PLAYLIST: The top ten songs from KC in the twenties

Jazz inspired and defined the 1920s, an era that became known as the Jazz Age. During the Roaring Twenties, Kansas City and the other cradles of jazz (New Orleans, Chicago, New York) attracted record labels eager to record up-and-comers. They discovered a wealth of talent in Kansas City. Isolated from the other jazz centers, Kansas… Continue reading PLAYLIST: The top ten songs from KC in the twenties

The Kansas City we know today started taking shape in 1920

For a while now, I’ve been collecting every local history book I come across. After a year of acquisitions in anticipation of this issue, which marks the centennial of this city as we know it today, I thought I had a pretty good library. Then I walked into the Missouri Valley Room. If you’re half… Continue reading The Kansas City we know today started taking shape in 1920