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  1. 1
    Jazz
    Kansas City
    For the Guv'nor, See You at the Fair, Ben and Sweets, Big Ben Time, Ben Webster, Until Tonight, Storyville Masters of Jazz, Volume 5: Ben Webster, Plays Duke Ellington, Midnite Jazz & Blues: Ben's Blues, The Verve Years, Soulville, The Warm Moods, Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson, Music for Loving: Ben Webster With Strings, Confirmation, The Chronological Classics: Ben Webster 1953-1954, Stormy Weather, Jazz 'Round Midnight, Midnite Jazz & Blues: Jazz Masterpieces, At the Renaissance, Complete 1953 Leader Studio Sessions, Ballads and Blues, Ben Webster and MJQ - An Exceptional Encounter, Ben Webster for Lovers, Baden 1972, See You at the Fair, The Holland Sessions, Plays Ballads, Ben Webster and Associates, The Soul of Ben Webster, Frog: 1956-1962, There Is No Greater Love, Verve Jazz Masters 43: Ben Webster, Cadillac Slim, The Horn, Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster, Cotton Tail, The Best of Sexy Sax, My Romance, Ben Webster's Finest Hour, Dig Ben! (Disc 8) More
    United States of America
  2. 2
    Jazz
    Kansas City
    20.3012-HI: Siesta at the Fiesta
    United States of America
  3. 3
    Rock music, Swing, Rock and roll, Blues, Jump blues
    Kansas City
    All the Classic Hits 1938-1952, Shake, Rattle & Roll, Greatest Hits 1947-49 (disc 4), The Bosses, Piney Brown Blues / I Got a Gal for Every Day of the Week, Greatest Hits, Have No Fear, Big Joe Turner Is Here, Shake, Rattle and Roll, Joe Turner / Rockin' the Blues, Big Joe Turner : The Blues Collection, Greatest Hits 1942-46 (disc 2), The Boss of the Blues, Flip, Flop & Fly, The Essential Recordings, It's the Same Old Story / Rebecca, The Chronological Classics: Joe Turner 1941-1946, Every Day in the Week, Greatest Hits 1938-52 (disc 5), The Platinum Collection, The Chronological Classics: Joe Turner 1947-1948, Big, Bad & Blue: The Big Joe Turner Anthology, The very best of Big Joe Turner, Joe Turner Blues, Shake, Rattle and Roll / You Know I Love You, It's a Low Down Dirty Shame / Nobody in Mind, The Very Best of, Jumpin' With Joe: The Complete Aladdin & Imperial Recordings, The Chronological Classics: Joe Turner 1946-1947, Honey Hush, Greatest Hits 1946-47 (disc 3), Turns on the Blues, Rocks in My Bed, Shout, Rattle and Roll More
    United States of America
    Decca Records, Atlantic Records, National Records, Vocalion Records, Pablo Records More
  4. 4

