Kansas_Fields

Kansas Fields

Kansas Fields

American jazz musician

Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields (December 5, 1915, Chapman, Kansas – March 7, 1995, Chicago, Illinois)[1] was an American jazz drummer.

Fields played in Chicago from the late 1920s, and worked with King Kolax and Jimmie Noone in the 1930s.[2] In 1940, he joined Roy Eldridge's group for a year; he returned to play with Eldridge again later in the 1940s.[2] He briefly led his own ensemble and played with Ella Fitzgerald and Benny Carter before joining the Marines during World War II.[2] After the war, he played with Cab Calloway, Claude Hopkins, Sidney Bechet, Dizzy Gillespie (recording with Gillespie in 1951), and Eldridge again before the close of the decade.[2]

He led another group of his own early in the 1950s, then played with Mezz Mezzrow in Europe in 1953.[2] Fields stayed in Europe for more than a decade; he relocated to France and worked as a sideman. In 1965, he returned to Chicago, working once more with Gillespie and doing studio work.

Discography

With Dizzy Gillespie

With various artists

  • Mel Powell, Swingin' Clarinets (London, Commodore Series, 1942)
  • Eddie Condon, The Town Call Concert (JZCL, 1944)
  • Jonah Jones, Swing De Paris (Fremeaux & Associes, 1946)
  • Jonah Jones, The Engine Room - A History Of Jazz Drumming From Storyville to 52nd Street (Proper, 1946)
  • Cab Calloway, Hep Cats And Cool Jive (Fuel, 1946)
  • Soul Sister Vol. 3 Sister Rosetta Tharpe (MCA, 1949)
  • Lionel Hampton w/Milton Mezzaow Vol. 2 (Blue Star, 1950's)
  • Teddy Wilson, Piano Moods (Philips, 1950)
  • Budd Johnson, The Chronogical (Classics, 1951)
  • Joe Williams, Sings (Savoy Jazz, 1951)
  • Buck Clayton Quintet/Gene Sedric and his Group (Vogue, 1953)
  • Buck Clayton and Wild Bill Davidson, Singing Trumpets (Jazztone, 1953)
  • Mary-Lou Williams, et ses formations (Club Francais du Disque, 1954)
  • Albert Nicholas, New Orleans Parade Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (Vogue, 1955)
  • Mezz Mezzrow, Recorded In Paris (Disques Swing, 1955)
  • William "Big Bill" Broonzy (Columbia, 1956)
  • Sidney Bechet, Recorded in Concert at Brussels Fair (Columbia, 1958)
  • Sidney Bechet & Teddy Buckner, "Bravo!" (Vogue, 1958)
  • Sarah Vaughan w/Quincy Jones, Misty (Mercury, 1958)
  • Coleman Hawkins, Disorder At The Border (Milian, 1962)
  • Americans in Europe Vol. 2 (Impulse!, 1963)
  • Errol Parker (Brunswick, 1963)
  • Memphis Slim, The Memphis Slim Story (Vogue, 1963)
  • Bud Powell, In Paris (Discovery, 1963)
  • Floyd McDaniel, Let Your Hair Down! (Delmark, 1994)
  • Little Brother Montgomery and the Jazz All Stars (FM Records, 2001)

References

Footnotes
  1. [1]
    T. Dennis Brown, revised by Barry Kernfeld (2003). "Fields, Kansas [Carl Donnell]". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J990057. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
  2. [2]
    Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 857. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
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