Kansas City Jazz by Con Chapman

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Summary

The first comprehensive work on the subject in over 15 years, this book draws on new research to delve deeper into music of the American Midwest that evolved into Kansas City jazz, and includes profiles of individual musicians who developed very different styles within or beyond the framework of the sub-genre. 

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Kansas City Jazz by Con Chapman

The first comprehensive work on the subject in over 15 years, this book draws on new research to delve deeper into music of the American Midwest that evolved into Kansas City jazz, and includes profiles of individual musicians who developed very different styles within or beyond the framework of the sub-genre.
Con Chapman has written about jazz since the mid-1970s and his work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Atlantic, The Christian Science Monitor, Barron's and Reason among other publications. He is the author of Rabbit's Blues: The Life and Music of Jonny Hodges (Oxford University Press, 2019) which won the 2019 Book of the Year award from the Hot Club de France and a 2020 Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections.
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ISBN 13 9781800502826
ISBN 10 1800502826
Title Kansas City Jazz
Author Con Chapman
Series Popular Music History
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Equinox Publishing Ltd
Year published 2023-03-15
Number of pages 370
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.