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June 6, 2008 Inner City All Stars
With a powerful combination of talent and highly danceable and energized music, the Inner City All Stars may be considered the new leaders of their musical genre. The Denton, Texas based Inner City All Stars is a funk/jam, brass band that blends R&B, Texas style hip-hop, and the call and response of D.C. go-go to give the listener an eclectic sound of music.
 August 1, 2008 The Wild Women of Kansas City The Wild Women of Kansas City were named by Kansas City Magazine as its 2007 Best Musical Group. The four members of this highly experienced jazz ensemble are Millie Edwards, Geneva Price, Myra Taylor, and Lori Tucker. The group is accompanied by keyboardist Bill Maness. These four women are known as exceptional performers. These four women harmonize and joke with wonderful sophistication and have been called “a musical version of The View.” September 5, 2008  Joe Cartwright Quartet Jazz pianist Joe Cartwright has lived, performed, and taught in the Kansas City area for more than 20 years. He is a graduate of the UMKC Conservatory of Music. Cartwright leads his own duo, trio, and quartet. His credits include work with internationally recognized jazz artists Eddie Harris, Sheila Jordan, Bill Watrous, Conte Condoli, Jeff Clayton, Rob McConnell, Carl Fontana, Red Holloway, and others. He has been a featured performer with the Kansas City Symphony and the Independence Symphony, and his trio was featured in a performance at the 1992 World’s Fair in Seville, Spain, as representatives of Kansas City Jazz. In the summer of 1997, Cartwright was invited to perform in Hong Kong as part of the change-over celebration. In the fall of 1998, he toured Africa as part of the USIA/ Kennedy Center Jazz Ambassador Touring Program. In the spring of 2000, Cartwright toured the Middle East, Africa, India, and Southeast Asia as a USIA Jazz Ambassador. When not performing and giving clinics, Joe composes, arranges, and teaches jazz piano and theory.  October 3, 2008Darryl Terrell Darryl Terrell was first inspired by music at the age of five. By his 10th birthday he was experimenting with several instruments, but fell in love with the sax. He started playing saxophone for his church and continues to play at church today. Darryl has toured the United States and abroad with such artists as Vesta Williams, Gerald Alston and The Manhattans, Bloodstone, Ready for the World, Karyn White, Shirley Murdock, Julius Williams and many other national recording artists. |
