![]() ![]() Particularly with bands here in Kansas City, we feel it is important that our students understand, appreciate and take pride in the unique jazz legacy that many musicians, but particularly Count Basie, bestowed on our town. The point of making "Basically Basie" a competition is to give bands the motivation to delve deeply into their chosen repertoire. We hope that each band, as an ensemble, but additionally each individual band member, embraces the challenge of dissecting the composition and studying the interpretation of the artists' who originally performed the music. This puts much onus on each individual musician to do their homework to be able to emulate their part in the score as well as their solos. The band director then puts all those parts together paying particular attention to dynamics, feel, balance, blend, intonation, articulation and time.īands who accept this challenge and are able to display the evidence of their due diligence on stage are usually the most successful. The judges are not trying to decide which is "the best" band. ![]() All of the bands that enter this competition are outstanding and reflect the outstanding leadership provided by their directors. The "Basically Basie" competition is more about determining which band embraced the "study" of the repertoire and demonstrated their "findings" the most thoroughly and effectively on stage. The 2023 Kansas City Jazz Summit and Basically Basie Competition will be open for in-person performances based on the Covid-19 situation at the time of the event. Please stay tuned for more details.Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect developments since its publication Wednesday afternoon. Kansas City has another chance to get the concept of a jazz festival right - though its rollout suggested organizers were not yet ready for the national stage. The American Jazz Museum on Wednesday announced a new music festival to be headlined by Janelle Monae, the Kansas City, Kansas, native who is currently riding a wave of accolades for her performance in Hidden Figures. Shortly after that news broke, however, Monae tweeted that was not the case. ![]() "Unfortunately this is untrue information. The jazz museum released a statement Wednesday evening saying it had made a mistake. "This morning we were very proud to announce the Kansas City Jazz and Heritage Festival. Unfortunately, we must retract the statement of Janelle Monae performing at the Jazz Festival," the statement said. "Janelle was not confirmed for the event and was incorrectly advertised. ![]()
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