Going to Kansas City Hester, Mary Lee

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Kansas City — where jazz came of age! Mary Lee Hester vividly catches the verve of the men who made big bands swing. Not just another history book but a collection of anecdotes and impressions as told by the men who made the music. It took several years of gathering interviews from the survivors of thus tumultuous period when Kansas City was the musical melting-pot that forged the swinging sounds that would revolutionize music. There are 45 lithograph crayon portraits by Don Hester of the men past and present. Also, a map of downtown Kansas City as it appeared during the Pendergast era of the roaring 30’s. Here are located all the night clubs (since demolished) where all the fabulous cutting sessions took place.