We're 15!
Since 1986, JAM has covered KC's jazz beat from stem to stern. Here's a look back at the last 15 years.

Issue/Feature(s)
May 1986 Gary Foster
Aug. 1986 Jay McShann/Dick Wright
Oct. 1986 Joe Thomas
Dec. 1986 Priscilla Bowman

Feb. 1987 Baby Lovett
Apr. 1987 Bob Brookmeyer
June 1987 Mutual Musicians Foundation
Aug. 1987 Milt Abel
Oct. 1987 Claude "Fiddler" Williams
Dec. 1987 Dick Wright

Feb. 1988 Leon Brady
Apr. 1988 Bobby Watson
June 1988 Ronnell Bright
Aug. 1988 Kim Park
Oct. 1988 Speedy Huggins
Dec. 1988 Russ Long

Feb. 1989 Mike Metheny
Apr. 1989 Max Groove
June 1989 David Basse
Aug. 1989 Ahmad Alaadeen
Oct. 1989 The Marr Sound Archives
Dec. 1989 Buck Clayton

Feb. 1990 Jay McShann
Apr. 1990 The McFadden Brothers
June 1990 Carmell Jones
Aug. 1990 Danny Embrey
Oct. 1990 Joe Cartwright
Dec. 1990 The UMKC Jazztet

Feb. 1991 George Salisbury
Apr. 1991 Ida McBeth
June 1991 Bob Bowman
Aug. 1991 Everette DeVan
Oct. 1991 Jim Mair
Dec. 1991 Todd Wilkinson

Feb. 1992 18th & Vine
Apr. 1992 Frank Smith
June 1992 Summer Jazz Festivals
Aug. 1992 Julie Turner/Tommy Ruskin
Oct. 1992 Milton Morris
Dec. 1992 Karrin Allyson

Feb. 1993 Queen Bey
Apr. 1993 Gary Sivils
June 1993 Kevin Mahogany
Aug. 1993 Bill Caldwell/Everette DeVan
Oct. 1993 The Scamps
Dec. 1993 Ginney Coleman/Ruth Rhoden

Feb. 1994 Tim Whitmer
Apr. 1994 The KC Bottoms Band
June 1994 Paul Smith
Aug. 1994 Carol Comer
Oct. 1994 Arch Martin
Dec. 1994 Richard Ross

Feb. 1995 Live KC Jazz
Apr. 1995 Bob Brookmeyer
June 1995 Lisa Henry
Aug. 1995 Pat Metheny
Oct. 1995 Gerald Spaits
Dec. 1995 Rusty Tucker

Feb. 1996 Todd Strait
Apr. 1996 Sonny Kenner
June 1996 Mayor Emanuel Cleaver
Aug. 1996 Robert Altman's "Kansas City"/Marilyn Maye/Rod Fleeman
Oct. 1996 Mike Ning/Warren Durrett
Dec. 1996 Marvin Stamm/Trumpeters on the Desert Island

Feb. 1997 Benny Waters/Jane Jarvis/Jay McShann/Claude "Fiddler" Williams/Daahoud Williams/Wayne Ruppenthal/Pete Eye
Apr. 1997 Jazz On the Air/Dick Wright
June 1997 Summer Jazz Festivals
Aug. 1997 18th & Vine/Calvin Wilson
Oct. 1997 Doug Tatum/Joseph Hall
Dec. 1997 Allene Mahogany/Beverly Rehkop

Feb. 1998 Claude "Fiddler" Williams
Apr. 1998 The End of Jazz?
June 1998 Summer Jazz Festivals/Ronnell Bright/Ramsey Lewis
Aug. 1998 Doc Severinsen/George Benson/Marilyn Maye
Oct. 1998 Mike Pettengell
Dec. 1998 Lyle Mays/John Rodby/Pianists on the Desert Island

Feb. 1999 Swing: It's Back!
Apr. 1999 Bird (Still) Lives
June 1999 Summer Jazz Festivals/Kansas City Jazz International
Aug. 1999 Diana Krall
Oct. 1999 Jazz Education 1999/Gil Goldstein
Dec. 1999 2000: It's Here!

Feb. 2000 MP3, Internet Audio & the Digital Music Revolution/Myra Taylor/Kurt Elling
Apr. 2000 Adventures of a Jobbing Jazz Man/Bob McWilliams
June 2000 Summer Preview/Dr. Billy Taylor/Dr. Les Becker
Aug. 2000 Bobby Watson/Saxophonists on the Desert Island
Oct. 2000 Jazz Education 2000
Dec. 2000 2001: A Jazz Odyssey/Bob Brookmeyer/Jay McShann/Chuck Lamb

Feb. 2001 Milton's Tap Room (w/John Albertson)/Jon Poses
Apr. 2001 Ken Burns' "Jazz"
June 2001 Summer Preview/Arturo Sandoval/Steve Dekker/Angela Hagenbach/Billie Mahoney/PBT (Paul Smith, Bob Bowman, Todd Strait)/Logan Richardson/Lester "Duck" Warner/Bram Wijnands/Charles Williams
Aug. 2001 Eldar Djangirov/George Duke



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