Bennie Moten

Good Morning POU! In the 1920s, Kansas City emerged as a vital center of jazz. Black musicians from Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado made their way to Kansas City’s nearly five hundred nightclubs, taverns, cabarets and honky-tonks to join local artists. This dynamic music scene rivaled Harlem and Chicago’s South Side. “Work was plentiful for musicians, though some of … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: Kansas City Jazz – Music of the Southwest