Saturday, October 05, 2013

Flavorwire Interview: Stanley Crouch on ‘Kansas City Lightning’ and the Mystical Power of Charlie Parker’s Music

Flavorwire Interview: Stanley Crouch on 'Kansas City Lightning' and the Mystical Power of Charlie Parker's Music

By Jason Diamond on

If anyone is up to the monumental task of writing a proper biography of Charlie Parker, it’s undoubtedly be America’s foremost jazz critic, Stanley Crouch. In Kansas City Lightning, the first of a projected two-part biography on the saxophonist everybody called Bird, he tells Parker’s story in vivid detail, with a historian’s eye and Crouch’s unwavering love of the art. All of these elements coalesce into one engrossing account of an American legend that is a must-read for music fans. … Read More

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