TABLE OF CONTENTS Biographical Sketch 2 Scope and Content 2 Container List 3 Kansas City Jazz Festival Program, 1964 3 Kansas City Jazz Festival Program, 1965 3 Kansas City Jazz Festival Program, 1966 4 Kansas City Jazz Festival Program, 1967 4 Kansas City Jazz Festival Program, 1968 5 Kansas City Jazz Festival Program, 1969 5 Kansas City Jazz Festival Program, 1970 6 Kansas City Jazz Festival Program, 1971 7 Kansas City Jazz Festival Program, 1972 7 MS237-Ed Roche Collection (Kansas City Jazz Festival Collection) 1
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH From 1935 until his retirement in 1991, Ed Roche recorded the sounds of Kansas City. The first engineer for Kansas City s Municipal Auditorium, Roche installed and operated the then stateof-the-art audio system. He meticulously documented music and civic events, including performances of the Kansas City Philharmonic. In 1952, Roche established Crown Recording Studio. Crown quickly became one of Kansas City s leading studios. Over the years, Roche recorded thousands of bands, choruses and radio programs including the Kansas City Hour. Roche produced tapes for the Nazarene Church that were distributed internationally. During the 1980s, he preserved the open-reel tapes and instantaneous cut discs for the Harry Truman Presidential Library. SCOPE AND CONTENT The Ed Roche Collection, also known as the Kansas City Jazz Festival Collection, was gifted to the UMKC Miller Nichols Library by the family estate after his death in 1997. LaBudde Special Collections houses the festival programs for 1964-1972, while the majority of the collection resides in the care of its audio division, Marr Sound Archives. The audio collection contains live recordings engineered by Ed Roche between the years 1964 and 1971. The Kansas City Jazz Festival was an annual concert staged at the Municipal Auditorium in downtown Kansas City. The event was staged during Kansas City Jazz Week, a celebration of the city s rich jazz heritage. Produced by Kansas City Jazz, Inc., a committee composed of civic and business leaders, the Festival enjoyed enthusiastic community support. The all-day festival featured local jazz groups and leading national acts including Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington, Wes Montgomery, Cannonball Adderley, Bob Brookmeyer, Clark Terry, Herb Ellis, Al Cohn, Lou Rawls, Urbie Green, June Christy, Charlie Byrd, Lou Donaldson, Gene Harris and the Three Sounds, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing and Buddy Rich. The local groups featured top Kansas City musicians such as Jay McShann, Carmel Jones, Warren Durrett, Marilyn Maye, Bettye Miller and Milt Abel, Willie Rice Big Band, Pete Eye, Eddie Baker, George Salisbury, Frank Smith, Steve Miller and many others. Ed Roche, the audio engineer for the Municipal Auditorium, recorded the festivals on open-reel tapes and stored them away in his recording studio. After Roche died in 1997, his family donated his collection of tapes, instantaneous-cut acetate discs and other recordings to the Marr Sound Archives. The Kansas City Jazz Festival Collection comprises seventy-two 12 and forty-four 7 open-reel acetate tapes that were recorded between 1964 and 1971. The tapes average 45 minutes long. Accompanying concert programs list the performers and their scheduled times. These unique recordings document a slice of Kansas City s vibrant jazz history. They capture internationally known jazz artists sharing the stage with Kansas City s preeminent jazz musicians. This vital research collection captures the spontaneity of the event the essence of jazz. MS237-Ed Roche Collection (Kansas City Jazz Festival Collection) 2
