A few years back several artists put out music in a hybrid genre called "swinghop". Some stuff comes to mind -- CD's by Jimmie Luxury (out of print but sometimes available at a price) and "Plenty" by Guru (Jazzmataz, Vol. 1, I believe), i've only heard that stuff called jazz fus...
a good place for more names and other stuff: http://www.umkc.edu/orgs/kcjazz/mainpage.htm there is also a great cd called "the real kansas city of the 20's 30's and 40's" on sony. it's great to hear the progesssion of music, but also to get an idea of how the kc bands feel different than o...