Veteran Kansas City Jazz Musician & Educator Bryan Hicks

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Kansas City Jazz Musician & Educator Bryan Hicks .. He  was introduced to music in high school, where he played cello, bass, and sang. After only one year of college as a cello major, he became a full time professional at the age of 20. He started his career with the Inner-City Orchestra ..Over the years, he went on to play with the likes of "Fats" Dennis, Rich Hill, Ben Kynard and the great Ida McBeth. He helped co-found Malachy Papers, an avante-garde jazz-rock ensemble, and he toured France twice with this band. In New York City, Bryan played with Joe Farnsworth, "Doc" Cheatum and others ..We get into his decades of KC history, life in music, the future and much more .. Enjoy their tale ..  For More 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:PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4 Venmo at https://account.venmo.com/u/Joe-Dimino-4 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.