Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Tim Whitmer headlines 'Jazz by the Lake' at KCKCC April 4

By ALAN HOSKINS

One of Kansas City’s best known and most popular pianists and vocalists, Tim Whitmer, will headline the last in the 2012-13 “Jazz by the Lake” series at Kansas City Kansas Community College Thursday, April 4.

The director of the “Spirituality and All That Jazz” programs at Unity on the Plaza, Whitmer will perform from noon-1 p.m. in Conference Center adjacent to the Campus Lake on the KCKCC campus at 7250 State Avenue.

Whitmer will be joined by Grammy-nominated guitarist Rod Fleeman and James Albright on bass with jazz saxophonist and KCKCC Jazz Band Director Jim Mair expected to make cameo appearances.

“A toe-tapping great time,” promises Mair. The performance is open to the public without charge.