The first person I saw upon entering a punk-oriented show on Tuesday was a prominent jazz musician. As most people in Kansas City stick to their own lanes, I was pleasantly surprised. Kassa Overall knows that type of restrictive mindset is nonsense. I concur. His 2023 release Animals was my fourth favorite album of that year. I even wheeled a trip to Portland around Overall’s performance at Mississippi Studios. His intentions become even more explicit on CREAM. Joined by saxophonists Emilio Modeste and Tomoki Sanders, keyboardist Matt Wong and percussionist Bendji Allonce, drummer and bandleader Overall makes no distinction between classic compositions associated with the likes of Eddie Harris and Juvenile. I’m embarrassed I was initially taken aback by the jazz cat’s presence at the punk gig.