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 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Blues Musicians
Famous quotes containing the words kansas city, kansas, city and/or blues:
“Kansas City is lost; I am here!”
—A. Edward Sullivan. Professor Quail (W.C. Fields)
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.... Now I know we’re not in Kansas.”
—Noel Langley (1898–1981)
“How soon country people forget. When they fall in love with a city it is forever, and it is like forever. As though there never was a time when they didn’t love it. The minute they arrive at the train station or get off the ferry and glimpse the wide streets and the wasteful lamps lighting them, they know they are born for it. There, in a city, they are not so much new as themselves: their stronger, riskier selves.”
—Toni Morrison (b. 1931)
“The blues women had a commanding presence and a refreshing robustness. They were nurturers, taking the yeast of experience, kneading it into dough, molding it and letting it grow in their minds to bring the listener bread for sustenance, shaped by their sensibilities.”
—Rosetta Reitz, U.S. author. As quoted in The Political Palate, ch. 10, by Betsey Beaven et al. (1980)