#mutualmusiciansfoundation

[elmp]

I finally visited the fabled halls of the infamous #Local627. It was glorious as fuck. #MutualMusiciansFoundation #JazzDistrict #18thAndVine #KCMO #Jazz #Music #Booze #PeopleOfAllOfTheColorsWereThere #Approved #Endorsed #BrendanMFJames #ELMDWP (at Mutual Musicians Foundation International)

[therealkcpl]

It goes down on Monday nights! #TMNJ #Repost with @repostapp. ・・・ @monsoonstaraw will be at the #mutualmusiciansfoundation (1823 Highland KCMO 64108) for The Monday Night Jam brought to you by #kojh1047fm. The American Federation of Musicians membership drive continues. If you currently work in the arts m, come get information that could help your career. #TMNJ #AFMKC #JamSession #hiphop #jazz #jazzdistrict #spokenword #dance #standup #GOMLHH (at Longview Lake)

[therealkcpl]

If you're interested in working in radio, #kojh1047 has open positions for personalities and behind-the-scenes. Contact them at: [email protected] @chairmanofthecouncil with @repostapp. ・・・ Interviews for #kojh staff begin today. Good luck to everybody. If you are interested in submitting show ideas,becoming an on air personality,DJ,or volunteer. Hit us up [email protected] #radio #musicbusiness #18thandvine #mutualmusiciansfoundation #kansascity (at Longview Lake)

[eddievillanueva]

#pianoman #Mutualmusiciansfoundation!!!

[prometheusradioproject]

What can community sound like? 

The Mutual Musicians Foundation is where live jazz has had a home in Kansas City for over nine decades. With the "longest running jam session in the world" happening inside and many other nods to early 20th century Jazz culture, this organization is striving to keep their culture and history alive.  

Kansas City is home to a big part of jazz history. According to Anita Dixon—who is spearheading the Mutual Musicians Foundation’s radio project—Kansas City is credited with birthing the swing era and the ensuing three decades of the original art and music. Jazz is a huge part of the city’s history and yet, they still do not have a radio station to tell that story and preserve it.

“Kansas City, known for Count Basie and swing music... does NOT have a station that is dedicated to the music. It is outlandish! It's ridiculous...to turn on a radio when [you] come to Kansas City and not hear the music that you came to hear, cause it's just not there.” 

This is why there is a strong need for a community radio station in the city, not only just for the preservation of this rich culture and history, but for the opportunity to let it flourish.

The Mutual Musicians Foundation has been in operation for 93 years, and has been advocating for the city’s jazz heritage through events and public education. Innovative and effective, they held a ‘Pianothon’ fundraising event where they invited pianists from all over the nation to come to Kansas City and perform. It raised not only the profile of the organization, but $5,000 in contributions. Through these kind of events they've been able to expand their programmatic work, which in turn has benefited their community. One of their proudest impacts in the community has been supplying free music lessons to those who wouldn't be able to afford them otherwise.

The Mutual Musician's Foundation is also part of a grassroots network of organizations who are bringing mesh broadband networks to their community as well. They see the need for all aspects of the community to have access to information, dialogue and entertainment.  

The community that Mutual Musicians Foundations serves is comprised of many different cultures and backgrounds, even within the small radius that they plan on broadcasting in. The planned coverage area includes Vietnamese, African-American, Somalian, Laotian, and Hispanic communities, and the Foundation plans to provide programming as diverse as these neighborhoods. Once they are on the air, there are hopes for a variety of world music programs, educational talk shows for everyone, and definitely a program dedicated to local music from Kansas City.

Prometheus has been helping the Mutual Musician's Foundation prepare to apply for a low power FM license so they can fill the cultural gap in Kansas City's media landscape. What could your community do with its own radio station? 

Supporting Prometheus allows us to provide crucial technical and engineering expertise to groups who are taking advantage of the largest expansion of community radio in decades. Your donation today helps us get more groups through the application process. 

Please donate today! Thank you!

Video of the BMW3 performing live at the Mutual Musician's Foundation