The Kansas City Star’s Back To Rockville blog By Joel Francis Two excellent jazz collections slipped into the bins quietly during the holiday rush last year. “If You Got To Ask, You Ain’t Got It,” is three comprehensive discs of pure fun from Fats Waller. The set is comprised of 66 cuts from 1926 to [...]
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Jazz Sets Make Great (Late) Stocking Stuffers
Posted in review, tagged Back To Rockville, Fats Waller, jazz, Louis Armstrong, music on January 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Buck O’Neil: Sweet times, sweet sounds at 18th and Vine
Posted in Kansas City music scene, tagged Bennie Moten, Big Joe Turner, Buck O'Neil, Cab Calloway, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, jazz, Kansas City Monarchs, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, music, Negro Leagues Baseball, Satchel Paige, Tom Pendergast on January 27, 2001 | Leave a Comment »
Sweet times, sweet sounds at 18th and Vine An Interview With Buck O’Neil By Joel Francis (Note: This 1998 interview was published in 2001 by The Independence Examiner newspaper.) Q: I’d like to talk about the jazz scene in Kansas City, be cause you talked a little bit about that in your book, and I [...]
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