Kansas Fields
Kansas Fields (* 5. December 1915 in Chapman , Kansas as Carl Donnell Fields ; † 3. August 1995 in Chicago ) was an American jazz - drummer .
Live and act
"Kansas" Fields began his career in Chicago in the late 1920s; in the 1930s he worked at King Kolax , Walter Fuller and Jimmie Noone . In 1940 he was a member of Roy Eldridge's band in Chicago and worked with him repeatedly over the next decade. For a short time he had his own ensemble. In New York he accompanied Ella Fitzgerald , Benny Carter , Edgar Hayes and Charlie Barnet and played (at the jam sessions at Minton's Playhouse ) with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie before serving in the Navy between 1942 and 1945 during World War II.
After the war he worked at Cab Calloway , Claude Hopkins , Sidney Bechet , Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge (1949). With his own formation he appeared in the Cafe Society in the early 1950s and recorded three 78s for the Hi-Lo label ( Rippin 'and Runnin' ). Ike Quebec , Mal Waldron and bassist Alfred Matthews played in his quartet . He then went on a European tour with Babs Gonzales and Mezz Mezzrow in 1953 .
Fields stayed in Europe for over ten years, settled in France and worked there as a sideman with many American musicians living or performing there, such as Albert Nicholas , Bill Coleman , Peanuts Holland and Mary Lou Williams . In 1958 he appeared with Bechet at the world exhibition in Brussels . In 1965 he returned to Chicago, worked again with Gillespie ( Jamboo Caribe ) and as a studio musician. He performed with local groups until the late 1970s.
Fields, who claims to have been influenced by Sid Catlett , has also worked on recordings of Big Bill Broonzy , Buck Clayton , Eddie Condon , Coleman Hawkins , Lionel Hampton , Taps Miller , Kid Ory , Bud Powell , Mel Powell and Joe Williams .
literature
- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
- Richard Cook & Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings , London: Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-141-02327-9 (8th edition)
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Edward M. Komara (Ed.) Encyclopedia of the Blues Routledge 2005, ISBN 978-0415926997
- Charles Delaunay : Hot Discographie enzyclopedique 1952 Volume 3 (El-He) . Paris, Éditions Jazz Disques, 1952
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fields, Kansas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fields, Carl Donnell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chapman (Kansas) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 1995 |
| Place of death | Chicago |