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Subject(s)

• Jazz—Missouri—Kansas City—History and criticism [Browse]
• Jazz musicians—Missouri—Kansas City [Browse]

Series

Popular music history [More in this series]

Summary note

"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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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
• Alto
• The Rockets That Didn't Quite Take Off
• Bird Takes Flight
• Jay McShann and the Last of the Great Kansas City Bands
• Evil is Banished.

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ISBN

• 9781800502826 (hardcover)
• 1800502826 (hardcover)

LCCN

2022044443

OCLC

1344379211

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