Join the Center for Recorded Music (C4RM) and the Marr Sound Archives for The Marr Sessions, a listening series highlighting a different recording from the sound archives each month.
Selected from the hundreds of thousands of historic records in the archives, a full album is played at each one-hour session, highlighting rare, high-quality, hard-to-find music from a variety of genres and eras. Marr Sound Archives staff are on hand to share introductory remarks and background information, as well as answer questions.
Doors open at 6:30pm. Sessions are held at Center for Recorded Music’s The Listyning Room and seating is limited; get tickets in advance.
February 19, 2026 | “Kansas City Jazz”
Featuring a 1953 vinyl reissue of a 1940 compilation of some of the greats of Kansas City Jazz. The recording includes such KC legends as Count Basie, Joe Turner, Pete Johnson, Mary Lou Williams and Andy Kirk And His Clouds Of Joy.
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026
Time: Doors open at 6:30pm, session 7-8pm
Location: The Listyning Room, 3510 W 95th Street, Leawood, Johnson County, Kansas, 66206
Upcoming sessions
- Thursday, March 26, 2026: Smoke “Risin'”
- Thursday, April 23, 2026: To be announced
