Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Kevin Kenerly (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kevin Kenerly
Kevin Kenerly narrates 154 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,520 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
932 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker is an audiobook by Stanley Crouch: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin Kenerly, released January 1, 2014, on the Arts & Entertainment and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kevin Kenerly
- Released
- January 1, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment, History & Culture
- ISBN
- 9781482967630
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker audiobook?
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is the Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker?
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker is narrated by Kevin Kenerly.
Is Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.6 hours, saving 3.3 hours.