Chuck Haddix writes about the 20s and 30s Kansas City Jazz scene in his new book. In this piece he lets in on a few specific tid bits from the book like, to give couple of examples, the cutting contest between Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, and the musicans being treated like 'furniture'. There have been lots of documentaries on Jazz in Kansas City, but this piece manages to inform some more. A great preface to Haddix's book.
Review of Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop
Emon Hassan
Posted on July 07, 2005 at 07:41 PM
Chuck Haddix writes about the 20s and 30s Kansas City Jazz scene in his new book. In this piece he lets in on a few specific tid bits from the book like, to give couple of examples, the cutting contest between Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, and the musicans being treated like 'furniture'. There have been lots of documentaries on Jazz in Kansas City, but this piece manages to inform some more. A great preface to Haddix's book.