The Deborah Brown Quartet, featuring the Polish All-Stars at the Blue Room
Deborah Brown calls Kansas City home, but the vocal great performs around world, having toured and recorded with legends such as Clark Terry, Harry “Sweets” Edison and Johnny Griffin. In March, she and singer Kevin Mahogany (a KC native), headline a festival in Szezcin, Poland, celebrating Kansas City jazz. Ahead of that, a team from Poland is visiting here this week, filming jazz venues — including the Blue Room Saturday. The Deborah Brown Quartet, featuring the Polish All-Stars, unites Brown, pianist Joe Cartwright and guitarist Rod Fleeman with Polish saxophonist Sylwester Ostrowski, Polish trumpeter Piotr Wojtasik and Dutch bassist Joris Teepe. Expect bop-infused jazz (and, after the Blue Room closes, a likely move to the Mutual Musicians Foundation’s overnight jam).
