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Kansas City Five

Kansas City Five
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Biography: Banjoist Elmer Snowden, who was from Baltimore and Washington and had no connection with Kansas City, ran the Kansas City Five in the 1920s. Cornet player Bubber Milley, who helped launch Duke Ellington's career, was the Kansas City Five's most famous member. Snowden started the band after his Washingtonians ...Read full biography
The Kansas City Five & the Stompin' Six
Released: 2002
Label: VJM
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This obscure collector's LP from the British VJM label has all of the music (except an alternate version of "Louisville Blues") by the 1924-1925 Kansas City Five, plus the one session from the Stompin' ...Read full review
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