Goin' to Kansas City
By (author): "Nathan W. Pearson Jr."
Publish Date:
1987
ISBN0252064380
ISBN139780252064388
AsinGoin' to Kansas City
Original titleGoin' to Kansas City (Music in American Life)
"A big juicy wedge of jazz history. . . . Lots of wonderful stories." -- Los Angeles Daily News "Kansas City was a hub for Jazz bands that crisscrossed the country in the 1930s. . . . The interviews go beyond jazz into the infamous political machinery that made Kansas City a wide-open and corrupt town where jazz could flourish." -- Choice "A wealth of stories, a good measure of entertainment and a valuable stab at history -- not to mention some great pictures." -- The Kansas City Star