Kansas City Jazz by Frank Driggs
There were but four major galaxies in the early jazz universe, and three of them - New Orleans, Chicago, and New York - have been well-documented in print. In this colorful history, Frank Driggs and Chuck Haddix range from ragtime to bebop and from Bennie Moten to Charlie Parker to capture the golden age of Kansas City jazz, the fourth.Frank Driggs is a recognized authority on Kansas City jazz. A former record executive with both Columbia and RCA Victor Records, he now runs the premiere agency for jazz photographs and has co-authored a pictorial history of classic jazz. Chuck Haddix is the Director of the Marr Sound Archives at
the University of Missouri-Kansas City. A native of Kansas City, he hosts a weekend radio program on KCUR FM called Fish Fry. His writing has appeared in Down Beat and Living Blues Magazine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195047677 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195047672 |
| Title | Kansas City Jazz |
| Author | Frank Driggs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | American Mathematical Society |
| Year published | 2005-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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