Kansas City style


noun
  1. a style of jazz developed in Kansas City, Mo., in the early 1930s, marked by a strong blues influence, the use of riffs as a characteristic formal device, and a less pronounced beat than that of the New Orleans or Chicago style of jazz.

Origin of Kansas City style

1
First recorded in 1955–60

Words Nearby Kansas City style

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