Jazz music in Wichita has a colorful history that can be traced back to 1919, when Will Marion Cook‘s New York Jazz Syncopators played a public festival rather than at a banquet planned for President Woodrow Wilson‘s Wichita reception. Dee Starkey relates the music’s history through anecdotal stories of pivotal moments and remarkable connections that formed local culture.

Presented by Dee Starkey, Development Officer & Historian of the Wichita Jazz Festival

Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
204 S Main St; Wichita, KS 67202

Doors open at 1:00pm
Program starts at 2:00pm
Open to the public
Free admission

This quarterly speaker series is made possible through a generous grant from the Charles and Joanne McIlwaine Foundation.