http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/joe_klopus/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013Kansas City Star Joe Klopus 60 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:13:12 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4235072/jazz-town-alex-bugnon-grew-up.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4235072/jazz-town-alex-bugnon-grew-up.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 20:30 CDT One of the most successful pianists in the smooth-jazz idiom didn't come from some gritty inner city or pleasant suburb. Alex Bugnon, who comes to the Gem Theater with trumpeter Cindy Bradley on Saturday, hails from Montreux, the Swiss town at the foot of the Alps. 1377193 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4210700/jazz-town-four-freshmen-in-perfect.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4210700/jazz-town-four-freshmen-in-perfect.html#storylink=rss Wed, 01 May 2013 20:00 CDT The Four Freshmen have been getting it right for 65 years. Not with the same four guys -- the last original member departed 21 years ago -- but with a deeply dedicated lineup of four who are passionate about keeping it right. They'll appear with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra on Friday. 1377194 http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/24/4198181/gerald-clayton-plays-in-the-new.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/24/4198181/gerald-clayton-plays-in-the-new.html#storylink=rss Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00 CDT Gerald Clayton, the top-notch young pianist who's bringing his trio to the Blue Room on Saturday, is searching for new grooves and sounds but plays with taste and style, the kind that comes out of tradition, related to that thing called swing. 1377196