These two unique museums, housed under one roof, are in the historic 18th and Vine Jazz District. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum tells the compelling story of segregated baseball, from the founding of the Negro National League just a few blocks away in 1920, until Jackie Robinson, who played for the Kansas City Monarchs, signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. The Jazz Museum pays tribute...
The sound that put Kansas City on the map is honored in a museum as alive as the music itself.:
The Scene Beginning with the film "Jazz Is," longtime followers of Kansas City's scene nod in appreciation of remembrances by key players like Max Roach and Jay McShann. In the studio, attendees play with rhythms, melody styles,…