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1. 15 Years of Club Profiles 15 Years of Club Profiles June-July//2001 Photo (of the former Club 427) and bibliography or directory of Kansas City jazz clubs (past and present) reviewed since the inception of the Jam magazine in 1986.
2. A Jazz Lover's Club Scene Synopsis 2001 A Jazz Lover's Club Scene Synopsis 2001 June-July//2001 Annotated list of current (2001) live jazz clubs or venues (restaurants, night clubs, hotels, etc.) in the Kansas City area with information on performing musicians, etc.
3. Bullets Was Flyin' All over the Bandstand. ..: Trumpeter Oliver Todd Remembers Piney Brown's Sunset Bullets Was Flyin' All over the Bandstand. ..: Trumpeter Oliver Todd Remembers Piney Brown's Sunset Crystal Palace. ..and a Young Charlie Parker October-November//2001 Photos, interview, and biographical article about Oliver Todd (ca. 1916-2001), a former African American jazz trumpeter of 1930s Kansas City and native of Kansas City, Kansas. Reminiscences of the local...
4. Greater Kansas City's Foundations Were Built on Partying Greater Kansas City's Foundations Were Built on Partying August 2002 Article describes the state of the Kansas City "night-life" industry in 2002. Clubs in Westport, City Market, and Midtown struggle against sprawl, and regulations they see as archaic.
5. Kansas City Night Life Kansas City Night Life November-December//1961 Illustrations and article about the Prohibition and Great Depression eras of Kansas City, coinciding with the Pendergast machine years of open vice and jazz and blues night clubs. Mention of numerous organized...
6. Kansas City, Kansas City Kansas City, Kansas City March-April//1997 Photos and review of the 1996 movie entitled "Kansas City" set in the city's 1930s big band jazz scene and directed by native Kansas Citian Robert Altman. Description of the movie as "a tale of jazz clubs...
7. Ladies Night Out Ladies Night Out January//1982 Review of clubs featuring male strippers, describing some distinctions between male and female audience members.
8. Machine Defends "Night Life" Machine Defends "Night Life" February 26, 1938 Article about an investigative report by Westbrook Pegler of the Kansas City Journal-Post on the support and justification of the Pendergast machine's organized crime in the city "'on the ground of public...
9. Memories of Milton's: Bartender John Albertson Recalls a Classic Club, Character and Chapter in KC Jazz Memories of Milton's: Bartender John Albertson Recalls a Classic Club, Character and Chapter in KC Jazz History February-March//2001 Photos and biographical article about Milton Morris (1911-1983), owner and operator of night clubs such as the "speakeasy, the Hey Hay Club, and Milton's Tap Room, the dark, eclectic musician's haven on...
10. Mo' Jazz: A Tale of Two Cities Mo' Jazz: A Tale of Two Cities Winter//1995 Review of jazz clubs in Kansas City and Saint Louis, with a history of jazz in Missouri from Scott Joplin in the early 1900s to Charlie Parker (from Kansas City, Kansas) and Miles Davis (from East Saint...
11. New Pussys New Pussys May 24, 1935 Article about the "Pusateris" operating gambling machines, prostitutes, bootleg liquors, and "juicy steak dinners" "about a block east of police headquarters" during the Prohibition era, moving in 1935...
12. Night Life of the Mortals Night Life of the Mortals March/29/1935 Photos and article about the high number of night clubs in Kansas City and their status as jazz music venues as well as fire hazards. Photos of Dante's Inferno, the Harlem Nite Club, the Red & Dutch club,...
13. Night Live! A Look into Live Entertainment in Kansas City Night Live! A Look into Live Entertainment in Kansas City July//1982 Profiles of mainly nightclubs or dance clubs.
14. Q & A with Beena Brandsgard Q & A with Beena Brandsgard Interview with Beena Brandsgard, owner of Jardine's, "one of Kansas City's most important jazz clubs".
15. The Incredible Tale of a 96-Year Old [sic] Man Who Was Seldom Seen...and Still Is The Incredible Tale of a 96-Year Old [sic] Man Who Was Seldom Seen...and Still Is February 1980 Photos and biographical article about Seldom Seen, a 96-year-old black veteran of "various jails and penitentiaries" (for a total of 45 years) with the legal name of Ivory Johnson. Born in Oklahoma Territory...