Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields (December 5, 1915, Chapman, Kansas – March 7, 1995,
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Illinois
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) was an American
jazz
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drummer.
Fields played in Chicago from the late 1920s, and worked with King Kolax and
Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone (April 23, 1895 – April 19, 1944) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader. After beginning his career in New Orleans, he led Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra, a Chicago band that recorded for Vocalion and Decca. Classical ...
in the 1930s. In 1940, he joined Roy 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 with
Ella Fitzgerald
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Marines
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during
World War II
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. After the war, he played with
Cab Calloway
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Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but addi ...
(recording with Gillespie in 1951), 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 in
Europe
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in 1953. Fields stayed in Europe for more than a decade; he relocated to
France
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and worked as a sideman. In 1965, he returned to Chicago, working once more with Gillespie and doing studio work.
Discography
With
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but addi ...
976
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Kansas Fields
Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields (December 5, 1915, Chapman, Kansas – March 7, 1995, Chicago, Illinois) was an American jazz drummer.
Fields played in Chicago from the late 1920s, and worked with King Kolax and Jimmie Noone in the 1930s. In 194 ...
at
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