The Diverse Trio will be featured at the Take Five Coffee + Bar in Leawood, KS this Sunday at 6:30 pm. Lori Werr, owner of Take Five, graciously extended the offer for the Trio to perform as a fundraiser for the group’s upcoming tour in Europe this June.

A message from Lori Werr, owner of Take Five Coffee + Bar:

Diverse Trio is packing bags for Paris to share what they’ve learned in Kansas City and learn what the French jazz scene has to teach. To raise funds for their transatlantic voyage, they will be performing an early evening show at Take Five Coffee Bar in Leawood, at 151st and Nall, Sunday, May 16, beginning at 6:30pm.

“These guys are going to Paris to take the message of Kansas City jazz – today’s Kansas City jazz – and share it with the world. That’s something we want to support,” said Lori Werr, owner of Take Five.

South Johnson County is known more for its residential neighborhoods than its music, but Take Five provides an oasis amid the rooftops for lovers of good music as well as good coffee.

“I think there are people in Johnson County who want to hear more good jazz,” said Werr. “We’re trying to bring something here that people would normally only be able to see if they drove downtown.”

Take Five Coffee + Bar is a locally owned coffee house in Leawood, Kan., that opened Jan. 2, 2010. Take Five serves fine teas, beer, wine, coffee-based cocktails, light lunches and pastries as well as the finest coffee drinks in town in a relaxed, inviting atmosphere.