31 East 14th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106 The Kill Devil Club is an adult oasis, downtown. It’s Kansas City’s newest hotspot featuring hand crafted cocktails, plates for sharing and live music that moves you. More Information» PreviousNextAll...
The city was home to a wide array of clubs, cabarets and performers from every corner of America. As a railroad terminus, the jazz scene in Kansas City was the last stop on performance circuits such as the Theatre Owner's Booking Association (TOBA). While famous people and events of the...
Carnival in Kansas City 1 upcoming event Kansas City has a rich history of carnival season events hosted by a variety of krewes and social clubs leading up to the main event: Fat Tuesday- Mardi Gras! The Ship is your Kansas City Carnival Season headquarters....
The pandemic of 2020 has forced a tsunami of change for everyone in the performing arts. With nightclubs, theaters, and museums closed, or operating at limited capacity, Twin City jazz musicians […] Continue Reading Experience Jazz, Grades 7-12: Applications Due March 5! February 26, 2021 ...
From New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, to iconic jazz clubs in cities like New York, Chicago, and Kansas City, travelers can immerse themselves in the heritage and culture of jazz. Visiting jazz landmarks, attending live performances, and experiencing the pulsating energy of jazz venues adds...
The jazz scene in Kansas City declined abruptly in the late 1930s, but nightclubs continued to be active through the early 1960s, when urban renewal and racial conflict finally obliterated K.C.'s black downtown,1 the center of the scene. Most of that area literally vanished, to be replac...
The pandemic of 2020 has forced a tsunami of change for everyone in the performing arts. With nightclubs, theaters, and museums closed, or operating at limited capacity, Twin City jazz musicians […] Continue Reading Experience Jazz, Grades 7-12: Applications Due March 5! February 26, 2021 ...
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and clubs; many of these musicians eventually drifted into jazz. Hundreds of other musicians, unable to read and write music, nonetheless had great ability to learn it by ear, as well as superior musical talent. Picking up ragtime and dance music by ear (perhaps not precisely), they began ...
Now let’s hear from the clubs. This is the second week of excerpting articles from the latest issue ofJam, on the streets now (it’s free) or downloadable fromhere. This issue celebrates the magazine’s thirtieth anniversary by asking, what is the future of jazz in Kansas City? Last...