    Blackpool Lights

    Indie rock
    Kansas City
    Blackpool Lights, This Town's Disaster
    Curb Appeal Records
  5. 5
    Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Pop music, Funk
    Kansas City
    The Very Best of Bloodstone, Natural High, Natural High, Now!...That's What I'm Talkin' About, Don't Stop, We Go a Long Way Back, Go on and Cry, Unreal, Bloodstone More
    Decca Records, Motown Records, London Records, T-Neck Records
  6. 6
    Post-bop, Cool jazz, West coast jazz
    Kansas City
    Jazz Is a Kick, The Ivory Hunters, Recorded Fall 1961, Bob Brookmeyer and Friends, Bob Brookmeyer Featuring Al Cohn, Traditionalism Revisited, Mosaic Select 9: Bob Brookmeyer, Island, Just Jazz: The Bob Brookmeyer Quartet More
    United States of America
  7. 7
    Pop music, Vocal music
    Kansas City, Kansas City Metropolitan Area
    The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection, Make It Easy on Yourself, What's New Pussycat?, Casino Royale, 20 Classic Recordings, After the Fox, Promises, Promises (1968 Ooriginal Broadway Cast), The Definitive Burt Bacharach Songbook, Plays His Hits, The Look of Love: The Classic Songs of Burt Bacharach, Reach Out, Lost Horizon, Isn't She Great, Collection Series, The Best of Burt Bacharach, The Love Songs of Burt Bacharach, A&M Gold Series - Burt Bacharach, The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection, At This Time, Magic Moments, Promises, Promises, A Man and His Music, What the World Needs Now: Burt Bacharach Classics, The Reel Burt Bacharach, The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection, Promises Promises (1969 Studio Cast), Easy Loungin' - Twenty Easy Listening Classics, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Burt Bacharach's Greatest Hits, Promises, Promises (1969 Original London Cast), Living Together, Classic, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Burt Bacharach, Woman, Hit Maker! Burt Bacharach Plays His Hits, The Rare Bacharach 1956-1978 More
    United States of America
  8. 8
    Jazz, Bebop
    Kansas City
    The Best of Charlie Parker, Yardbird Suite, Verve Jazz Masters 28: Charlie Parker Plays Standards, Live Sessions, The Essential Charlie Parker, Rocker, The Genius of Charlie Parker, The Legendary Dial Masters, Volume 2, Best of The Complete Live Perfomance on Savoy, The Complete Dial Sessions, In a Soulful Mood, Triple Treasures, Les Triomphes du jazz, Past Perfect 24 Carat Gold Edition [Box Set], Bird Symbols, Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes, The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948, Midnite Jazz & Blues: April in Paris, Bebop & Bird, Volume 2, Boss Bird, The Last Notes 1953-1954, Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Disc 4), Boss Bird, The Essential Charlie Parker, Ultimate Jazz & Blues, Giants of Jazz, Complete Dial Sessions Master Takes, Chasin' The Bird, Past Perfect 24 Carat Gold Edition [Box Set], Past Perfect 24 Carat Gold Edition [Box Set], Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve, Complete Savoy Sessions, The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection (disc 2), The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker, Parker's Mood, Bebop & Bird, Volume 1, The Gold Collection, Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Charlie Parker, Bird: The Original Recordings of Charlie Parker, Cool Bird, Charlie Parker on Dial, Complete Live at the Rockland Palace, Complete Live at Birdland May 17, 1950, Bird at St. Nick's - Complete Edition, Complete Live at Café Society, Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Disc 6), The Charlie Parker Collection, Groovin' High, The Chronological Classics: Charlie Parker 1947-1949, Past Perfect 24 Carat Gold Edition [Box Set], Past Perfect 24 Carat Gold Edition [Box Set], Ultimate Legends: Charlie Parker, Lover Man, The Revue Collection, Charlie Parker, Bop City, Volume 2, Plays It Cool, Yardbird Suite, The Definitive Charlie Parker, Bird and Diz, Bird Lives!, Birdology, Bird & Sarah, An Evening at Home With the Bird, Modern Jazz Archive, Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve, Complete Savoy Live Recordings, Ornithology, In a Soulful Mood, Ballads, Anthology, The Chronological Classics: Charlie Parker 1947, Bird At The Roost, Vol. 1, Audio Archive, The Best of the The Bird Charlie Parker, The Best of The Bird, Bird of Paradise, The Best of the Dial Years, Bluebird, Congo Blues, Autumn in New York, The Charlie Parker Gold Collection, Choice Bird, The Charlie Parker Story, The Immortal Charlie Parker, Original Bird - The Best of Bird on Savoy, Rétrospective 1940-1953, Now's the Time, Complete Charlie Parker on Dial, Complete Onyx Recordings, The Jazz Biography, Jazz Ballads 16, The Original Bird - The Best of Charlie Parker 1944-1949, Past Perfect 24 Carat Gold Edition [Box Set], The Millennium Edition, The New York Anthology: 1950-1954, West Coast Time, The Complete Birth of the Bebop, The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes, First Recordings!, Bird in Time 1940 - 1947, Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Disc 7), Bird on 52nd St., Bluebird, Now's the Time, The Genius of Charlie Parker, All Stars Live at the Royal Roost, The Charlie Parker Collection, Greatest Hits (Musicbank), Blue