David Basse & Joe Cartwright Septet at Winterlude Festival at Polsky Theatre

Part of Winterlude, a series of concerts featuring local and international jazz and world music performers in the Polsky Theatre at JCCC.
Buy a package of tickets to all five Winterlude events.

Always innovative, always fresh, the jazz of Kansas City is not a museum piece. The music continues to evolve with every new artist, every new performance and every new song.

In 1906, Euday Bowman's wildly popular "12th Street Rag" set the stage for over 100 years of great music. When The George E. Lee Orchestra recorded "St. James Infirmary" in 1927, innovation and wild abandon led Kansas City's musicians to the forefront of the art form. The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra, in 1925 and The Count Basie Orchestra of 1936 used the radio airwaves to bring attention to Kansas City and its music....

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Part of Winterlude, a series of concerts featuring local and international jazz and world music performers in the Polsky Theatre at JCCC.
Buy a package of tickets to all five Winterlude events.

Always innovative, always fresh, the jazz of Kansas City is not a museum piece. The music continues to evolve with every new artist, every new performance and every new song.

In 1906, Euday Bowman's wildly popular "12th Street Rag" set the stage for over 100 years of great music. When The George E. Lee Orchestra recorded "St. James Infirmary" in 1927, innovation and wild abandon led Kansas City's musicians to the forefront of the art form. The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra, in 1925 and The Count Basie Orchestra of 1936 used the radio airwaves to bring attention to Kansas City and its music.

On the NPR syndicated radio show "12th Street Jump," Joe Cartwright and David Basse carry on that tradition today, sharing Kansas City and its music!

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