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Kansas City Jazz

Collection created June 2025

18 Total Resources

18 resources. Showing results 1 through 10.

Chapman/Kansas City Jazz, Preface
Uploaded February, 2025
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- book chapter
- kansas city jazz
Chapman/Kansas City Jazz, 1. Roots: Ragtime, Minstrelsy and Tent Shows
Uploaded February, 2025
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- book chapter
- kansas city jazz
- musical traditions
- musical locations
- kansas city
- early 20th century
- minstrelsy
- race in america
- african-american music
- black minstrel companies
- medicine shows
- circus
- syncopation
- jig piano
- ragtime
- american popular music
- two-steps
- coon songs
- the blues
- jazz
- social history
- vaudeville
- wilbur sweatman
- jelly roll morton
- sideshow annex bands
- tent bands
Chapman/Kansas City Jazz, 2. From Stomp to Swing: From Tuba to Bull Fiddle
Uploaded February, 2025
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- book chapter
- kansas city jazz
- african-american music
- early 20th century
- stomp
- jelly roll morton
- regional variation
- american southwest
- tempo
- popular dance
- big band music
- swing music
- walter sylvester page
- blue devils orchestra
- bennie moton
- walking bass
- brass band
- rhythmic foundations
Chapman/Kansas City Jazz, 3. Bennie Moten and his Competitors
Uploaded February, 2025
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- book chapter
- kansas city jazz
- prohibition era
- speakeasies
- social history
- political corruption
- restaurant business
- bennie moton
- george e. lee
- jap allen
- chase chorus
- territory bands
- 1930s
- music venues
- jazz clubs
Chapman/Kansas City Jazz, 4. Rhythm: From Banjo to Guitar, Two Drums to Trap Set
Uploaded February, 2025
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- book chapter
- kansas city jazz
- banjo
- wild west shows
- popular culture
- eddie durham
- count basie
- riffs
- trap sets
- john henry hammond
- jo jones
- jazz drumming
Chapman/Kansas City Jazz, 5. From Bennie to Basie
Uploaded February, 2025
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- book chapter
- kansas city jazz
- count basie
- radio broadcasting
- john henry hammond
- music journalism
- music business
- music promotion and marketing
- 1930s
Chapman/Kansas City Jazz, 6. Riffs and Jams
Uploaded February, 2025
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- book chapter
- kansas city jazz
- jamming
- jam sessions
- music scene
- music venues
- kansas city
- coleman hawkins
- lester young
- spook breakfasts
- performance styles
Chapman/Kansas City Jazz, 7. From Boogie-Woogie to Bop
Uploaded February, 2025
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- book chapter
- kansas city jazz
- tenor saxaphone
- boogie-woogie
- pete johnson
- fast western/rolling blues
- jazz piano
- kansas city
- jazz clubs
- buffet flats
- count basie
- rent parties
- swing music
- barrelhouse
Chapman/Kansas City Jazz, 8. Tenor Legacy
Uploaded February, 2025
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- book chapter
- kansas city jazz
- tenor saxaphone
- musical style
- tenor battles
- herschel evans
- lester young
- count basie
Chapman/Kansas City Jazz, 9. Shouters and Singers
Uploaded February, 2025
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- book chapter
- kansas city jazz
- jazz vocals
- shouting
- singing
- sung speech
- bues guitar
- singing voice

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