CONTAINER LIST 1 1 Kansas City Jazz Festival, 1964 (1 copy) Rich Dickert and his Dixieland Group Eddy and Jyene Baker and Group Jerry Shaw Combo Willie Rice Big Band with Clark Terry George Winn s Storyville Seven UMKC Swing Drum Quintette Jay McShann Carmel Jones with the Jimmy Keith Group Raytown High School Stage Band (Carol Lewis, director) Bob Simes Band Frank Smith Trio with Eddie Vinson Kansas City Kicks Band with Harold Henley Bobby Brookmeyer and Clark Terry backed by KC Kicks Band Baby Lovett and the Dixielanders Jimmy Keith Group with George Salisbury Warren Durrett Band with Stella O Rourke KU Festival Winners (large band and small band) Sammy Tucker Trio and Marilyn Maye Woody Herman and the Herd 1 2 Kansas City Jazz Festival, 1965 (5 copies) Baby Lovett UMKC Jazz Drummers Mike Ning Trio Al Cohn with George Salisbury Bob Simes Band Jay McShann s Band KC Chicago Trio + 2 Raytown South High School Stage Band Dick Ruedebusch and the Underprivileged Five Topeka Jazz Lab Band Steve Miller Latin Jazz Combo Don Rice Jazz Workshop Band Willie Rice s Big Band Clare Fischer Trio Kansas City Kicks Band (Kansas City Kix Band) with Harold Henley Frank Smith Trio Buddy DeFranco with Warren Durrett Orchestra Marilyn Maye and Sammy Tucker Trio MS237-Ed Roche Collection (Kansas City Jazz Festival Collection) 3
KU Festival Winners George Winn s Storyville Seven Jean Trevor, St. Louis Gaslight with Vince Bilardo Count Basie and his Band 1 3 Kansas City Jazz Festival, 1966 (12 copies) Raytown South High School Band Reginald Buckner Combo Darrell Devore Trio Bob Simes Combo Willie Rice s Big Band Carolyn Harris Trio Al Cohn and Phil Woods with Mike Ning Trio Don Winsell with the Durrett Brass Yank Lawson with George Winn and the Storyville Seven George Salisbury, Arch Martin, KC 5 Herb Ellis with the Sam Tucker Trio UMKC Jazz Lab Band with KU Festival Winners, the Rabon-Zollar Sextet Duo Doc Severinson with Kansas City Kix Band Kansas City Kix Band Bob Brookmeyer, Clark Terry, Al Cohn, Phil Woods, with Kansas City Kix Band Marilyn Maye and Kansas City Kix Band Bob Brookmeyer and Clark Terry with Frank Smith Trio / Introduction to Kansas City Jazz; Stan Kenton, narrator Stan Kenton, Kansas City Jazz History with Baby Lovett Stan Kenton, Kansas City Jazz History with Jay McShann Stan Kenton and Kansas City Neophonic Orchestra with Jimmy Tucker Dick Ruedebusch with Duke Ellington and his Band 1 4 Kansas City Jazz Festival 1967 (44 copies) Summer High Stage Band, Shawnee Mission East Stage Band, Kansas City High School All-Star Kix Band Horns of Plenty Carolyn Harris Trio UMKC Jazz Lab Band Frank Smith Trio Wichita State University Jazz Lab Band Travis Jenkins with Darrell Devore Quartette Baby Lovett Dixielanders Bob Simes Octet, Kay Dennis MS237-Ed Roche Collection (Kansas City Jazz Festival Collection) 4
Willie Rice and the KC 10 George Salisbury, Arch Martin Quartette Don Winsell with Warren Durrett Brass and Vince Bilardo George Winn and the Storyville Seven The Big Surprise Herb Ellis with Sam Tucker Trio Kansas City Kix Band Marilyn Maye Charles Kynard Trio Stan Kenton and his Orchestra Gary Sivils and Marian Love Lou Rawls 1 5 Kansas City Jazz Festival 1968 (24 copies) Junior Kix Band Chuck Berg Quartet UMKC Jazz Lab Band with Tommie Ruskin Steve Miller Quartet with Angelo Garcia and the Brass Section Eddy Baker s New Breed Orchestra George Salisbury, Arch Martin Quartet featuring Clark Terry Bud Brisbois and John Park with Kansas City Kix Band Dave Zollar Trio with Betty Pierce Harold Tolliver Quartet Gary Sivils Quartet with Vince Bilardo Kay Dennis with Don Winsell and Mike Ning Baby Lovett and the Dixielanders Missouri High School Stage Band Finalist UMKC Mid-America Jazz Festival Small Group Winner UMKC Mid-America Jazz Festival Big Band Winner Bob Simes Octet Wes Montgomery George Winn and the Storyville Seven Kansas City Kix Band with John Park Quartet Cannonball Adderley and Nat Adderley Warren Durrett Orchestra Marian Love with Reginald Buckner All Star Jamoree featuring Clark Terry, Bud Brisbois, Bobbie Rosengarden, Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Urbie Green, Wes Montgomery, and the Kansas City Festival Orchestra under the direction of Jimmie Tucker 1 6 Kansas City Jazz Festival 1969 (13 copies) UMKC Jazz Lab Band MS237-Ed Roche Collection (Kansas City Jazz Festival Collection) 5
