MUSIC AT THE MARKET

Clayton DeLong

Friday, May 2 | 5:00-7:30pm

Raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Clayton began playing the violin at age 12. After receiving a guitar for Christmas at age 16, Clayton immediately fell in love. Avidly pursuing a career as a guitarist, Clayton enrolled himself at The University of Missouri Kansas City, Conservatory of Music. Working toward a degree in jazz guitar, Clayton studied under Kansas City greats such as Rod Fleeman, Danny Embrey, Doug Niedt, Michael Pagan and Bobby Watson. He graduated on the Dean’s list with a Bachelor of Music degree in 2009.

Using the knowledge he gained in college, Clayton has performed and toured in many different bands from the Kansas City area, including (to name a few): El Robozo De Maria, Latin rock, the Junkadelic Funk Stars, an improvisational funk band, and numerous other jazz bands around Kansas City.

Mikole Kaar

Saturday, May 3 | 5:00-7:30pm

Born in New York City, Mikole began studying clarinet at the age of nine. He was mentored by the great Clifford Scott, whom he knew growing up simply as”Scotty.” Junior Walker and King Curtis were also some Mikole’s R&B idols. Mikole continued to perfect his craft becoming both a clarinet & flute major in college.

In 1985, Mikole traveled to Europe to play jazz and in 1986, his original album, “Back to the Heart” was recorded and released in Germany on Heliocon Records. He later returned to theStates and continued playing with jazz greats, among them Russell Freeman, Ti Lavitz, David Benoit, Johnny Hammond Smith, The Temptations, Bo Diddley, JoeCocker, Rita Moreno, Otis Rush, Cash McCall, Bonnie Bramlett, TheDrifters, the Coasters, The Platters, The Inkspots, and Al Wilson.

In 2003 Mikole traveled to China to do a run of shows in Hong Kong (performing at the Foreign Correspondents Club withAllen Youngblood) and Shanghai (at The Mandarin Gate with Dwight Dickerson and at The Ritz with Danny Woody).

Mikole has also appeared on several movie and television soundtracks. He has played in Europe, Hong Kong, and several International Jazz Festivals around the globe.

Emily Dix

Friday, May 9 | 5:00-7:30pm

Emily is from Prairie Village, KS and started performing live jazz in 2018. With a repertoire of mostly jazz standards and classics from the Great American Songbook, she sings with a range of talented Kansas City musicians in a revolving ensemble.

Learn more at emilydixmusic.com

Jenna Bauer

Saturday, May 10  | 5:00-7:30pm

Flirting with Great American Songbook Standards, Jenna Bauer fills her setlists with songs that tell stories everyone can relate to.

Thoughtful and warm vocals from Bauer are complemented by the band as they reinterpret these classic melodies for today.

Learn more at facebook.com/JennaBauerMusic

Lynn Zimmer

Friday, May 16 | 5:00-7:30pm

Lynn Zimmer was surrounded by Dixieland and Swing-era albums in his childhood home at the Lake of the Ozarks. By the time he was 19, he had started gigging professionally on clarinet at the lake’s Osage Beach. Just three years, later Lynn auditioned for and toured with Clyde McCoy, whose famous recording of “Sugar Blues” sold millions.

Next came stints in Kansas City – most notably with the New Red Onion Jazz Babies – and San Francisco – with the legendary Turk Murphy. In 1990, Lynn moved to New Orleans and was hired by the internationally known, Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Al Hirt. For the next year and a half, Lynn toured with Hirt and played in his nightclub on Bourbon Street. “I’ve had good clarinet players in my band for many years,” Hirt once said. “In my opinion, the finest has been Lynn Zimmer.”

Lynn eventually moved back to the Lake of the Ozarks and performed at Dick Hawk’s Country Club Hotel & Spa for twelve years. It was there he began his friendship with legendary Nashville recording artist Boots Randolph, of “Yakety Sax” fame, resulting in countless live performances and a CD recording together.

Made in France Band

Saturday, May 17 | 5:00-7:30pm

Made in France Band is a group of French-speaking musicians and friends, performing French classics and originals. Check out their new album, “Oui French”, available now!

Learn more at madeinfranceband.com

Mire Pral

Friday, May 23 | 5:00-7:30pm

Traditional gypsy jazz music from the 1930s and 1940s in the style of Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club de France.

Cynthia van Roden

Saturday, May 24  | 5:00-7:30pm

Cynthia van Roden’s playfulness, lush contralto and sophisticated delivery will transport you back to another era. This chanteuse performs a unique blend of vintage jazz, swing, standards, saucy tin-pan alley, blues, bossa nova and French songs. Her band will wow you with their 3-part harmonies and their own special blend of accompaniment.

The Quartet was nominated for the Best of KC Pitch Awards for the 2nd year in a row. And this year I was nominated in 2 other categories: “Best Jazz Artist” and “Best Vocalist”

Adam Galblum

Friday, May 30 | 5:00-7:30pm

Adam is a jazz violinist in Kansas City, Missouri. He is bandleader of Hot Club KC, gypsy jazz band.

Adam was a student of 1st generation Count Basie Band alum and legendary jazz violin pioneer Claude “Fiddler” Williams, in the 1990s. A Kansas City native, Galblum briefly attended Berklee College of Music in Boston and lived in the Denver area from 2005-2014 touring nationally with bluegrass bands from 2005-2014.

Adam’s 2014 solo album, the instrumental Down To The Wire – The Stringband Tribute to the Music of John Mayer, showcases his abilities as an arranger and multi-instrumentalist and features members of Infamous Stringdusters and Punch Brothers.

Learn more at adamgalblum.com

Lea Grant

Saturday, May 31  | 5:00-7:30pm

Lea Grant’s performances exude sophistication, blending a spirited, youthful energy with an intimate authenticity that charms jazz fans and skeptics alike. Performing alongside a rotation of skilled musicians from Kansas City, she specializes in a repertoire of jazz standards and timeless classics from the Great American Songbook.