Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, 190 miles north of Kansas City, Missouri.
Omaha's rich history in rhythm and blues as well as jazz gave rise to a number of influential bands, including Anna Mae Winburn's Cotton Club Boys and Lloyd Hunter's Seranaders. Rock and roll pioneer Wynonie Harris, jazz great Preston Love, drummer Buddy Miles, and Luigi Waites are among the city's homegrown talent. Doug Ingle from the late 1960s band Iron Butterfly was born in Omaha as was indie-folk singer/songwriter Elliott Smith, though both were raised elsewhere.
Contemporary music groups either located in or originally from Omaha include A Moment Lost, The Curtain Calls, Mannheim Steamroller, Bright Eyes, The Faint, Cursive, Azure Ray, Tilly and the Wall, and 311. During the late 1990s, Omaha became nationally known as the birthplace of Saddle Creek Records, and the subsequent "Omaha Sound" was born from their bands' collective style.
Omaha also has a fledgling hip hop scene. A long heritage of ethnic and cultural bands have come from Omaha as well. .
