Count Basie

Walk through the history, the decades, and the innovators of jazz with KNKX and Jazz24. New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz but “America’s music” did some growing up in Kansas City. For Jazz Appreciation Month, Paige Hansen details the differences that made Kansas City jazz stand out.

Two titans of American music, Count Basie and Frank Sinatra teamed up for concerts and made three albums together in the 1960s. The Seattle Repertory Jazz…