Jazz Beat: Ron Carlson Quartet, at the Art Factory

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Overland Park has gained a new Friday-night jazz venue, at least through November. The Art Factory, in the Prairiefire development, is an art gallery with a stage and a sound system (and, no small matter, a liquor license). The venue’s fall jazz series enters its second week with the Ron Carlson Quartet. Carlson, also part of the classic-rock band Hard@Play, performs guitar that engages — at times with quiet intimacy and at others with an effervescent joy. Joining him are veterans Roger Wilder on keyboard and Bob Bowman on bass, and the dynamic young drummer Brian Steever. (Bowman and Steever also accompany Carlson on his new CD, Kind Folk.) Expect a blend of standards and jazz-infused pop amid the art.