Dale FulkersonIKANSAN
The Mutual Musicians Foundation building at 1823 Highland in Kansas City. Mo
THE TRADITION JAMS ON
The room is dim and smoky with red and blue lights dots the ceiling. A white baby grand piano sits on a platform in the mid-ground. Feet up, heads bob and peone dance.
To the right is an old man playing a tenor saxophone. To the left is a young playman standing steadily and steady beet tucked away in a dark corner. This is an after hours jam at the Mutual
The Mutual Musicians Foundation, 1823 Highland in Kansas City, Mo., is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization for professional musicians and jazz enthusiasts.
Referring to a street dance only a block away that featuredrap music.tenor sax player Eddie Saunders said, "You hear this is the last bastion of jazz music."
"This is the womb of Kansas City Jazz," said Ahmed Alaadeen, chairman of the oundation board, said.
Alaadeen said the foundation headquarter was built in 1904 and was entered
on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The foundation was chartered in 1975 as the Negro Music Association. In 1900, it became a national union of the American Federation of Musicians. Also that year the foundation purchased and moved to its present location at the University in Kansas City's Historic Jazz District.
Alaheedan said that the purpose of the foundation was to promote Kansas City jazz, and membership is open to anyone who wants to help with that purpose.
The union petitioned the Secretary of State in 1884 for a change in corporate identity and changed its name to the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
He said the foundation was different from the union because the foundation didn't select jobs for the members.
Alaadeen said that one of the best times to visit the Foundation was after 1:30 a.m. on Friday or Saturday
eddie Saunder, tenor声, Harold Rice, piano, and Garel Scott, bass guitar, play at the after hours jam session.
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