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 1971

Russell, Ross
Jazz style in Kansas City and the Southwest
By Ross Russell
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971, 292 p.


The above item has biographical information on:

  Basie, [William] (b. 1904 d. 1984)   bandleader, composer
  Kirk, Andy [Andrew Dewey] (b. 1898)   bass saxophone, composer
  Leonard, Harlan Quentin (b. 1905)   saxophone, bandleader
  McShann, Hootie [Jay] (b. 1909 a. 1941-1943)   piano, singer
  Moten, Bennie [Benjamin] (b. 1894 d. 1935)   piano, trombone
  Parker, Charlie [Charles Christopher] (b. 1920 d. 1955)   alto saxophone
  Pendergast, Thomas J. (a. 1900)   politician
  Smith, Buster (b. 1904)   alto saxophone, clarinet
  Teagarden, Jack [Weldon Leo] (b. 1905)   cast, trombone
  Young, Lester (Willis) (b. 1909 d. 1959)   cornet, guitar

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