Posted on Mar 14, 2023
Kansas City jazz owes so much to its women musicians
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Kansas City is known worldwide as a jazz town, home to the likes of Charlie Parker, Andy Kirk and Count Basie. But what about the women who helped shape the genre? To celebrate Women’s History Month, Up To Date looked at some of the city’s most iconic female jazz luminaries.
Kansas City’s female jazz musicians have never received the same amount of praise or recognition as their male counterparts. But that doesn’t mean their influence is in any way less monumental.
Musicians Julia Lee, Mary Lou Williams and Myra Taylor, to name just a few, helped create the swinging, bluesy style of jazz that the city is known for today.
Kansas City’s female jazz musicians have never received the same amount of praise or recognition as their male counterparts. But that doesn’t mean their influence is in any way less monumental.
Musicians Julia Lee, Mary Lou Williams and Myra Taylor, to name just a few, helped create the swinging, bluesy style of jazz that the city is known for today.
Kansas City jazz owes so much to its women musicians
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Rashida Phillips, the executive director of the American Jazz Museum, mentioned Myra Taylor as being especially important to the genre. Taylor wrote “Dig It” for bandleader Harlan Leonard, but was cheated out of royalties. She was born in Kansas and raised in the 18th and Vine District before making her career as a singer.
“Her spirit was so big and her sound and talent were so large that she found herself almost growing bigger than the city. But she ended up coming home toward the end of her career,” Phillips said.
Fondren and Phillips joined Up To Date to discuss how the city's female jazz luminaries helped shape where the genre is today."...
..."Rashida Phillips, the executive director of the American Jazz Museum, mentioned Myra Taylor as being especially important to the genre. Taylor wrote “Dig It” for bandleader Harlan Leonard, but was cheated out of royalties. She was born in Kansas and raised in the 18th and Vine District before making her career as a singer.
“Her spirit was so big and her sound and talent were so large that she found herself almost growing bigger than the city. But she ended up coming home toward the end of her career,” Phillips said.
Fondren and Phillips joined Up To Date to discuss how the city's female jazz luminaries helped shape where the genre is today."...
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