The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) proudly presents “Jazz & Jackie: A Musical Salute to Jackie Robinson,” 8 pm, Saturday, May 24th, 2025 at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.

When Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color-barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 he not only changed the game but America too. But before Robinson wore number 42 for the Dodgers, he wore number 5 for the Kansas City Monarchs.

Jazz & Jackie celebrates his Kansas City professional baseball roots and his unbridled love of jazz, an art form that got its soul in Kansas City.

The event features a scintillating concert performance by Dre Scot, with special guest, Smooth Jazz Saxophonist, Jazmin Ghent. Event proceeds benefit the NLBM.