Sax man and composer Benny Golson entertained the crowd at The Folly with a combination of straight ahead jazz mixed in with storytelling. Harking back to his days in Philadelphia, he told of growing up with the likes of John Coltrane, among others.

He received ample support from his quartet, which included Doug Carn, piano; Seth Lee, bass; and Mark McNight, drums.

The first set was mixed, with a beautiful ballad “I Remember Clifford” in honor of Clifford Brown. The second set was more up-tempo, as he used his Coleman Hawkins type sound on such chestnuts as “Take the A Train” and “Stablemates.” He had the crowd on its feet as he finished with his signature piece “Killer Joe.”

At age 75, he may be eligible for AARP, but he is a long way from the rocking chair.

—Don Merker

It turns out that Bob Bowman was our “personal artist” for January and February. We heard Bob with Joe Cartwright three times: with guest Kim Park at the Best of Kansas City series, at Joe's CD release party at the Blue Room, and at the Majestic, which proved to be the perfect spot to celebrate our anniversary. To cap it off, Bob's quartet with Jake Blanton on guitar, Roger Wilder on piano, and Tim Cambron on drums appeared at the Blue Room. The material was interesting all evening, as Bob seemed to avoid doing anything with too much wear on it.

Julie Turner was the guest for the Best of KC series on January 16th. Julie brings so much energy to her performances, and this entertaining evening was no exception.

Some of the our younger musicians are starting to get some notice in NYC. Pianist Harold O'Neal led a trio at the Jazz Gallery in October. Alto saxophonist Greg Osby, on whose CD Harold appeared, sat in on this gig. Osby has been a good friend to our city's young stars: on January 17, Osby's young artist series at the Jazz Standard featured our own Logan Richardson.

— Roger Atkinson

JAM is pleased to present Trading Twelves, a series of reviews by Tom Fredrick. Tom will be focusing on interesting juxtapositions that he sees on the KC jazz scene in the coming months.

Great Weekend in Kansas City

Two leading musical figures converged on Kansas City during a single weekend in mid-December. One is a Philadelphia native living in New York City, the other a Kansas Citian now residing in Miami. Their respective performances highlighted a memorable couple of days for the local jazz scene. Here's a quick take on the pair of musicians.

Who	Benny Golson	Kevin Mahogany
When	Friday night December 10	Sunday night December 12
Where	Folly Theater	Jardine's Jazz Club
Plays	Saxophone as voice	Vocals as instrument
Age	75	46
Size	Barely two saxes tall	Physique big as voice
Background	East	Midwest
Jazz era	'50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s	'80s, '90s, '00s
Buy-it album	One Day, Forever Pride and Joy Arkadia Jazz (2001)	Telarc (2002)
Signature song	“Killer Joe”	“My Romance”
On screen	Self in Big Joe Turner in Steven Spielberg's The Terminal (2004)	Robert Altman's Kansas City (1996)
Summer 1958	Classic jazz photoin Harlem (for Esquire in August)	Early baby pictures in Kansas City (after July 30 birthday)

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