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At 7pm on the fifth Thursday of the month (Fifth Thursdays in 2022 are March, June, September, December).About the Show
From Ark to Microchip
The provocative "From Ark to Microchip" mixes commentary, dramatic re-enactment, original music, historic voices, audio art and sound effects in a pan-historical, pan-cultural milieu. Programs in the program series have received several awards.
Catch Charlie Parker’s freedom-loving virtuosity on a star-seeking trajectory—
with Jay McShann, Step Buddy Anderson, Claude Fiddler Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, Oscar Pettiford, Machito, Chico O’Farrill, Thelonius Monk, Walter Brown, Orville Minor, Kenny Clarke, Milt Jackson, Al Haig, Joe Harris, Miles Davis and many others.
Join Ark guests Chuck Haddix (author of Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker), Dick Wright (jazz educator), Jeff Harshbarger (jazz virtuoso) and Rodney Franks (Denver jazz DJ) to celebrate Kansas City’s own Afro-Futurist visionary–in these newly created shows just in time for his birthday on August 29th!
