num_pages: 352
description: Kansas City nightlife and its vibrant music deeply affected Charles Bird Parker. The author traces Parkers rise to unparalleled celebrity but also explores the very nature of the drive that both fueled his genius and presaged his downfall.
language: English
title: Kansas City Lightning: The Life and Times of Young Charlie Parker
titlecomplete: Kansas City Lightning: The Life and Times of Young Charlie Parker
genres: Music, Jazz, History, Cultural, Race, American History, African American, Biography Memoir, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 855
awards: awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: NAACP Image Award
category: Biography/Autobiography
publisher: Pantheon