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KC Currents
5:55 pm
Mon January 14, 2013

Remembering Kansas City Jazz Musician Eddie Saunders

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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
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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.

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KC Currents
5:00 pm
Sun August 26, 2012

Mutual Musicians Foundation's Spirit Won't Stop

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The Mutual Musicians at 18th and Highland stays up as late as jazz music is happening upstairs…often until sunrise.
Credit Susan B. Wilson / KCUR
Musicians at the Foundation jam late into the night...and early into the morning.
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For more than eighty years, the small two-story building at 1823 Highland Avenue has been the heart of Kansas City jazz. 

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