An extraordinary collection of photographs of Kansas City’s jazz musicians will celebrate the music they brought to life in Kansas City.

The portraits are by Pulitzer-prize winning photographer Dan White, who started photographing jazz legends in 1987 as a way of documenting the vibrancy of the music and the players on the Kansas City jazz scene. The exhibit will feature 50 black and white portraits White took over a 19-year period (1987-2006), as well as recent color photographs of a new generation of KC jazz artists.

“It has been an extraordinary experience to meet, listen and photograph these amazing musicians,” said White. “I only wish I had started sooner.”

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Presented by the Truman Library Institute

On Display at the Truman Forum Auditorium
Plaza Branch, Kansas City Public Library, 4801 Main St., Kansas City, MO
Available for viewing during events presented in the Truman Forum Auditorium

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