Kansas City was different from all other places because we'd be jamming all night. They knew it up North and they knew it down South."Ĭlaude "Fiddler" Williams described the scene: "You'd hear some cat play, and somebody would say 'This cat, he sounds like he is from Kansas City.' It was Kansas City Style.
Jay McShann told the Associated Press in 2003: Often members of the big bands would perform at regular venues earlier in the evening and go to the jazz clubs later to jam for the rest of the night. Most of the jazz musicians associated with the style were born in other places but got caught up in the friendly musical competitions among performers that could keep a single song being performed in variations for an entire night. Kansas City was a wide open town with liquor laws and hours totally ignored and was called the new Storyville. The era marked the zenith of power of political boss Tom Pendergast. Transcontinental trips at the time, whether by plane or train, often necessitated a stop in the city. Kansas City in the 1930s was very much the crossroads of the United States resulting in a mix of cultures. However, the Kansas City jazz school is identified with the black bands of the 1920s and 1930s, including those led by Bennie Moten, Andy Kirk, Harlan Leonard, George E. The first band from Kansas City to acquire a national reputation was the Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra, a white group which broadcast nationally in the 1920s.
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