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Ramsey Lewis And Urban Knights at Folly Theater

Courtesy of Folly Theater | Posted on July 12, 2018

Where

Folly Theater
300 West 12th Street
Kansas City, MO
Map
816-474-4444

When

Thu, September 27, 2018
8:00 pm

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Musicians

Henry Johnson Jazz
guitar and vocals
Tim Gant
keyboards

About

The iconic Ramsey Lewis opens the Folly Theater’s 36th season of the Folly Jazz Series. After “trying out retirement“, Lewis was bored and wanted to get back to performing. Join us in welcoming him and the Urban Knights to the Folly Theater for our season kick-off concert! Lewis is best known as an icon in the contemporary jazz scene, performing on the piano for over 50 years with cross over into the pop & R&B charts.

The Urban Knights is an all-star jazz, R&B and funk band. The band’s current lineup consists of Grammy-nominated guitarist Henry Johnson who has toured the world with Hank Crawford, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Stitt, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Williams, and Nancy Wilson...

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