Monday Night Jam Session: Ernest Melton Quartet at the Blue Room
About this Event
Some Monday nights you get a jam. This one opens with one of Kansas City's rising voices on the saxophone. Ernest Melton — a gospel-influenced composer and bandleader who came to KC from North Carolina to dig into the city's jazz scene — brings his quartet to the Blue Room.
Melton's music is about more than technical mastery; it's about communication and pushing boundaries. His 2018 album "The Time of the Slave Is Over" showed off complex compositions in the lineage of Coltrane and Miles, and his sets are marked by aggressive energy, sophisticated harmony, and a commitment to honoring the tradition while moving it forward.
The quartet plays a featured set, then the bandstand opens up: bring your horn, your voice, or just your ears. The Monday Night Jam is where Kansas City's players come to stretch out.
Cover: $10 general public; free for AJM members, musicians, and students. The featured set starts at 7 pm; sign up at the door to sit in.
The Blue Room, 1600 E 18th St, Kansas City, MO 64108. Monday, July 13 at 7 pm.
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