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18th and Vine, Kansas City's jazz district
Kansas City, Missouri
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Clubs ran all night in a town where the law did not care, and the jam session became a proving ground, Coleman Hawkins was once played off the stand here for hours. Count Basie, Bennie Moten, Jay McShann and Big Joe Turner all worked these blocks.
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That was 1 of the hidden places.
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