Frank Driggs is a recognized authority on Kansas City jazz. A
former record executive with both Columbia and RCA Victor Records,
he now runs the premiere agency for jazz photographs and has
co-authored a pictorial history of classic jazz. Chuck Haddix is
the Director of the Marr Sound Archives at the University of
Missouri-Kansas City. A native of Kansas City, he hosts a weekend
radio program on KCUR FM called "Fish Fry." His
writing has appeared in Down Beat and Living Blues Magazine.
"Driggs/Haddix's successful condensation of a huge volume of
material into a readable narrative is a mirror image of Daniels's
efforts to stretch limited amounts of information to book length.
Kansas City Jazz is the publication we have been waiting for from
Driggs, and Haddix's contribution has make it even more valuable
than might have been expected."--Brian Priestly, Jazz
Perspectives
"The strength of Kansas City Jazz lies in its exhaustive mapping of
Kansas City culture and its musicians.... The authors' years of
work as collectors and archivists have resulted in a book that is
indispensable for Midwest jazz studies, telling this story vividly
and with thorough documentation."--Marc Rice, Journal of the
Society for American Music
"[A] successful condensation of a huge volume of material into a
readable narrativeKansas City Jazz is the publication we have been
waiting for from Driggs, and Haddix's contribution has made it even
more valuable than might have been expected."--Jazz
Perspectives
"Driggs/Haddix's successful condensation of a huge volume of
material into a readable narrative is a mirror image of Daniels's
efforts to stretch limited amounts of information to book length.
Kansas City Jazz is the publication we have been waiting for from
Driggs, and Haddix's contribution has make it even more valuable
than might have been expected."--Brian Priestly, Jazz
Perspectives
"[A] successful condensation of a huge volume of material into a
readable narrativeKansas City Jazz is the publication we have been
waiting for from Driggs, and Haddix's contribution has made it even
more valuable than might have been expected."--Jazz
Perspectives
"A welcome addition to the jazz literature. Driggs and Haddix's
book beautifully captures the heady jazz days of Kaycee."--The San
Diego Union-Tribune
"The strength of Kansas City Jazz lies in its exhaustive mapping of
Kansas City culture and its musicians.... The authors' years of
work as collectors and archivists have resulted in a book that is
indispensable for Midwest jazz studies, telling this story vividly
and with thorough documentation."--Marc Rice, Journal of the
Society for American Music
"Authoritative. The authors paint a vivid portrait of the fluid and
competitive jazz scene."--The Kansas City Star
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