Description:
The first comprehensive work on the subject in over 15 years, presenting new research to delve deeper into music of the American Midwest that evolved into Kansas City jazz. Includes profiles of individual musicians.
Brief description: Con Chapman is the author of Rabbit's Blues: The Life and Music of Jonny Hodges (Oxford University Press, 2019), winner of the 2019 Book of the Year Award by Hot Club de France, and a 2020 Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. His writing on jazz has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Syncopated Times, and Brilliant Corners, among other publications.