MUSIC AT THE MARKET

Jackie Myers Trio

Friday, October 18 | 4:30-7:00pm

Jackie Myers may have the Midas touch for groove, conjuring up musical styles ranging from soul, jazz and modern R&B each time the talented pianist places her hands on the keys.

Daytrotter’s Pat Stolley says of Jackie’s music “It reminds me of Joni Mitchell’s jazz period.” The finesse on her chosen instrument plays complement to what the Austin Chronicle describes as “her earthy lungs” – beautiful, captivating, complex, and always with an edge.

Learn more at jackiemyersmusic.com.

Carrie Cooley

Saturday, October 19  |  4:30-7:00pm

Carrie Cooley is a professional vocalist and new face in the Kansas City jazz scene. She holds a masters degree in voice, and has sung professionally across several genres.

Carrie has a warm, dynamic voice, and engaging interpretation of jazz standards from the great American songbook from Ella Fitzgerald to Etta James.

Emily Dix

Friday, October 25 | 4:30-7:00pm

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

Cynthia van Roden

Saturday, October 26 | 4:30-7:00pm

Cynthia van Roden’s playfulness, lush contralto, and sophisticated delivery will transport you back to another era. This chanteuse adds a glamorous glow to her unique set of vintage jazz, swing, standards, blues, bossa nova, Latin and French songs.

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

Bryan Hicks

Friday, November 1 | 4:30-7:00pm

Bryan Hicks was introduced to music in high school, where he played cello, bass, and sang. After only one year of college as a cello major, he became a full time professional at the age of 20. He started his career with the Inner-City Orchestra, an 18-piece big band that originally hired him as a guitarist. Later, he switched to bass, and he stayed with the Inner-City Orchestra for 1½ years. It was during this time that he started playing clubs and events with well-established players: “Fats” Dennis, Roy Searcy, Ed Pharr, Oliver Todd, Rich Hill, Ben Kynard, John Lyman, Dean Stringer, Orville “Piggy” Minor, and others.

For three years, Bryan played with Rich Hill and the Riffs, featuring Ida McBeth. It was during this time that he became a founding member of the Bon Ton Soul Accordion Band. He also worked with the likes of Mose Allison, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Jimmy Witherspoon, and Charlie Mussellwhite.

Bryan also played and sang with Jazzmania, the house band at the famed Milton’s Taproom jazz club. He played concerts with Jim Snidero, Dave Glenn, “Slide” Hampton, and was a member of the Tommy Ruskin Trio, among others. He also played and sang with Karrin Allyson for two recordings.

He played in a popular trio with Rod Fleeman and Randy Weinstein at the Boulevard Café Sunday brunch for three years. He helped co-found Malachy Papers, an avante garde jazz-rock ensemble, and he toured France twice with this band. In New York City, Bryan played with Benny Waters, “Red” Richards, Stan Hope, Joe Farnsworth, “Doc” Cheatum, and Teri Thornton.

Lynn Zimmer

Saturday, November 2 | 4:30-7:00pm

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.

Mire Pral

Friday, November 8  | 4:30-7:00pm

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

Joseph Panella

Saturday, November 9 | 4:30-7:00pm

Joseph Panella has been performing double bass and electric bass professionally for over a decade.

He studied with Marcos Machado, classical virtuoso and author of “The Tao of Double Bass” at the University of Southern Mississippi. He has also studied with bassist and educator Dr. David Pellow, a Protege of Francois Rabbath and former professor at Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Bob Bowman, legendary bassist with the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra.

In 2012, he began working in Nashville as a session and touring musician with the Annie Moses Band, a group that fuses a broad range of influences, including folk, pop, and classical music. He is featured on their studio album, American Rhapsody. During that time, he also met, toured, and recorded with Joshua Carswell. His playing is featured on the albums Debonair and Joshua Carswell: Live in Long Beach, CA.

Currently, Panella resides in the Kansas City Area, performing as a freelance bassist and teaching clinics and private lessons. In the Midwest, he has performed with the likes of Mark Lowrey, Lisa Henry, Matt Otto, Will Matthews, Shay Estes, Stanton Kessler, Danny Embrey, Anthony Pinciotti, Pete Zimmer, Pamela Watson, Ensemble Iberica, Victor and Penny, Owen/Cox Dance Company and many more.