Roarin' Out Of KC! Kansas City's VINE STREET RUMBLE Jazz Orchestra, directed
by Kent Rausch, was formed to honor the legacy of the "golden era" of
our city's world-renowned jazz history. The band exclusively performs
the same outrageously exciting music that made Kansas City THE place to
be in the '30s and '40s, dedicated to taking the audience back to the
wildly famous "jam sessions" and concert performances that literally
changed the jazz world and influenced musicians from coast to coast and
beyond.
The band personnel are Kansas City's top-call
musicians, most of
whom have performed across the United States and around the world.
Accurately performing the hot swing music of Count Basie, Jay McShann,
Andy Kirk and the 12 Clouds of Joy, Harlan Leonard and His Rockets, Mary
Lou Williams, Joe Turner and the world famous boogie woogie piano
master Pete Johnson and others, Kansas City's VINE STREET RUMBLE takes audience members "Back in time, to 18th and Vine!" - tapping their toes, clapping their hands, cheering their favorite soloists and joining in the fun!