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Back in the 1920s and 30s, Kansas City was a raucous mix of political wheeling-and-dealing inside City Hall, and the hot sounds of jazz inside city nightclubs. Chuck Haddix, long-time host of KCUR's The Fish Fry, has co-authored a new book on the subject: Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop. KCUR's Michael Byars sat down with Chuck to learn more about how the music and the corruption of the day put Kansas City in the national spotlight.
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Back in the 1920s and 30s, Kansas City was a raucous mix of political wheeling-and-dealing inside City Hall, and the hot sounds of jazz inside city nightclubs. Chuck Haddix, long-time host of KCUR's The Fish Fry, has co-authored a new book on the subject: Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop. KCUR's Michael Byars sat down with Chuck to learn more about how the music and the corruption of the day put Kansas City in the national spotlight.
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Review of Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to BebopChuck 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. |
Charles Lane
Posted on April 21, 2006 at 09:24 AM | Permalink
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.