Bobby Watson, Professor of Jazz

Bobby Watson

Sheet music for “Ruby, My Dear” by Thelonious Monk rests on the Steinway Piano in Bobby Watson’s office. A photograph of master drummer Michael Carvin, who played recently with Watson at The Blue Room, decorates the office located in the lower level of the performing arts center on the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus. Watson sits at his desk, wearing loose brown corduroy and a smooth mocha-colored suede shirt.

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Justus Drugstore: Heritage and Purpose

Jonathan Justus Camille Eklof

Justus Drugstore: A Restaurant, located in Smithville, Missouri, has a lot riding on its name.

With over one year of operation and plenty of sweat equity under their belt, executive chef Jonathan Justus and Camille Eklof, general manager of the restaurant, have built the first cutting-edge fine dining restaurant in this conservative town and plenty of people have taken notice.

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