Join the award-winning Mighty Mo Combo at their new home, the B&B Live! stage in Shawnee, KS!

Our Kansas City Sweetheart concert features music from some of our most famous KC jazz musicians including Mary Lou Williams, Pamela Baskin-Watson, and a world premiere of a brand new commission from Jackie Myers.

The Mighty Mo Combo was established in 2011. The ensemble includes approximately 20 musicians from the Mid America Freedom Band as well as affiliate members and guest artists. Mighty Mo Combo helps connect audiences with the LGBTQ and ally community through the sounds and emotions of jazz. Each performance can include a variety of music including swing, pop, Latin, Broadway and other favorites. Your feet will be tapping and head nodding at the music that made big bands popular and created jazz legends.

The Set List

The Kansas City Superman (world premiere) by Jackie Myers

A Wheel Within a Wheel by Bobby Watson

Billie's Bounce by Bill Holman

Moten Swing by Buster & Benny Moten

In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee by Milt Drint and Mary Lou Williams

Blue Room by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Miss Missouri by Benny Carter

All the Things You Are by Jerome Kern, arr. Gerry Mulligan

Sunset Glow by Benny Carter

Birdland by Zawinul, arr. Victor Lopez

Camel Hop by Mary Lou Williams

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat by Charles Mingus, arr. Andrew Homzy

Katy-Do by Benny Carter

Ms. B.C. by Pamela Baskin Watson, arr. by Bobby Watson

Paseo Promenade by Benny Carter

The Squirrel from Pasadena by Chris Sharp

Yardbird Suite by Charlie Parker, arr. Mark Taylor