Going Back to T-Town: The Ernie Fields Territory Big Band
Carmen Fields
University of Oklahoma Press
Carmen Fields tells a story of success, disappointment, and perseverance extending from the early jazz era to the 1960s in this account of how a talented musician and businessman navigated the hurdles of racial segregation during the Jim Crow era.
As much as possible, Carmen Fields tells her father’s story in his own voice: how he weathered the ups and downs of the music industry and maintained his optimism even while he faced entrenched racial prejudice and threats of violence.