American Jazz Museum Kansas City MO Kansas City has long been one of the busiest Jazz scenes. Adjacent to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is the American Jazz Museum. The museum is fairly small, and there are not very many displays that are photo-worthy. Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Louis Armstrong’s trumpet. Charlie “Bird” Parker Duke Ellington Ella Fitzgerald’s dress Typical neon signs from the heyday of Kansas City Jazz. The Blue Room, a typical jazz club.