Kansas City Jazz High School Stage Band Selection Travis Jenkins with Frank Smith Trio UMKC Mid-America Jazz Festival Small Group Winners UMKC Mid-America Jazz Festival Big Band Winners Gas Light Gang Kay Dennis with Mike Ning Trio The Airmen of Note Clark Terry with Airmen of Note Herb Ellis with Ray Brown, Frankie Capp and Bob Cooper Marian Love with Reginald Buckner Trio Charlie Byrd Sextette Junior Kix Band Gary Sivils-Jess Cole Sextette Kansas City Jazz High School Stage Band Competition Winner John Park Trio Willie Rice with Kansas City Jazz Demonstration Group Kansas City Kix Band Kansas City Jazz Evolution featuring Baby Lovett, Joe Thomas and the Eddie Baker New Breed Orchestra Airmen of Note June Christy with Airmen of Note George Winn and the Storyville Seven Lou Donaldson Quintette Warren Durrett Orchestra Clark Terry with Arch Martin-George Salisbury Quartette O.C. Smith with Kansas City Festival Orchestra All Star Jam Session 1 7 Kansas City Jazz Festival 1970 (1 copy) Representative Kansas City Area Junior High School Stage Band Representative Kansas City Area High School Stage Band Kansas City Kix Band Caroline Harris + 3 UMKC Jazz Lab Band with Mike Ning Baby Lovett and the Dixielanders Willie Rice Ensemble featuring Damon Rice The Dixie Seven [struck-through with ink on program; handwritten next to it: Greg Meise] Winners of UMKC Mid-America Jazz Festival John Park with Warren Durrett Orchestra Missouri High School Stage Band Finalist Stoneface Kay Dennis with Mike Ning Octette Eddy Baker s New Breed Orchestra MS237-Ed Roche Collection (Kansas City Jazz Festival Collection) 6
Gene Harris and the Three Sounds Marian Love with Steve Denney Trio Warren Kime with the Brass Impact Marilyn Maye with Sounds In-Vince-A-Bill Frank Smith Trio Clark Terry with Arch Martin and the Kansas City Festival Orchestra Woody Herman 1 8 Kansas City Jazz Festival 1971 (2 copies) Kansas Representative Junior High School Stage Band Missouri Representative Junior High School Stage Band Ning, Roberts, Gordon and Sivils Combo Kansas City Big Band Sound Phase I: Smith-Lenhert Band Baby Lovett and the Dixielanders UMKC All Stars with Rich Matteson Greg Meise Willie Rice Ensemble featuring Damon Rice Dixie Seven UMKC Mid-America Jazz Festival Winners Kay Dennis Missouri Representative High School Stage Band Pete Eye Marian Love Kansas City Big Band Sound Phase II: Kansas City Kix Band with John Park Chase Kansas City Big Band Sound Phase III: Eddie Baker s New Breed Orchestra Gene Harris and the Three Sounds Jimmie Rushing with Jay McShann Clark Terry, Herb Ellis and Ray Brown with Frank Smith Clyde N Em-N-Her Buddy Rich 1 9 Kansas City Jazz Festival 1972 (9 copies) Representative Junior High School Stage Band Willie Rice Kansas Representative High School Stage Band Baby Lovett Dukes of Dixieland Tulsa Concert in Jazz Orchestra with Ken Downing Marva Whitney Pete Eye MS237-Ed Roche Collection (Kansas City Jazz Festival Collection) 7
Kansas City Kix Band with Rich Matteson Eddie Baker s New Breed Orchestra Greg Meise UMKC Mid-America Jazz Festival Winner Missouri Representative High School Stage Band Gary Sivils and Four with Carol Comer Rich Matteson with UMKC Festival All Stars Gil Melle Pat Metheny with Warren Durrett Orchestra Gene Harris and the Three Sounds Louis Bellson Orchestra Levee Dixieland Band Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer with Frank Smith Marilyn Maye Clyde N Em-N-Her Stan Kenton Orchestra MS237-Ed Roche Collection (Kansas City Jazz Festival Collection) 8