About Us
A.L.I.V.E. means
Awareness | Listening | Ideas | Voice | Exposure


Our Mission
Help continually build the public AWARENESS of the Kansas City Jazz Scene; Serve the pulse of the entire Jazz Community as a LISTENING Body;
Serve our Jazz Community as a benign and neutral platform for integrating IDEAS;
Function as an informed VOICE platform to help articulate the state of the Jazz paradigm in KC;
Provide EXPOSURE to the existing economic infrastructure and those relevant career resources in order to constantly improve the conditions of the entire Kansas City Jazz Scene.
Our Vision
To help make Kansas City the premier destination for Jazz music and its infrastructure; where career Jazz musicians find the scene to be a living-wage haven for families, live performances, teaching, and recording; where visitors and community residents can find information about the venues and entities featuring Jazz performances conveniently; and, where Jazz venues and presenters alike can regularly employ career Jazz musicians and also experience economic success.


Our History
Founded in 2013 with a mission to “raise the tide that lifts all jazz boats,” Kansas City Jazz ALIVE has always envisioned itself as a catalyst organization formed to support performing artists, owners and operators of performance venues, music educators, and music patrons through advocacy resulting from the acronym A.L.I.V.E.: Awareness, Listening, Ideas, Voice, Exposure. In support of that mission, KC Jazz ALIVE has held stakeholder gatherings based on themes of mutual interest, and, notably, promoted the annual multi-venue August event highlighting Kansas City’s Charlie Parker.
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