Drawn from news accounts, archival material, interviews, and remembrances, to which the author had unique access, Beneath Missouri Skies portrays a place and time from which Pat Metheny still draws inspiration and strength.
In 1978 jazz remained a boys' club. Two Kansas City women, Carol Comer and Dianne Gregg, challenged that inequitable standard. With the support of jazz luminaries, a casual conversation between two friends evolved into the annual Kansas City Women's Jazz Festival (WJF). This is the first book about this groundbreaking festival.
