Chris Heim’s Music Roundup 1.16.12

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The full list of regional concert dates from over 100 regional venues can be found in the Comprehensive Concert Listings.

Weekend jazz, classical and world music concerts this time in the Music Roundup.

Friday

The prize-winning Axiom Brass Quintet, known for pushing out the boundaries of the repertoire with jazz, Latin and original compositions, are the next artists in the WSU Connoisseur Series at Wiedemann Recital Hall on the WSU campus.
   
Acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma is at the Kauffman Center in Kansas City through Sunday. Most shows are sold out, but a few tickets remained at press time.

Two of Dave Brubeck’s musical sons (there are a couple of others floating around), bassist/trombonist/pianist Chris and drummer Dan Brubeck, along with guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist/percussionist Chuck Lamb, aka the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, are at the Carlsen Center in Overland Park. This is the headlining show for the three-day Jazz Winterlude series there. More information and the full lineup of performers at: http://www.jccc.edu/music/agenda.html

Saturday

One of today’s finest Latin jazz percussionists and band leaders,  Poncho Sanchez, brings his Latin Jazz Band to the Carlsen Center in Overland Park. His latest release, Chano Y Dizzy, is a salute to the pioneering Latin jazz of Chano Pozo and Dizzy Gillespie that featured Terence Blanchard in the trumpet role.Sanchez and Blanchard are also the headliners at this year’s Wichita Jazz Festival in April, which boasts a spectacular Latin jazz lineup that also includes “genius grant” recipient Miguel Zenon and Afro-Peruvian jazz pioneer Gabriel Alegria.
Poncho Sanchez (and a lineup that includes Oscar d’Leon, Ray Vega, Dave Valentin and more) with the soulful “Besame Mama”

Sunday

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is one of the best known South African ensembles in the world. After their breakthrough work on Paul Simon’s Graceland album, they emerged as a popular international act, acclaimed for their remarkable harmonies and joyous sound. The group was nominated for a Grammy for last year’s Songs from a Zulu Farm and have just released a two-disc compilation that brings together collaborations with a wide range of artists that the group has done over its 45-year history. Ladysmith uses the occasion to kick off a three-month U.S. tour that brings them to the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Sunday and then the Kauffman Center in Kansas City on the 24th.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo with “Hello My Baby” from the Graceland tour:

See our Comprehensive Concert Listings of local and regional concerts from over 100 regional venues for the list of concerts coming up in the first months of the new year.