Clint AshlockApr 182 minClef NotesKCJO Presents Roaring KCIn the 1920s, Kansas City brought about a few developments that would eventually change the landscape of popular music in the world,...
Clint AshlockJan 193 minClef NotesOnward and Upward“Onward and upward.” This is something the great Bobby Watson used to say when leaving a conversation or a rehearsal. The mindset of...
Clint AshlockOct 20, 20214 minClef NotesBird Lives RetrospectivePhotographs by Suzanne Frisse One of the things about jazz that has always deeply moved me is the heritage; the cultural inheritance...
KCJOFeb 1, 20215 minClef NotesMamba MentalityMamba Mentality: To be on a constant quest to try to be the best version of yourself.
KCJONov 13, 20204 minClef NotesThe Jazz WayBobby Watson would tell his students at UMKC about “the jazz way” of things. He’d relate proverbs from the legendary Art Blakey, like...
KCJOJun 12, 20203 minClef NotesKansas City, Here We Come!Hi folks! It's been a heck of a spring, for sure. On behalf of the band, I just want to say that we can't wait to get back onstage and...
KCJOMay 1, 20203 minClef NotesKCJO @ HomeHi, I’m Clint Ashlock, and I’m the artistic director of the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra. As you maybe know, we usually put on concerts at...
KCJOMar 3, 20201 minClef NotesGuest Artist Spotlight: Havana to IpanemaIf you don't already know them, allow me to introduce you to our two phenomenal guest artists for our Havana to Ipanema: KCJO Plays Latin...
KCJOFeb 26, 20202 minClef NotesLatin Jazz: A Match Made in Heavenby guest writer Stanton Kessler Latin music has always been around us. Every Latin American country has its own special brand to...
KCJOJan 13, 20202 minClef NotesHappy New Year!Greetings from the Big Easy! I’ve been at the Jazz Education Network conference in New Orleans this week, and it has been a fantastic...
KCJONov 4, 20192 minClef NotesKC All Star HolidaysIt’s already November! As we near the holiday season, we here at the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra would like to extend joy and love and, of...
KCJOSep 6, 20192 minClef NotesThe Cotton Club & the Harlem RenaissanceCab Calloway. Bessie Smith. Lena Horne. Duke Ellington. For a couple decades starting in the 1920s, these legendary performers put on some
KCJOJul 20, 20192 minClef Notes19-20 Season Guest ArtistsDuring the 2019-2020 KCJO Concert Season, we’re going to bring in some pretty big time guest artists, for their first time sharing the stage
KCJOMay 10, 20192 minClef NotesStardust Gala“And now, the purple dusk of twilight time steals across the meadows of my heart.. ...the melody haunts my reverie, and I am once again...
KCJOFeb 10, 20193 minClef NotesFavorite Love SongsIf they ask me, I could write a book About the way you walk and whisper and look I could write a preface on how we met So the world would...