Now Playing

Loading streams...

Podcasts & RSS Feeds

American Jazz MuseumRSS
All ContentRSS
View all podcasts & RSS feeds

Tagged: American Jazz Museum

Central Standard
9:44 am
Tue March 26, 2013

Misogyny in Hip-Hop Culture

Share
E-mail
Comments
By , and

It seems that nowadays, anytime you hear a hip-hop song the lyrics are full of negative and insulting messages. Whether these comments are racist, misogynistic, or just downright disrespectful it's easy to associate the entire hip-hop culture with these words of hate. On this Central Standard, we look specifically at misogyny in hip-hop music.


Read more
KC Currents
5:55 pm
Mon January 14, 2013

Remembering Kansas City Jazz Musician Eddie Saunders

Next imagePrevious image
Credit Bernard “Step Buddy” Anderson / Special Collections, Miller Nichols Library, UMKC
Credit Bernard “Step Buddy” Anderson / Special Collections, Miller Nichols Library, UMKC
Credit Bernard “Step Buddy” Anderson / Special Collections, Miller Nichols Library, UMKC
Credit Bernard “Step Buddy” Anderson / Special Collections, Miller Nichols Library, UMKC
Credit Bernard “Step Buddy” Anderson / Special Collections, Miller Nichols Library, UMKC
Share
E-mail
Comments
By

Kansas City saxophone player and jazz singer Eddie Saunders passed away on December 30, 2012.  The late Lucky Wesley of The Scamps came up with Saunders and had described him as nice--naughty but nice.  Saunders loved to sing and he loved to play, and he was proud of his Kansas City jazz heritage.

Read more
Performance
11:20 am
Wed July 4, 2012

Slam Poetry Meets Jazz

Next imagePrevious image
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
The House pianist, Everett Freeman, performs during the opening 30 minute set.
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
The house band performs their opening set.
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
A packed crowd awaits the beginning of the Jazz Poetry Jams.
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
The house bassist, Dominique Sanders, goes on a riff.
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
Eric Boone performs first for the featured American Jazz Museum's young poets team.
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
Brandon Bushnell-Smith performs at the Jazz Poetry Jams. He's a member of the American Jazz Museum's team headed for "Brave New Voices."
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
Raja Nelson performs in front of a packed house at the Jazz Poetry Jams.
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
Trey Newman performs his poem "Scars of Fallen Shadows."
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
The house drummer, Tyree Johnson, performs during the set between the featured poets and the open mic.
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
The house band performs their second set.
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
Bobbie Jones performs along with the house band for her two poems.
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
Jas Taylor performs in the Jazz Poetry Jams open mic portion.
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
Jas Taylor performs.
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
Poet in Residence Glenn North Performs his piece "WBLK."
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
Glenn North is the Poet in Residence at the American Jazz Museum.
Credit Eric Baker / KCUR
Desmond "337" Jones and Theodor "Priest" Hughes make up "The Recipe." The two teach a class at Avila University on spoken word poetry.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By Eric Baker

Let’s play a word association game.  What’s do you think when I say, “Kansas City?”  Barbecue?  The Royals? How about jazz?  Now what about when I say “Jazz,” what do you think?  It probably isn’t poetry.

Read more