THE TEAM A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS OVER THE YEARS. YOU KNOW, AND NEW ORLEANS HAS HAD A TON OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSIC WORLD. I MEAN, YOU CAN’T GO ANYWHERE IN THIS CITY AND NOT HEAR SOME JAZZ. SO WE ...
TOMORROW AND RUNS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 14TH. APRIL IS JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH, AND IT’S WHY KANSAS CITY WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THE CITY’S RICH JAZZ PAST AND PRESENT. KMBC9 JACKSON KURTZ TAKES US TO THE ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — About 100 years ago, people flocked to Kansas City to listen to a burgeoning new style of music called jazz. During the 1920s and 1930s, big band music gave way to bebop. The ...
The view from the front entrance of The American Jazz Museum, gives visitors a look upon the 18th & Vine Jazz District that made Kansas City famous for its raucous all-night jazz clubs and swinging ...
Pianist Jay "Hootie" McShann was one of the legends of the Kansas City jazz scene. Born in Muskogee, Okla., in 1916, McShann picked up the piano as a young boy, following his older sister to her piano ...