Lonnie McFadden: A Kansas City Jazz Story

You cannot talk about the history of Kansas City Jazz without the name McFadden being mentioned, from the early days with “Smilin’ Jimmy McFadden and the Chocolate Drops with Count Basie at the original Reno Club, to Lonnie and Ronald, “The McFadden Brothers”, at Lonnie’s Reno Club downstairs at the Ambassador Hotel in downtown KC. 

Lonnie takes us back to the ‘20’s and 30’s and his dad’s influence on the KC Jazz scene and the impact it had on his sons. Lonnie’s road had its ups, downs, detours and dead ends but he never gave up his dream. This is a lesson about putting his parents' work ethic into everything he did to achieve his ultimate goal. His enthusiasm is contagious and he isn’t slowing down any time soon!

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