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Jazz Is Theater •
Spotlights an artistic rendition of the actual 18th and
Vine street scene with a beautifully rendered film describing
the roots of the genre of jazz, according to business greats-Max
Roach, Shirley Horn, David Baker and KC's own Jay McShann. Guests
will gain insights into the jazz experience as a way of life
and an art form.
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Jazz Master's Station •
Put on the headphones and swing with the music created by
Jazz Masters Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington
and Ella Fitzgerald while viewing Charlie Parker's famous Saxophone,
which compliments a collection of these artist's personal, trademark
artifacts.
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18th and Vine Recording Studio •
A "hands on" exhibit where guests become musicians by learning
about differing aspects of music through experimenting with
harmony, melody and rhythm, within a studio-like environment
with "touch screen" information centers.
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Jazz Central •
A resource area where guests may explore, by computer and the
Internet, topics related to jazz and the 18th and Vine district.
Using four, user-friendly, listening stations, guests may listen
to as many as 100 of the greatest jazz recordings ever made.
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• Changing
Gallery •
Features new exhibits, by renowned artists, related to 18th
and Vine and the African and African-American cultures throughout
the year. During our event, Deborah Willis will be sponsoring
an exhibit of varied artists.
• Horace
M. Peterson III, Visitor Center•
Learn about the empowering history of the central business
district of KC's African-American community during the 1920s-1960s.
Through the touching documentary, "The Spirit of 18th and
Vine," guests will learn how Jazz and Baseball affected the
lives of the people living there during this time of segregation.
• The Blue
Room •
Named after the original club in the Street Hotel, now one
of KC's premier hot spots for live jazz featuring local and
national artists, "The Blue Room" is a form of living history.
Special artifacts and art are displayed everywhere you look.
Two dozen jazz performances may be viewed via a unique video
musicbox, taking advantage of "The Blue Room's" magnificent
sound system
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Charlie Parker Memorial •
Erected in 1999, this 17 foot bronze statue by Robert Graham
commemorates KC's most musical son. It is positioned on a
plot of land that "Bird" himself traversed, almost daily,
during the formative years of his musical career in Kansas
City.
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The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum •
Home to the Monarchs, KC was where the Negro National League
was formed in 1920. You can relive the excitement of six decades
of history of Negro Leagues Baseball, in the only museum of
its type in the world! Examine artifacts, uniforms, equipment,
photographs and other memorabilia. Walk around the "Field of
Legends," a baseball diamond containing 12 life-sized bronze
sculptures of great Negro League players, and interact with
15 "touch screen" computer stations featuring film clips of
Negro League players on and off the field. Watch the moving
original documentary narrated by James Earl Jones, "They Were
All Stars."
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The
American Jazz Museum's permanent gallery, entitled,
