Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of seeing one of my favorite Kansas City Jazz combos. Since 1995, the Doug Talley Quartet has remained a consistent bright spot upon the local scene.
For those of you new to the area or up to now have not been paying attention to jazz, The DTQ features Doug Talley on saxophone, Wayne Hawkins playing keyboards and Keith Kavanaugh on drumset. On this night, their usual bassist, Tim Brewer was replaced by the ever enjoyable, James Albright. Joining the group was trumpet/fluglehorn player, Joe Parisi.
This performance at The Blue Room was well attended. As I have noticed in the past, Doug and the group seem to attract a younger crowd than I experience with other groups. I have always attributed this to the fact that Talley is a music educator with the Shawnee Mission school district. I also suspect that Joe Parisi's position as assistant director of bands at UMKC brought in students as well. The crowd was also bolstered by an influx of listeners off of a tour bus from Topeka. Along with these fresh patrons came Todd Wilkerson and his alto sax sitting in on a tune or two.
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