join us as we celebrate the life,
the music, and the iconic legacy
of Kansas City’s own:

Charlie “Yardbird” Parker!

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18th and Vine Aggie Stackhaus Ahmed Alaadeen Alonzo Demetrius alto saxophone American Jazz Museum Anne Garney Ari Staggs Artists In Residence Atiba Jefferson B.J. Jansen bass Bird Boot Camp Bird Boot Camp + Musical Salute for Students BIRD GOES TO SCHOOL Blue Monday Jam Session Bobby Watson Burnett Music Foundation Buttonwood Financial Group Charlie “Bird” Parker Plaza Charlie Parker Charlie Parker's Kansas City Christian Napoleon Christopher and Terri Burnett Christopher Burnett Chuck Haddix Clarence Smith Conn-Selmer Dan Jaffe Dan Sturdevant Dan Thomas David Basse David Cunningham Downbeat Magazine Dr. Adrianna Marshall drumset Ed Ford Eddie Baker conceived a “21 Sax Salute” at Charlie Parker’s gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery Evert Asjes III Finale Frontier Community Credit Union George and Liz Beshenich George D. Blackwood Gerald Dunn Given by the Jules and Doris Stein Foundation - the Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation - and Tony and Marti Oppenheimer. Greg Carroll Horace Washington Houston Smith In loving memory of Blanche Jones and Doris Jones-Stein. In The Yard Isaac Coyle Isaac Pieters It Takes a Village – CD Release Performance Jackiem Joyner James Ward Jamey and Sara Aebersold Jaylen Ward Jerry Lockett Jim Glover John Stafford II Jon McGraw Judy Swope Kansas City Kansas City Jazz ALIVE Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors Kansas City Public Schools Kayla Farrell KC Parks Kelvin Simmons Ken Bacchus Kevin Gregg Lisa Alpert Lisa Henry Loren Pickford Mary Williams-Neal Maurice Butler Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II Melinda Reindl Midnight Blue Jazz Mike and Deb Griswold Mike Corrigan Miles Lennox Millie Edwards Morgan Faw Ode 2 Bird Ollie W. Gates Opening Panel Discussion Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts Paul Danaher piano Rashida Phillips Rev. Willie Meyers Thornton Robert Graham Rod Fleeman Roger Wilder Ronald E. Finley Ronald McFadden Shedrick Mitchell Trio ft. Christie Dashiell Sheila Kemper Dietrich Significant Med!a & Must!c Collaboratives Spotlight Charlie Parker Stanton Kessler Steve Hargrave Teresa Loar Terri Anderson Burnett Terry R. Dopson The Blue Room at the American Jazz Museum THE ESTATE OF CHARLIE PARKER (JAMPOL ARTIST MANAGEMENT INC.) The Phoenix Jazz Club Truman Auditorium Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch trumpet Vocals William Mullin WM Thornton

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1:30 am Late Night Jam Session @ Mutual Musicians Foundation

Late Night Jam Session @ Mutual Musicians Foundation

Aug 31 @ 1:30 am – 5:00 am

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Join for the weekly late night Jazz Jam – upholding the tradition of KC Jazz! About Mutual Musician’s Foundation: Kansas City’s Local 627, African-American Musicians Union, founded in 1917, and known as the Mutual Musicians[...]

2:00 pm Diane Mama Ray @ BB's Lawnside Blue & BBQ

Diane Mama Ray @ BB's Lawnside Blue & BBQ

Aug 31 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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2:30 pm Rod Fleeman Trio @ Green Lady Lounge

Rod Fleeman Trio @ Green Lady Lounge

Aug 31 @ 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm

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Green Lady Lounge $10 cover charge cash or credit at door. Always open seating. No reservations. 21 & over. Green Lady Lounge features Kansas City Jazz musicians and only their original compositions in the rich Kansas City[...]

6:00 pm Ken Lovern’s OJT @ Green Lady Lounge

Ken Lovern’s OJT @ Green Lady Lounge

Aug 31 @ 6:00 pm

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6:30 pm ANNALEE AND THE LUCKY SO AND SOS @ JOHNNIE'S JAZZ BAR AND GRILLE AT THE POWER AND LIGHT DISTRICT

ANNALEE AND THE LUCKY SO AND SOS @ JOHNNIE'S JAZZ BAR AND GRILLE AT THE POWER AND LIGHT DISTRICT

Aug 31 @ 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm

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6:30 pm Tim Whitmer Quartet @ Black Dolphin

Tim Whitmer Quartet @ Black Dolphin

Aug 31 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

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Contact For information please call 816.215.2954 (textable) or email john.scott@greenladylounge.com We do not reserve seating. Just open seating. $5 cover charge at the door. Cash or Credit. Black Dolphin 1813 Grand Blvd Kansas City, MO 64108 816.215.2954 (textable)

7:00 pm Live Music w/TBA @ Jazz Louisiana Kitchen (39th Street Location)

Live Music w/TBA @ Jazz Louisiana Kitchen (39th Street Location)

Aug 31 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

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7:00 pm Lonnie McFadden @ Lonnie's Reno Club

Lonnie McFadden @ Lonnie's Reno Club

Aug 31 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

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7:30 pm Danny Embrey Trio @ Green Lady Lounge

Danny Embrey Trio @ Green Lady Lounge

Aug 31 @ 7:30 pm

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