
2025 Guest Clinicians
Scotty Barnhart
Featured Trumpet Soloist with the Count Basie Jazz Orchestra
1993-Present
Director of the Count Basie Jazz Orchestra
2013-Present

Scotty Barnhart is an internationally acclaimed jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, educator, and author. The current Director of the Count Basie Orchestra, he has been a featured trumpet soloist with the orchestra since 1993. Winner of multiple GRAMMY awards, Barnhart appears on multiple recordings with pianist Marcus Roberts, as well as records with artists as diverse as Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Ray Charles, and Tito Puente. Barnhart is acknowledged as an authority on the history of jazz trumpet, having published the groundbreaking The World of Jazz Trumpet - A Comprehensive History and Practical Philosophy in 2005. Barnhart's acclaimed 2009 solo album, Say It Plain (Unity Music), reached #3 on the Billboard Jazz Charts, and he is profiled in the book Trumpet Kings, which places him with the most important jazz trumpeters in the history of the music. Barnhart is a Professor of Jazz Trumpet at Florida State University, where he has taught since 2003.
Somaluna

Somaluna is a Chicago-based vocal collective whose focus as an ensemble is championing the voices of female composers and arrangers around the world. The four members of Somaluna - Kat Sherman (soprano 1), Callandra Youngleson(soprano 2), Lizzi Trumbore (alto 1), and Alyssa Allgood (alto 2) - are all acclaimed solo singers and educators with international performing, recording, and teaching credits.
Additional Clinicians
Additional clinicians will be announced soon, including many of Kansas City's finest performer/educators. Confirmed clinicians for the 2025 Kansas City Jazz Summit include saxophonist Aryana Nemati, trumpeter Aaron Linscheid, singer Eboni Fondren, pianist Charles Williams, bassists James Albright and Sam Copeland, and drummers Doug Auwarter and Ray DeMarchi!