- Kansas Fields
Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields (December 5, 1915,
Chapman, Kansas - August 3, 1995,Chicago ) was an Americanjazz drummer.Fields played in Chicago beginning in the late 1920s, and worked with
King Kolax andJimmie Noone in the 1930s. In 1940 he joinedRoy Eldridge 's group for a year; he returned to play with Eldridge again later in the 1940s. He briefly led his own ensemble and played withElla Fitzgerald andBenny Carter before joining the Marines duringWorld War II . After the war he played withCab Calloway ,Claude Hopkins ,Sidney Bechet ,Dizzy Gillespie , and Eldridge again before the close of the decade.He led another group of his own early in the 1950s, then played with
Mezz Mezzrow inEurope in 1953. Fields ended up staying in Europe for more than a decade; he relocated toFrance and worked as a sideman for many Continental bands. he also did a recording session withJohn Coltrane andKenny Burrell in the 1950s. In 1965 he returned to Chicago, working once more with Gillespie and doing studio work.References
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