"After livestock, it was music that put Kansas City on the map. During the jazz age, the Coon-Sanders Night Hawks kept radios humming into the wee hours from coast to coast, Bennie Moten's orchestra was a top seller for Victor Records, and Andy Kirk's band headlined the nation's finest ballrooms. ..."
Kansas City: Paris of the Plains (via Life In The Present)
http://www.umkc.edu/lib/spec-col/ParisofthePlains/WebExhibit/index.html
/Z
Thursday, September 23, 2004
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