JAM: February/March 2003 Issue: Coda

by Mike Metheny

Another Time, Another Place
While doing some independent research about KC guitarist Don Winsell (see "The Guitar & Kansas City Jazz" in this issue), I came across an interesting artifact from Kansas City's jazz past. The all-day jazz festivals held at Municipal Auditorium in the '60s were memorable events, not only for the major national names who appeared each year, but because they showcased the stunning abundance of local talent that was the norm in those days. Check out the lineup for the fourth annual Kansas City Jazz Festival, held April 2, 1967:

2:30 Sumner High School Stage Band/Leon Brady, Director;
Shawnee-Mission East Stage Band/Ken Geoffrey, Director;
KC High School All-Star Kix Band (whose lead trumpet player had a nasty lip zit that day...)
3:00 The Horns of Plenty
3:20 Carolyn Harris Trio
3:40 UMKC Jazz Lab Band
4:00 Frank Smith Trio
4:20 Wichita State Univ. Jazz Lab Band
4:40 Pete Eye Trio
5:00 Travis Jenkins w/the Darrell Devore Quintet
5:20 Baby Lovett Dixielanders
5:40 Bob Simes Octet w/Kay Dennis
6:00 Willie Rice & the KC 10
6:20 George Salisbury/Arch Martin Quartet
6:40 Don Winsell w/the Warren Durrett Brass & Vince Bilardo
7:00 Bettye Miller & Milt Abel
7:20 George Winn & the Storyville Seven
7:40 "The Big Surprise" (...and, truth be told, it wasn't much of one)
8:00 Herb Ellis w/the Sammy Tucker Trio
8:20 The KC Kix Band
8:40 Marilyn Maye
9:00 Charles Kynard Trio
9:20 Stan Kenton Orchestra
10:00 Gary Sivils & Marian Love
10:20 Lou Rawls

The Auditorium hotdogs were gamy, and the acoustics were like 20 bus stations... but the sounds were fresh, the vibe was alive, and thousands of KC jazz fans came together for good times and great music.






	Search our site:		by Mike Metheny Another Time, Another Place While doing some independent research about KC guitarist Don Winsell (see "The Guitar & Kansas City Jazz" in this issue), I came across an interesting artifact from Kansas City's jazz past. The all-day jazz festivals held at Municipal Auditorium in the '60s were memorable events, not only for the major national names who appeared each year, but because they showcased the stunning abundance of local talent that was the norm in those days. Check out the lineup for the fourth annual Kansas City Jazz Festival, held April 2, 1967: 2:30 Sumner High School Stage Band/Leon Brady, Director; Shawnee-Mission East Stage Band/Ken Geoffrey, Director; KC High School All-Star Kix Band (whose lead trumpet player had a nasty lip zit that day...) 3:00 The Horns of Plenty 3:20 Carolyn Harris Trio 3:40 UMKC Jazz Lab Band 4:00 Frank Smith Trio 4:20 Wichita State Univ. Jazz Lab Band 4:40 Pete Eye Trio 5:00 Travis Jenkins w/the Darrell Devore Quintet 5:20 Baby Lovett Dixielanders 5:40 Bob Simes Octet w/Kay Dennis 6:00 Willie Rice & the KC 10 6:20 George Salisbury/Arch Martin Quartet 6:40 Don Winsell w/the Warren Durrett Brass & Vince Bilardo 7:00 Bettye Miller & Milt Abel 7:20 George Winn & the Storyville Seven 7:40 "The Big Surprise" (...and, truth be told, it wasn't much of one) 8:00 Herb Ellis w/the Sammy Tucker Trio 8:20 The KC Kix Band 8:40 Marilyn Maye 9:00 Charles Kynard Trio 9:20 Stan Kenton Orchestra 10:00 Gary Sivils & Marian Love 10:20 Lou Rawls The Auditorium hotdogs were gamy, and the acoustics were like 20 bus stations... but the sounds were fresh, the vibe was alive, and thousands of KC jazz fans came together for good times and great music. RETURN TO FEBRUARY/MARCH 2003 MAIN INDEX © Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors 1996-2003. All rights reserved.