Monday Night Jam Session: Owen Pirch at the Blue Room

Some Monday nights you get a jam. This one opens with saxophonist Owen Pirch and a band of sharp young players. Pirch digs into the hard-bop tradition — think Freddie Hubbard burners — with exactly the kind of energy that makes the Monday jam the proving ground it is.

After the featured set, the Blue Room bandstand opens up: bring your horn, your voice, or just your ears. The Monday Night Jam is where Kansas City's players — the veterans and the next generation both — come to stretch out.

$5 cover. 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 6 at 7 pm.