NO COVER 4:30pm Show
Saxophonist Henry Scamurra (Urban Forum) will lead the Pathways Trio in two sets of folk-inflected jazz.
Band Members:
Henry Scamurra - Saxophone
Lasse Corson - Piano
Jaylen Ward - Drums
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Henry Scamurra is a saxophonist, composer, and bandleader based in Kansas City. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Missouri - Kansas City and was selected for the 2024 Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program at the Kennedy Center. He is currently a Charlotte Street Studio Resident writing contemporary improvised music for his band Urban Forum and interdisciplinary performances.
Lasse Corson is a Minneapolis-born multi-instrumentalist, composer, and sound engineer. He has studied under Bill Charlap and Johnathan Blake, and he has worked at the Kennedy Center with the prestigious Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program directed by Jason Moran. You can find him when he comes home to visit Minneapolis or touring nationally and internationally with trumpet maverick Jeremy Pelt.
Jaylen Ward—a drummer, composer, producer, and audio engineer—has his roots in south Kansas City. He has been awarded the national DownBeat awards for Best Jazz Trio (2025) and Audio Engineering (2024). Throughout his career, he has performed with artists such as Bobby Watson, Logan Richardson, Tia Fuller, Harold "Spike" Bonhart of the Four Tops, Tivon Pennicott, Sean Jones, Isaiah Collier and the Chosen Few, Ben Vangelder, Adam Larson, Peter Schlamb, Eddie Moore, Dominique Sanders, and Lynn Seaton.
