Music Tastings
KMUW’s Music Tastings allow participants to learn more about genres of music, how it is created, and how geography, world events, and society inform the music. Each Tasting features a host with expertise and samples of a selected genre or aspect of the music industry.
KMUW Music Tasting: The Music of Wichita Jazz Festival
Location: Abode Venue, 1330 E Douglas, Wichita, KS
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Open to the public
Reservation is required
All ages welcome
$5.00 ($4.66 + $0.34 tax)
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Join Bill Pearce, KMUW host of local jazz show Straight No Chaser, for a new Music Tasting experience. Enjoy appetizers from Larkspur and wine from Grace Hill Winery before sitting back at the Abode Venue and enjoying Living Sound’s audio expertise as Pearce talks on the history and future of the 1972-originated Wichita Jazz Festival.
Learn about former and upcoming festival stars like Cannonball Adderley, the Count Basie Band, and Clark Terry. Famous jazz guitar player Pat Metheny came to the Wichita Jazz Festival as a high school student and met Lyle Mays, a piano player from North Texas State. Together, they made it big. Another artist to hit the jackpot in Wichita was Dianne Reeves.
Pearce will review Wichita’s notable history and preview musicians slated for this year’s festival.
“Their names might be unfamiliar, but you shouldn’t be put off by that,” Pearce says.
If history is any indication, this year’s Jazz Fest may showcase stars on the brink of discovery.
The event takes place at the Abode Venue, 1330 E. Douglas, on Tuesday March 22 from 6:30 - 9 p.m. Beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be provided. All ages are welcome.
The Music Tasting is made possible by partnering with LivingSound, Abode Venue, Larkspur Bar & Bistro and Grace Hill Winery.
Eats and conversation begin at 6:30 with the presentation beginning at 7:00pm at Abode Venue, located at 1330 E. Douglas.