Bird, Bird at Birdland, The Genius of Charlie Parker, Volume 7: Jazz Perennial, Bird With Strings: Live at the Apollo, Carnegie Hall and Birdland, Bird Up-The Originals, Complete Bird at the Open Door, Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Disc 10), Bird of Paradise, Bird, Bird: The Savoy Recordings, Master Takes, 1945-1954, Legendary Dial Masters, Volume 2, Bird Lives: Yardbird Suite 1945-47 (disc 1), Masterworks 1946-1947, Bird & Miles: Historical Sessions, Bluebird, The Quintessence: New York - Hollywood 1942-47, At the Finale Club & More, Complete Verve Master Takes (1 of 3), Ornithology, Complete Bird at the Open Door, The Complete Dial Sessions (disc 1), The Complete Verve Master Takes, Groovin' High, Au Privave, Masters of Jazz, Bird on the Wing (feat. The Jazz All Stars), Ultimate, The Washington Concerts, Talkin' Bird, Round Midnight, Past Perfect 24 Carat Gold Edition [Box Set], Bird at St. Nick's, 28 Jazz Performances, The Complete Live Performances on Savoy, Bird on 52nd Street, Parker Plus Strings: The Charlie Parker Quartet Live In Concert, Live At Cafe Society, Bird at the Apollo, Jazz at Massey Hall, Rara Avis, Complete Live at Birdland, Complete Bird in Sweden - Sweeden 1950, Bird at the Hi-Hat, Jazz at the Philharmonic 1949, The Bird Returns, The Bird Returns, Bird's Nest, Autumn in New York, A Proper Introduction to Charlie Parker: Star Eyes, Bebop, Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings, Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Disc 3), Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Disc 5), Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Disc 8), Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Disc 9), Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Disc 2), Ornithology: Classic Recordings 1945-1947, Past Perfect 24 Carat Gold Edition [Box Set], Newly Discovered Sides By Charlie Parker, Swedish Schnapps, South of the Border, Bird Lives Volume I, Jumpin' at the Roost: 1948-1949, Bluebird, Volume 2, Compact Jazz: Charlie Parker, The Cole Porter Songbook, The Bird, Past Perfect 24 Carat Gold Edition [Box Set], Charlie Parker Memorial, Volume 1, The Genius of Charlie Parker, Volume 3: Now's the Time, Chasin' the Bird, Bird of Paradise, Bird's Eyes, Volume 1-4, A Studio Chronicle, 1940 - 1948, The Collection - 20 Golden Greats, Street Beat, Jazz & Blues Collection 17: Charlie Parker, Now's the Time, Dancing in the Dark, No Noise, The Legendary Dial Masters, Volume 1, The Bird You Never Heard, Charlie Parker Memorial, Volume 2, Moose the Mooch / Yardbird Suite, Carvin' the Bird, Jazz 'Round Midnight, Encores, Legendary Dial Masters, Volume 1, The Chronological Classics: Charlie Parker 1945-1947, Charlie Parker with Strings, Midnite Jazz & Blues: Happy Bird Blues, Charlie Parker At Storyville, Bird At The Roost, Verve Jazz Masters 15, Bird's Best Bop on Verve, Bird After Dark, Confirmation: The Best of the Verve Years, East of the Sun, The Gold Collection, The Charlie Parker Story, The Complete 1944-1948 Small Group Sessions, Volume 4, Midnite Jazz & Blues: The Birds, Charlie Parker Story on Dial, Vol.1, Westcoast Days, Now's the Time, The Rise and Fall of Charlie Parker, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Charlie Parker, Round Midnight And Other Gems, Bird: Rarities From Private Collections, 1947-50, Bird Up: The Charlie Parker Remix Project, K. C. Blues, Midnite Jazz & Blues: Crazeology, Parker's Mood, Volumes 1 & 2: Young Bird, 1940-1944, Montreal 1953, Summertime, Past Perfect 24 Carat Gold Edition [Box Set], An Evening At Home With Charlie Parker Sextet More
    United States of America
    Verve Records, Savoy Records, Dial Records
  9. 9
    Electronic music, Pop music, Ambient music, Noise music, Experimental music, Glitch, Electroacoustic music More
    Kansas City
    Surf Boundaries, Tiger Flower Circle Sun, Plants and Hearts, Folding, and the Tea, Pollen More
    United States of America
    Ghostly International, 12k
  10. 10
    Noise rock, Hardcore punk, Metalcore, Mathcore
    Kansas City
    Functioning on Impatience, Burned Bridges/I'm Giving Up On This One, OX, OXEP, Coalesce / Boy Sets Fire, 002, 12 Revolution in Just Listening, There Is Nothing New Under the Sun, 0:12 Revolution in Just Listening, Give Them Rope, Give Them Rope She Said, 002: A Safe Place More
    Relapse Records, Second Nature Recordings
  11. 11
    Alternative metal, Groove metal, Heavy metal, Industrial metal, Nu metal More
    Kansas City
    Roadrunner Records
  12. 12
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Post-hardcore, Screamo More
    Kansas City
    Fighting Chance, Doubt Becomes the New Addiction, The Sound of Sirens, 2008 Demo, Flee the Seen More
    Facedown Records
  13. 13
    Alternative rock, Rock music, New Wave, Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Pop music, Alternative hip hop, Indie rock, Hip hop music, Funk, Indie pop, Electronica, Dance-punk, Afro-punk More
    Kansas City
    The Audition, The Audition, The ArchAndroid, Metropolis Suite I of IV: The Chase, Metropolis More
    Atlantic Records, Bad Boy Records, Purple Ribbon Records
  14. 14
    Pop music, Country, Country rock
    Kansas City
    Preface, A Woman Needs
    United States of America
    Warner Bros. Records, Maverick Records
  15. 15

