“Listen. The greatest feeling I ever had in my life — with my clothes on — was when I first heard Diz and Bird together in St Louis, Missouri back in 1944.” – The opening line of Miles Davis’ AutobiographyRead more
At one point, National Audio Company in Springfield, Missouri was ‘the last cassette tape manufacturer in the world’, being in continuous operation since 1980.Read more
There is a sculpture of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker in his Kansas City, Missouri hometown.Read more
Taj Mahal’s trademark song “She Caught The Katy” was a reference to the nickname of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Train line — MKT for short, or often just “Katy”.Read more
