Kansas City

Location · c. 1926-1940 · Kansas City · Swing and big bands

A city left wide open under Pendergast, until his fall in 1940: long jam sessions, riff style, head arrangements. Basie joins Moten there in 1929, Hammond discovers him in 1936, Parker trains there. Feeds both swing and bebop.

Where it comes from

• Blues, spirituals, work songs

What it gave rise to or influenced

• Swing, big bands
• Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's)
• Jump blues, R&B

Artists

• Count Basie (1904–1984, piano, organ)
• Charlie Parker (1920–1955, alto saxophone)
• Bennie Moten (1893–1935, piano, conductor)
• Big Joe Turner (1911–1985, vocals)
• Hot Lips Page (1908–1954, trumpet, vocals)

Tracks to start with

• One O'Clock Jump — Count Basie (1937)
• Lester Leaps In — Count Basie (1939)
• Jumpin' at the Woodside — Count Basie (1938)

Sources

• EN : Kansas City jazz

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