Kansas City lightning : the rise and times of Charlie Parker Stanley Crouch
Publication details: HarperCollins, 2014, 20/11/2014Description: 400 pages illustrations pbkISBN: 9780062005618Subject(s): Parker | African American jazz musicians -- Biography | Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography | Saxophonists -- United States -- Biography | BIO BiographyDDC classification: 785.4Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | New Surrey Performing Arts Library | Music | Surrey Performing Arts Library | 785.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 10451598 |
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Throughout his life, Charlie Parker personified the tortured American artist: a revolutionary performer who used his alto saxophone to create a new music known as bebop even as he wrestled with a drug addiction that would lead to his death at the age of 34. Drawing on interviews with peers, collaborators, and family members, 'Kansas City Lightning' recreates Parker's Depression-era childhood; his early days navigating the Kansas City night life; and on to New York, where he began to transcend the music he had mastered.
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