Overview
Carleton A. Coon, Sr., and Hoe L. Sanders formed the Coon-Sanders Orchestra in 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri. Three years later, under the name ""Nighthawks,"" the band began broadcasting experimental, highly-popular midnight radio programs over Kansas City's WDAF. Their music was played all over the world, and the band remained one of America's top bands until Coon's death in 1932. Here is the complete history of the Coon-Sanders Orchestra, the band whose saucy, and bustling music and carefree and extravagant musicians symbolized the era between World War I and the Great Depression.
Full Product Details
Author: Fred W. Edmiston
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.676kg
ISBN: 9780786443277
ISBN 10: 0786443278
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 May 2009
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
the band's story is told in amazing detail by someone committed to setting down the facts...the photos are priceless --Classic Images; extensively researched, well-documented --SPERDVAC Radiogram; fascinating detail...wonderful --Theatre Organ; an amazing amount of material --Communication Booknotes Quarterly; scholarly...highly readable...so much detail, both visually and textwise...important and long-overdue...the author is to be commended on the thoroughness and diligence of his research and extensive use of archives across the USA...unmissable! --VJM's Jazz & Blues Mart.
Extensively researched, well-do -- Theatre Organ Theatre Organ
The band's story is told in amazing detail by someone committed to setting down the facts...the photos are priceless -- Classic Images Classic Images Extensively researched, well-documented -- SPERDVAC Radiogram SPERDVAC Radiogram Extensively researched, well-do -- Theatre Organ Theatre Organ the band's story is told in amazing detail by someone committed to setting down the facts...the photos are priceless --Classic Images; extensively researched, well-documented --SPERDVAC Radiogram; fascinating detail...wonderful --Theatre Organ; an amazing amount of material --Communication Booknotes Quarterly; scholarly...highly readable...so much detail, both visually and textwise...important and long-overdue...the author is to be commended on the thoroughness and diligence of his research and extensive use of archives across the USA...unmissable! --VJM's Jazz & Blues Mart.
the band's story is told in amazing detail by someone committed to setting down the facts...the photos are priceless --<i>Classic Images</i>; extensively researched, well-documented --<i>SPERDVAC Radiogram</i>; fascinating detail...wonderful --<i>Theatre Organ</i>; an amazing amount of material --<i>Communication Booknotes Quarterly</i>; scholarly...highly readable...so much detail, both visually and textwise...important and long-overdue...the author is to be commended on the thoroughness and diligence of his research and extensive use of archives across the USA...unmissable! --<i>VJM's Jazz & Blues Mart.</i>
the band's story is told in amazing detail by someone committed to setting down the facts...the photos are priceless --Classic Images extensively researched, well-documented --SPERDVAC Radiogram fascinating detail...wonderful --Theatre Organ an amazing amount of material --Communication Booknotes Quarterly scholarly...highly readable...so much detail, both visually and textwise...important and long-overdue...the author is to be commended on the thoroughness and diligence of his research and extensive use of archives across the USA...unmissable! --VJM's Jazz & Blues Mart.
Author Information
Fred W. Edmiston is a former history teacher and librarian. He lives in Meridian, Mississippi.
