

#Kansas city jazz history full#
This is why we offer our full dinner and cocktail menu in The Jazz Club. Nothing compliments this music like a great Kansas City steak or a hand crafted, prohibition era cocktail. Jazz in Kansas City was born in the 1920s and continues today in more than 20 area nightclubs. For a real Kansas City Jazz experience make a reservation for our Jazz Club any night of the week to hear live jazz late into the evening. Kansas City is world renowned for its rich jazz and blues legacy. You can hear live Kansas City Jazz seven days a week at The Majestic Restaurant featuring performers like Bram Wijnands, Mark Lowrey, Hermon Merahi and others. At The Majestic Restaurant, we work hard to keep this artform alive and provide a venue for some of the best Kansas City Jazz musicians to showcase their talents. Boss Tom Pendergast kept the lawmen at bay while musicians honed their craft and created the truly American style of music known as Kansas City Jazz. Legendary performers like Count Basie and Charlie Parker pushed the envelope of the modern style in the jazz clubs and speakeasies of the jazz era.

It was Kansas City Jazz that marked the transition from the Big Band style to more modern styles like Bebop and Swing. External-identifier urn:oclc:record:252557637 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier kansascityjazzfr00drig Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6pz6rm17 Isbn 0195047672 Lccn 2004063568 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8. Kansas City Jazz introduced elements of the blues to create legendary jam sessions that would last until the sun came up. That might be true, but it came of age in Kansas City. Historians say that jazz was born in New Orleans. The Majestic Restaurant Features Some Of The Best Kansas City Jazz Musicians.
