Centered in the Live Music Capital of the World, Kris Kimura is working tirelessly toward making Austin a new destination for jazz. The founder and face of Parker Jazz Club, the musician has created a state-of-the-art listening room in the city’s downtown Warehouse District that exudes class and character redolent of the early days of the genre.  An accomplished woodwind multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer, arranger, and bandleader, Kimura studied music at the University of North Texas and Texas State University, and is the protégé of the late woodwind master Tony Campise. For more than two decades, Kimura has been a staple in the Central Texas scene and has performed with artists Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Michael Feinstein, Johnny Mathis, and Wynton Marsalis, and was a member of the GRAMMY Award-winning Latin powerhouse ensemble Grupo Fantasma. He also leads his own groups, notably the Parker House Band and the 11-piece Wasabi Big Band.   In addition to being the owner, operator, and artistic director of Parker Jazz Club, Kimura is the founder and Executive Director of nonprofit Texas Jazz Society, a founding board member of Austin Jazz Society, and an endorsing artist for Keilwerth Saxophones.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support.