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Researched musician profile
About Rod Fleeman
KCUR describes Fleeman as a Kansas City jazz-scene mainstay and longtime sideman whose local career spans more than four decades. Its 2023 interview explains how additional writing time and a Green Lady Lounge residency led him toward original leader material.[1]
The interview documents Saturday Afternoon Live at Green Lady Lounge as Fleeman’s first album under his own name, released in 2022 with bassist Gerald Spaits and drummer Todd Strait. Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors later documented a second volume while keeping the same live-residency context clear.[1][2]
The Jazz Ambassadors profile traces Fleeman’s return to Kansas City after university study and records later teaching work at UMKC. Its artist links provide authorized Apple Music access to both live volumes without treating his many sideman credits as leader releases.[2]
Kansas City career
KCUR documents more than forty years of local work before Fleeman issued his first album as leader.[1]
Saturday Afternoon Live
The Green Lady Lounge recordings preserve Fleeman’s original music with Gerald Spaits and Todd Strait.[1][2]
Performance and teaching
The Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors profile connects Fleeman’s touring and local residencies with a later UMKC teaching role.[2]