Comments for Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop

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This piece belongs to the series "KC Currents"

Produced by Michael Byars

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Summary: An interview with KCUR's Chuck Haddix on his recent book chronicling the history of Kansas City Jazz in the 1920s and 30s.
 

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Review of Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop

Excellent fare on Kansas City jazz, perfect for stations with a visiting jazz musician or for a program about jazz. It can be fitted seemlessly into other programs. The guest seems very informed with lots of good stories about what jazz was like in the 20s and 30s. It's also a good description of an under-appreciated center for jaz--everyone knows about New Orleans and New York, but it was really interesting to hear about Kansas City jazz.


Review of Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop

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.