The recording features all original music by Faw collaborating with trumpeter Will Mallard and one composition written by Pamela Watson. Recorded in April 2022, his debut album, “It Takes a Village” (ARC-8777), Artists Recording Collective – ARC Records, was completed on two separate days. This album release performance is his first of many expressions of gratitude to the greater KC community of artists, musicians, teachers, friends, and family who helped shape and raise him. Morgan Faw was raised musically in Kansas City. With a special edition of the famous “Blue Monday Jam Session” co-hosted by Houston Smith and Morgan Faw. (*Special Guest Appearance by: Bobby Watson) The Blue Roomįirst Set: “It Takes a Village” CD Release Concert Featuring: Morgan Faw and The Flame It Takes a Village – CD Release Performance featuring Morgan Faw and The Flame The Mutual Musicians Foundation was listed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1980. A living museum, the Foundation preserves and develops Kansas City’s rich musical heritage.Įxplore the online exhibit at UMKC’s LaBudde Special Collections “ Musician’s Local 627.” supports the Mutual Musicians Foundation and its programs. The Foundation also serves as a rehearsal space for members, a classroom for visiting students, and a place for private parties. A National Historic Landmark, the building is also entered in the National Register of Historic Places and the Kansas City Landmarks Commission Register.Īs they have since 1930, musicians gather at the Foundation Friday and Saturday nights after midnight to jam into the early morning hours. In 1979, the Foundation was prominently featured in Bruce Ricker’s film, The Last of the Blue Devils. The Mutual Musicians Foundation, Inc., originally incorporated to manage the building and assets of Local 627, continued operating the building as a social club for musicians and fans after the merger with Local 34 in 1970. Today, the tradition jams on at the Mutual Musicians Foundation, located on the former site of Local 627 at 1823 Highland Ave., in the heart of the historic 18th and Vine District. The jazz style pioneered and fostered by the members of Local 627 developed along original lines influenced by, yet unique from, the traditions of New Orleans, Chicago, and New York.
627, one of a handful of African-American musicians’ unions affiliated with the American Federation of Musicians.Įstablished in 1917, Local 627, then known as the “Colored Musicians Union,” operated as a social center, a clearinghouse for engagements, and a vehicle for grievances against unfair practices by booking agents and band leaders. Kansas City, one of the principal cradles of jazz along with New York, New Orleans, and Chicago, bred a number of nationally significant big bands and a legion of talented soloists, who revolutionized jazz in America. “It’s one of the few arts, musically, where students can express themselves individually.Late night jam session at the Mutual Musicians Foundation! MUTUAL MUSICIANS FOUNDATION “If you ask people who are not from Kansas City - what do you know about Kansas City? They’ll say barbecue and jazz,” Smith said.
Smith is among those who are pleased this influx of traffic into the Jazz District will supply the museum with more patrons. Smith said the museum and the Jazz District, have missed festivals like this one, which were either canceled altogether or held with restrictions in place. Smith also works with the American Jazz Museum, which sits across 18th Street from the Gem. “What we try to provide here is something they may not always get in their school bands,” Clarence Smith, 18th and Vine Jazz Festival Director, said.
KANSAS CITY JAZZ FEST PRO
Each school’s jazz musicians are assigned a professional music maker, a seasoned pro willing to spend one-on-one time with young players.
Music rings out through the Gem’s hallowed hallways again, as young people with brass and bass play before audiences and instructors. This festival returns to the city’s Jazz District for the first time since 2019, before the pandemic set in. New development could be coming to Kansas City’s 18th and Vine District
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