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Mutual Musicians FoundationMutual Musicians Foundation

1823 Highland Ave
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-471-5212

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Kansas City 100 Topeka 60

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The Foundation is listed on the Kansas City Landmarks Commission Register and the National Register of Historic Places, and holds the distinction as the longest-running jazz place in the world.

Located in the heart of the Historic 18th and Vine Jazz District, Kansas City’s Mutual Musicians Foundation is one of the country’s principal cradles of jazz along with New York, New Orleans and Chicago. The Foundation bred numerous nationally significant big bands and a legion of talented soloists who revolutionized American jazz. Among these jazz artists are such luminaries as Count Basie, Jay McShann, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Andy Kirk, Jimmy Rushing, Big Joe Turner, Hot Lips Page, Mary Lou Williams, Buck Clayton…

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