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Part V: The Part of Tens
Venues featuring jazz include
� The Cup and Saucer: Sunday afternoon jazz jams are here, powered by
espresso. www.thecupandsaucer.com.
� Ernie’s Steakhouse: Sunday jazz jams are featured. For more information,
call 816-254-9494.
� Fairmount on the Plaza: Every Thursday night, Joe Cartwright hosts
the “Best of Kansas City Jazz” series. For details, contact the club at
816-756-1500.
� Harling’s Upstairs: Diane “Mama” Ray and Rich Van Sant host Saturday
afternoon jazz/blues jams, and a big band performs Tuesday nights. Call
816-753-0884 for concert information.
� Ivy’s Jazz Club: Top K.C. bands play jazz Thursday through Saturday
nights. Visit www.ivysjazz.com for entertainment info.
� Mutual Musicians Foundation: The longest-running K.C. jazz jam runs
from 11:00 p.m. Saturday through dawn on Sunday. Call 816-471-5212 for
information.
Kansas City also is home to the American Jazz Museum (www.american
jazzmuseum.com), which calls itself “the premier jazz museum in the United
States.” The building is full of jazz photos, album covers, and memorabilia;
presents live jazz at its Blue Room nightclub and 500-seat Gem Theater; and
showcases art related to jazz, baseball, and African-American life in The
Changing Gallery. The John H. Baker Collection consists of more than 5,000
jazz films.
If you want to flash back to how jazz first reached a mass market, the
University of Missouri Kansas City has 250,000 rare recordings in its Marr
Sound Collection, including jazz LPs, 78s, 45s, and even old cylinders.
Highlights include “Nat King Cole The Early Years (1936–1942),” when he
was more of a jazz musician than a pop star, and “The Wilbur ‘Buck’ Clayton
Collection” of photos documenting the career of the jazz trumpeter. You can’t
check out items, but you can do research on site. Check out the Web site at
www.umkc.edu.
Visit in fall and you can take in the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. The
two genres are siblings, especially in a town where early jazz was built on
blues. Research the festival at kansascitymusic.com/festival. And
check out Chapter 14 for more about jazz festivals.