Kansas City Blues
| Name | Birth year | Death year |
|---|---|---|
| Scrapper Blackwell | 1903 | 1962 |
| Walter Brown | 1917 | 1956 |
| Jay McShann | 1916 | 2006 |
| Arnold Moore | 1914 | 2005 |
| Jimmy Rushing | c.1902 | 1972 |
| Big Joe Turner | 1911 | 1985 |
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“Kansas City is lost; I am here!”
—A. Edward Sullivan. Professor Quail (W.C. Fields)
“Since the Civil War its six states have produced fewer political ideas, as political ideas run in the Republic, than any average county in Kansas or Nebraska.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
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voices—hospitality—the most courageous and friendly young men,
City of hurried and sparkling waters! city of spires and masts!
City nested in bays! my city!”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
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—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)