Mike Bourne of KC Boogie on Kansas City O’Clock & Jump Blues
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series. On this episode, we talk with Kansas City–based jazz guitarist and singer Mike Bourne of KC Boogie. We get into his chart-topping 2025 CD Kansas City O’Clock and his life in music.
The album’s songs are shaped from a blues that comes from another kind of clay. Instead of Muddy Waters, it’s fried in Louis Jordan batter; instead of Robert Johnson, it carries T-Bone Walker scuffs on its shoes. There’s an effervescence to the music as it introduces new ears to the storied sound of Kansas City jazz and blues—full of style, attitude, and…
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