Kansas City jazz

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jazz style regional music style

Kansas City jazz is a distinctive regional style of American jazz characterized by blues-based improvisation, riff-driven arrangements, and a strong swing rhythm that flourished in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Kansas City jazz district 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz style ⓘ
regional music style ⓘ
associatedWithCity Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City, Missouri
associatedWithInstrument double bass ⓘ
drum set ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
trombone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
associatedWithPlace 18th and Vine Historic District ⓘ
surface form: 18th and Vine District
associatedWithVenueType dance halls ⓘ
nightclubs ⓘ
characteristic blues-based improvisation ⓘ
call-and-response riffs ⓘ
emphasis on the blues form ⓘ
extended improvisation ⓘ
head arrangements ⓘ
relaxed but propulsive swing feel ⓘ
riff-driven arrangements ⓘ
strong swing rhythm ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance major center of jazz innovation in the 1930s ⓘ
developedDuringPeriod 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
developedIn Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City, Missouri
formCharacteristic 12-bar blues ⓘ
riff-based choruses ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
historicalContext flourished during Prohibition era ⓘ
flourished during the Great Depression ⓘ
influenced bebop ⓘ
big band swing ⓘ
modern jazz ⓘ
influencedBy Chicago jazz ⓘ
New Orleans jazz ⓘ
notableBand Bennie Moten Orchestra ⓘ
Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
notableMusician Bennie Moten ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Count Basie ⓘ
Jay McShann Orchestra ⓘ
surface form: Jay McShann

Lester Young ⓘ
Mary Lou Williams ⓘ
stylisticOrigin blues ⓘ
ragtime ⓘ
swing music ⓘ
tempoCharacteristic medium to fast swing tempos ⓘ
typicalEnsemble big band ⓘ
small combo ⓘ

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Vine Street → associatedWith → Kansas City jazz ⓘ
KC → knownFor → Kansas City jazz ⓘ
subject surface form: Kansas City, Missouri
East 18th Street → partOf → Kansas City jazz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kansas City jazz district
Vine Street → partOf → Kansas City jazz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kansas City jazz district