Kansas City jazz : a little evil will do you good / Con Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, Con, author.

Contributor:

Joseph B. Glossberg Fund.

Series:

Popular music history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--Missouri--Kansas City--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Jazz musicians--Missouri--Kansas City.

Jazz musicians.

Missouri--Kansas City.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT : Equinox, [2023]

Summary:

"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. Kansas City Jazz focuses on the broader themes and the stories of the major personalities whose individual talents came together to create the larger whole of Kansas City's distinctive brand of jazz"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue

Roots : Ragtime, Minstrelsy and Tent Shows

From Stomp to Swing : From Tuba to Bull Fiddle

Bennie Moten and His Competitors

Rhythm : From Banjo to Guitar, 2 Drums to Trap Set

From Bennie to Basie

Riffs and Jams

From Boogie-Woogie to Bop

Tenor Legacy

Shouters and Singers

Trumpets

Trombones

The Clouds of Joy and the Lady Who Swung the Band

Buster Smith and Other Altos B.B. (Before Bird)

The Rockets That Didn't Quite Take Off

Bird Takes Flight

Jay McShann and the Last of the Great Kansas City Bands

A Little Evil Will Do You Good.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-349) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Joseph B. Glossberg Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Chapman, Con. Kansas City jazz

ISBN:

9781800502826

1800502826

OCLC:

1344379211

Publisher Number:

99993991183