Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop--A History
by Frank Driggs, Chuck Haddix
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Author: Chuck Haddix, Frank DriggsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-07-13
ISBN: 0195307127
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: A chronicle of the golden age of jazz music
Summary: 5 Stars
Kansas City Jazz is a chronicle of the golden age of jazz music, an era that put Kansas City on the map along with the more heavily documented jazz havens of New Orleans, Chicago, and New York. Jazz authority and former record executive Frank Driggs combines his talent Kansas City native and radio host Chuck Haddix to present an in-depth chronicle jazz styles that encompassed rough-and-tumble urban blues, and pounding piano music that would come to be known as "boogie-woogie". A tour of jazz cultural landmarks such as the Reno Club and colorful profiles of jazz figures from Mary Lou Williams and Big Joe Turner to Jimmy Rushing and Andy Kirk, along with an inset section of black-and-white photographs, distinguish this "must-read" for jazz music history enthusiasts.
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