Gigging Around Town Map

Lincoln Hall

Lincoln Hall
Lincoln Building at 18th and Vine. Buck Clayton Collection LaBudde Special Collections, UMKC.

Local 627/Mutual Musicians Foundation

Local 627/Mutual Musicians Foundation
Musicians Protective Union, Local 627 Building. Dave Dexter, Jr. Collection, LaBudde Special Collections, UMKC.

Lucille's

Lucille's
Ad for Buster Smith Band at Lucille’s Paradise. Courtesy Kansas City Call, 2/18/38.

Pla-Mor Amusement Center

Pla-Mor Amusement Center
Pla-Mor Amusement Center

Sumner Grade School

Sumner Grade School
Color postcard of Sumner School

Lincoln High School

Lincoln High School
Photograph of Lincoln High School. Courtesy Black Archives of Mid-America.

Paseo Hall

Paseo Hall
Portrait of Paseo Hall exterior

Municipal Auditorium

Municipal Auditorium
Exterior of Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.

Clair Martin’s Plaza Tavern

Clair Martin’s Plaza Tavern
Exterior view of the Triangle building, which housed Clair Martin's Plaza Tavern. Courtesy of the State Historical Society of Missouri - Kansas City.

The Kangaroo

The Kangaroo
Exterior of a one story building

Fairyland Park

Fairyland Park
Postcard of Fairyland amusement park

Tootie’s Mayfair

Tootie’s Mayfair
Advertisement for Jay McShann appearance at Tootie's Mayfair. Kansas City Star, July 25, 1938.

Antlers Club

Antlers Club
Exterior of a brick building housing the Antlers Club

Century Room

Century Room
Jay McShann and band posing at the Century Room. Parker appears front row, second from left. Jay McShann Collection, LaBudde Special Collections, UMKC.

Gigging Locations

Antlers Club
1717 W 9th Street
Century Room
3605 Broadway
Clair Martin’s Plaza Tavern
207 W. 47th St.
Fairyland Park
7501 Prospect Ave.
Lincoln Hall
1601 E. 18th St
Lincoln High School
1300 E. 19th Street
Local 627/Mutual Musicians Foundation
1823 Highland Ave
Lucille's
1711 E. 18th St
Municipal Auditorium
301 W. 13th St.
Paseo Hall
1414 E. 15th St.
Pla-Mor Amusement Center
3144 Main Street
Sumner Grade School
2121 Charlotte Street
The Kangaroo
300 E. 51st St.
Tootie’s Mayfair
7952 Wornall Rd.