| Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Kansas City Blues 2. Buster's Tune 3. Hootie Blues 4. Bebop 5. Relaxing at Camarillo 6. Dewey Square 7. Parker's Mood Notes Sources Index | "Impressive detail, a notable addition to the extensive Music in American Life Series."—Booklist
"A well-researched and rapidly consumed book."—AllAboutJazz.com
"As comprehensive and appreciative as any of the past Parker literature."—The Santa Fe New Mexican
|Chuck Haddix is the director of the Marr Sound Archives of the University of Missouri–Kansas City Libraries. He is the coauthor of Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop—A History and the producer and host of KCUR-FM's ""The Fish Fry,"" a popular radio program featuring the finest in blues, soul, rhythm & blues, jumpin' jive, and zydeco. He also teaches jazz history at the Kansas City Art Institute.