<Li> So - called `` head arrangements '' . The KC big bands often played by memory , composing and arranging the music collectively , rather than sight - reading as other big bands of the time did . This further contributed to the loose , spontaneous Kansas City sound . </Li>
<Li> So - called `` head arrangements '' . The KC big bands often played by memory , composing and arranging the music collectively , rather than sight - reading as other big bands of the time did . This further contributed to the loose , spontaneous Kansas City sound . </Li>
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