In the development of Kansas City's jazz scene, the 18th and Vine district was the home for many nightclubs, music halls, theaters, and restaurants where jazz was played and flourished. The style of jazz in Kansas City, MO was influenced by New Orleans jazz and ragtime, creating a hard-swinging, blues-based musical style. In the early 1920s, Lincoln High School alum, Walter Page, began assembling large bands to produce Kansas City Jazz. Page eventually moved his band, the Blue Devils, to their headquarters in Kansas City in the late 1920s. The photo illustrates the band of Walter Page's Blue Devils.