[Dixielandjazz] My Gratitude

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Larry Walton wrote...
 
"Do they do anything at the Jazz museum?  I would think they would  have 
something going on there.
Larry
StL"
 
In response to your query Larry, the jazz Museum has an excellent  
(acoustically speaking) Jazz Club called the Blue Room.  Here's a little  more about the 
facility, club calendar, etc. _http://www.americanjazzmuseum.com/_ 
(http://www.americanjazzmuseum.com/)   
 
As museums go I would say it is probably more interesting to the  non-player. 
 Some artifacts, history, etc.--but the Negro Leagues Baseball  Museum, next 
door is much more entertaining.
 
As for the Room, during my visits there it tends more to the "polite" type  
of club as opposed to a more raucous setting.  And the music skews more  
modern, with an occasional foray into blues-inflected jazz 
(Ida McBeth) and some old style K.C. swing (The Scamps).  Outside of  local 
concert venues it is the primary stopover point for any high profile  national 
jazz coming through town---Joey DeFrancesco plays there for example and  
saxaphonist Bobby Watson who now teaches Jazz at the Univ. of Mo. K.C.  appears 
there, but there is no Dixieland and only a small percentage of  OKOM.  It is 
true however, that after gigs,
musicians start popping into the Foundation for jams that go to  sunrise.  
That much, at least maintains the K.C. tradition.
 
There is really only one, consistently high quality dixieland group playing  
regularly in town---the New Red Onion Jazz Babies and a handful of offshoots 
in  ragtime and other related styles.
 
How about St. Louie?  And where would anybody suggest these days is  the top 
location for dixieland beyond New Orleans?
 
K.C. Clarinet
 
 



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