Fields, Kansas
(1915–1995)> DRUMMER
Fields, Kansas Carl Donnell Fields, 5 December 1915; Chapman, KS – 7 March (also reported as 3 August), 1995; Chicago, IL Drummer. Fields began playing in his teens in Chicago, later in New York. He worked with Ella Fitzgerald, Eddie Condon, Cab Calloway , Willie “The Lion”’ Smith, Dizzy Gillespie, Mezz Mezzrow, and others. He was in Europe during 1953–1964, then returned to Chicago. His last recording was with Floyd McDaniels’s Blues Swingers in 1994. Kenny Mathieson Bibliography Sort…