Music at the Intersection is a celebration of St. Louis’s musical heritage, which encompasses everything from blues, jazz, and soul to R&B, hip-hop, and rock n’ roll. But more than that, it’s an effort to bridge demographic divides to foster community.
Count Basie, born William James Basie on August 21, 1904, in Red Bank, New Jersey, was one of the most influential figures in jazz history.
The Hermann Wine and Jazz Festival celebrates the legacy of jazz and its ever-expanding boundaries, as well as the contributions of the region’s wine and spirits producers. Benefitting the Camp Rainbow Foundation, it’s a good time for a good cause.
The Scott Joplin tune “The Entertainer” was the best-selling piece of sheet music in the country on this date in 1903.
Bennie Moten, a legendary figure in the development of jazz, passed away on this date in 1935 just his trademark ‘Kansas City sound’ was taking off.
Do you get jazzed about jazz? Hopped up about history? Thrilled by theater? Here’s a great chance to indulge all of these passions. One Missouri city’s celebrating its playwriting talent in a Theatre Lab Festival starting May 18.
Enjoy the sound of jazz from four bands and two vocalists this Saturday as the music returns to Hermann, MO for their annual Hermann Wine and Jazz Festival. The event will be fundraising for Hermann Music Boosters to support the local school’s music program.
Wilbur C. Sweatman was born in Brunswick, MO. Sweatman was an African American ragtime and dixieland jazz composer, band leader, and clarinetist. In the late 1890’s, Sweatman became famous for playing three clarinets at once.
The American Jazz Museum opened on East 18th Street in Kansas City’s hotbed neighborhood for Jazz. They say “Jazz was born in New Orleans but grew up in Kansas City!”
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