TEEN-AGE STUDENTS JAZZ UP KANSAS CITY
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the city where the jazz sounds of Charlie Parker and Count Basie still echo along 12th Street, a new generation of musicians is carrying on the old tradition.
The fourth annual Jobs of Note program is under way in Kansas City this summer. It puts musically talented inner-city high school students to work playing jazz in downtown parks, nursing homes, day-care centers and shopping districts.
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