A review by brittdbean
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker by Stanley Crouch

5.0

Charlie Parker’s is a story that teaches. He was extreme and it is hard to tell if he was undone by music or by drugs. One thing is clear this man was genius and what is great about this book is that it isn’t JUST Charlie Parker this is the story of Basie, Moten, Young, Fleet, and so many others. The books paints a large and beautiful portrait of a time before mine.