Editing Kansas City, Missouri (section)

===Jazz===
[[File:Negro League Baseball Museum and American Jazz Museum.jpg|thumb|Entrance of the American Jazz Museum]]
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Kansas City jazz in the 1930s marked the transition from big bands to the bebop influence of the 1940s. The 1979 documentary ''[[The Last of the Blue Devils]]'' portrays this era in interviews and performances by local jazz notables. In the 1970s, Kansas City attempted to resurrect the glory of the jazz era in a family-friendly atmosphere. In the 1970s, an effort to open jazz clubs in the River Quay area of City Market along the Missouri ended in a [[wikt:turf war|gang war]]. Three of the new clubs were blown up in what ultimately ended Kansas City mob influence in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] casinos. The annual Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival attracts top jazz stars and large tourist audiences. In 2007 it was rated Kansas City's "best festival" by ''The Pitch''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitch.com/bestof/2001/award/best-festival-15509/ |title=The Pitch, ''Best of 2007'': "Best Festival" – Kansas City's Blues and Jazz Festival |publisher=Pitch.com |access-date=May 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715091331/http://www.pitch.com/bestof/2001/award/best-festival-15509/ |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}</ref>

Live music venues are throughout the city, with the highest concentration in the Westport entertainment district centered on Broadway and Westport Road near [[Country Club Plaza]], and the [[18th and Vine]] neighborhood's flourish for jazz music. A variety of music genres are performed or have originated there, including musicians [[Janelle Monáe]], [[Puddle of Mudd]], [[Isaac James (band)|Isaac James]], [[The Get Up Kids]], [[Shiner (band)|Shiner]], [[Flee The Seen]], [[The Life and Times]], [[Reggie and the Full Effect]], [[Coalesce (band)|Coalesce]], [[The Casket Lottery]], [[The Gadjits]], [[The Rainmakers (band)|The Rainmakers]], [[Vedera]], [[The Elders (band)|The Elders]], [[Blackpool Lights]], [[The Republic Tigers]], [[Tech N9ne]], [[Krizz Kaliko]], [[Kutt Calhoun]], [[Skatterman & Snug Brim]], [[Mac Lethal]], [[Ces Cru]], and [[Solè]]. [[Kansas City Jazz Orchestra]] is big band style.

In 2018, [[UNESCO]] named Kansas City a City of Music, as the only one in the United States. The designation is based on the city's rich musical heritage, and its {{US$|7 million|long=no}} budget for improving the [[18th and Vine]] Jazz District in 2016.<ref name="unesco city of music">{{Cite web|url=http://www.startlandnews.com/2018/03/unesco-city-of-music/|title=Investing in the arts earns KC designation as UNESCO's only 'City of Music' in US|last=Wankum|first=Leah|date=March 27, 2018|website=Startland News|access-date=April 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417105443/http://www.startlandnews.com/2018/03/unesco-city-of-music/|archive-date=April 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Kansas City Convention Center, West 13th Street - Kansas City, Missouri, USA - panoramio.jpg|thumb|The Kansas City Convention Center]]