    Kansas City Symphony

    Classical music
    Kansas City
  16. 16
    Jazz
    Kansas City, Kansas City Metropolitan Area
    Footprints, Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane, From Paris to Rio, Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane, Azure-Té, I Didn't Know About You, In Blue, Sweet Home Cookin', Wild for You, Imagina: Songs Of Brasil, Collage, Daydream More
    United States of America
    Concord Records
  17. 17

    Leo Watson

    Jazz
    Kansas City
    United States of America
  18. 18

    Lester Estelle II

    Kansas City
    United States of America
  19. 19
    Jazz
    Kansas City
    The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve, One Night Stand: The Town Hall Concert 1947, In Washington, D.C., 1956, Volume 4, Midnite Jazz & Blues: Sax-A-Plenty, Lester Young Trio, Just You, Just Me, The Chronological Classics: Lester Young 1946-1947, The Lester Young Story, Jammin' With Lester, The Master's Touch, The Savoy Recordings, Verve Jazz Masters 30, The Complete Lester Young, The Quintessence, Volume 1: Chicago - New York - Los Angeles 1936-1944, Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Lester Young, The Savoy Recordings, The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio, The Best of Lester Young, Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Countless Blues, Pres and Teddy, The "Kansas City" Sessions, The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 2: 1942-1944, The Quintessence, Volume 2: New York - Los Angeles 1938-1947, Live at Birdland- Lester Young, Lester Leaps In, Storyville Masters of Jazz, Volume 7: Lester Young, The President, Volume 2, The Chronological Classics: Lester Young 1943-1946, The Complete Aladdin Sessions, The Complete Aladdin Recordings, 1943-1947, in Washington, DC, The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 3: 1944-1946, Lester Young, Ultimate Lester Young, The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Volume 4: 1946-1949, Blue Lester, Midnite Jazz & Blues: One O'Clock Jump, The Chronological Classics: Lester Young 1951-1952, Lester Swings, Just Jazz: Lester Leaps In, The Jazz Giants, Compact Jazz: Lester Young & the Piano Giants More
    United States of America
    Verve Records
  20. 20
    Funk, Rhythm and blues
    Kansas City, Kansas City Metropolitan Area
    Perspective Records
  21. 21
    Folk music, Rock music, Indie rock, Psych folk, Anti-folk, Folk
    Kansas City, Lawrence
  22. 22
    Rock music, Soul music, Jazz
    Kansas City
    United States of America
  23. 23
    Alternative rock, Indie rock, Emo, Pop punk, Acoustic music
    Kansas City
    Confidence Man
    Vagrant Records, Doghouse Records, Curb Appeal Records
  24. 24

    Missouri

    Rock music
    Kansas City
    Missouri, To The Darkened Corners Here We Go
    Polydor Records
  25. 25
    Jazz
    Kansas City
    If
    United States of America

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