Black Lives Remembered

“Black Lives Remembered” is a series of featured obituaries highlighting the lives of people in Black communities in the Kansas City area. These stories about ordinary citizens present a window into the lives of Kansas Citians who historically had not been prominent on The Star’s Sunday “Deaths” page.

His saxophone became the soundtrack for his KC neighborhood

Claude Alvin Ford, a Kansas City alto saxophonist and mentor, made jazz the soundtrack of his neighborhood and inspired generations of musicians.
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