In the interview, count basie says that he never had a chance to hear the blues until he had the pleasure of visiting this american city.

Prior to visiting Kansas City, Count Basie said that he never had any chance to hear the blues based from his interview.

Kansas City is the biggest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It sits on Missouri’s western border along with Downtown and near the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers. Top Jazz stars and large audiences (from out-of-town) are attracted to the annual “Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival”.

well that depends on how deep the hole is. you'd first go through te crust of the earth, then the upper mantle, then the lower mantle then the outer core, then the inner cor then you'd be stuck in the core to melt.

map scale refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. for example, on a 1: 100000 scale map, 1cm on the map equals 1km on the ground.