Kansas City-based Jazz Champion, Educator, Musician & ISJA Supporter Mike Parkinson

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kansas City-based Jazz Champion, Educator, Musician & ISJA Supporter Mike Parkinson .. We caught up with Mike to talk about a long life lived in the jazz world as a musician, educator and advocate. Specifically, we honed in on a June 9, 2024 benefit concert that will take place at the Westport Coffeehouse Theater.  With the support of the International Relations Council and Saint Louis Polonia, this is a benefit concert for the 2024 International Summer Jazz Academy (ISJA) which takes place July 21-28 in Krakow, Poland. He has been associated with the ISJA since its founding in 1994 and served as Artistic Director for a number of years.  JAZZ Spoken Here, a post-bop sextet that I lead, will perform movie music by four Polish & Polish American composers long favored by jazz artists.  We cover the whole story for a very important jazz mission of spreading the music and keeping the future bright. Dig this interview.  More Links:2024 ISJA home page:  http://www.isja.jazz.krakow.pl/index.php/en/2024 ISJA promo video in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKTzfbSOBP0 For More Neon Jazz Interviews: Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/neonjazzkcSubscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neon-jazz-interviews/id546432639Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4gAltD2kVLq8uNkpSFtkm0 The Home of Neon Jazz: http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/ Contribute to Neon Jazz via PayPal:  https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices