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Goin' to Kansas City / Nathan W. Pearson, Jr.
LIBRA ML3508.8.K37 P4 1987
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pearson, Nathan W., 1951-
- Series:
- Music in American life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jazz--Missouri--Kansas City.
- Jazz.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 252 pages, 44 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Going to Kansas City.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1987]
- Summary:
- 'Goin' to Kansas City' tells the story of this community, primarily through the recollections of many who were active participants. Through interviews that provide first-hand accounts of such prominent musicians as Mary Lou Williams, Buck Clayton, and Buster Smith, and accompanying narrative, Nathan Pearson offers an intimate view of the times and lore of this important center of American music, its development, and its great bands.
- Notes:
- Discography: pages 229-233.
- Bibliography: pages 235-237.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0252013360
- OCLC:
- 15488966
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