Jay McShann
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Biography
[Edit]The great veteran pianist Jay McShann (also known as Hootie) enjoyed a long career and it is unfair to primarily think of him as merely the leader of an orchestra that featured a young Charlie Parker. He was mostly self-taught as a pianist, worked with Don Byas as early as 1931 and played throughout the Midwest before settling in Kansas City in 1936. McShann formed his own sextet the following year and by 1939 had his own big band. In 1940 at a radio station in Wichita, KS, McShann and an octet out of his orchestra recorded eight songs that were not released commercially until the 1970s; those rank among the earliest of all Charlie Parker records (he is brilliant on "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Lady Be Good") and also feature the strong rhythm section team McShann had with bassist Gene Ramey and drummer Gus Johnson. The full orchestra recorded for Decca on two occasions during 1941-1942 but they were typecast as a blues band and did not get to record many of their more challenging charts (although very rare broadcasts have since surfaced and been released on CD by Vintage Jazz Classics). In addition to Bird (who had a few short solos), the main stars were trumpeter Bernard Anderson, the rhythm section, and singer Walter Brown. McShann and his band arrived in New York in February 1942 and made a strong impression, but World War II made it difficult for any new orchestras to catch on. There was a final session in December 1943 without Parker, but McShann was soon drafted and the band broke up. After being discharged later in 1944, McShann briefly re-formed his group but soon moved to Los Angeles, where he led combos for the next few years; his main attraction was the young singer Jimmy Witherspoon.
McShann was in obscurity for the next two decades, making few records and mostly playing in Kansas City. In 1969 he was rediscovered and McShann (who had first sung on records in 1966) was soon a popular pianist/vocalist. Sometimes featuring violinist Claude Williams, he toured constantly, recorded frequently, and appeared at many jazz festivals, being active into the mid-'90s. Jay McShann, who recorded through the years for Onyx (the 1940 radio transcriptions), Decca, Capitol, Aladdin, Mercury, Black Lion, EmArcy, Vee Jay, Black & Blue, Master Jazz, Sackville, Sonet, Storyville, Atlantic, Swingtime, and Music Masters among others, was a vital pianist and an effective blues vocalist who keept a classic style alive. A live album, Hootie Blues, recorded in 2001 in Toronto and released in 2006 by Stony Plain, showed that McShann could still bring it at the age of 85. He died at the age of 90 on December 7, 2006.
Title: If You Need Me (feat. Ben Webster, Buddy Tate & Walter Brown)
Artist: Jay McShann
Genre: Jazz
Title: Confessin' The Blues / Ooo Wee When The Lights Go Out (All Tracks Remastered)
Artist: Jay McShann
Genre: Blues
Title: Jay McShann: Going to Kansas City
Artist: Jay McShann, Buddy Tate, Julian Dash, Gene Ramey
Title: Goin' To Kansas City Blues (Hd Remastered, Expanded Edition, Doxy Collection)
Artist: Jay McShann
Genre: Blues
Title: Jay McShann Meets Jimmy Witherspoon
Artist: Jimmy Witherspoon, Jay McShann
Title: Jumpin' the Blues (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions (Paris, 1969))
Artist: Eddie Vinson, Jay McShann
Genre: Jazz
Title: Talking Jazz Volume 10 Piano 02
Artist: Jay McShann, Ben Sidran, Dr. John, Charles Brown
Genre: Jazz
Title: Music Is My Life
Artist: Jay McShann, Jim Galloway, Humphrey Lyttelton, Dick Wellstood
Genre: Jazz
Title: Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere!
Artist: Jay McShann, Slim Gaillard, Buddy Tate
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Early Bird - Jay McShann Orchestra Featuring Charlie Parker 1940-3
Artist: Jay McShann
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: A Jazzy Christmas Time
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Jazz Greats - Smooth and Swinging
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Black Legends of Jazz (Box Set)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Genuine Be-Bop!
Title: That Devilin' Tune: A Jazz History (1895-1950)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Wise Guys & Wild Women! Jazz Noir
Genre: Jazz
Title: Queens of Rhythm & Blues, Volume 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: A Chiaroscuro Christmas
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blues Classics
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Christmas Blues - Songs to Get You Through the Cold
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Christmas Blues - Songs to Get You Through the Cold
Genre: Blues
Title: Best of the Blues - Live In New York
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1940-1945, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Atlantic Top 60: Jazz, Jive and Strut
Genre: Jazz
Title: Winter Jazz Nights - 25 Chilled Jazz Pieces
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1946, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Stony Plain's Christmas Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: 30 Years of Stony Plain
Genre: Blues, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Christmas Jazz Greats (Extended Version)
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Big Band Sound - the Platinum Collection
Genre: Jazz
Title: Radio Days 4
Genre:
Title: Groovin' High - The Age Of Modern Jazz Begins
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest R & B Hits of 1948 Volume 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Jump Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Behind the Legend of Boogie Woogie Classics, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best Vintage Tunes. Nuggets & Rarities Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Boogie Woogie Stomp!
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Christmas Jazz Ballads
Genre: Jazz
Title: Christmas Jazz, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Jazz Ballads (Extended)
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Best of Christmas Jazz!
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jakob Emily Isabella - A Family Christmas
Genre: Jazz
Title: Christmas Jazz Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Blues (A Real Summit Meeting)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 35 Years of Stony Plain
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Kansas City Jazz (Live)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blues Belters
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1955, Vol. 7
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Chiaroscuro Songbook, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Boogie Woogie New York - Chicago (Doxy Collection)
Genre: Blues
Title: Kings of Swing - the Platinum Collection
Genre:
Title: For Dancers Only! - A Lindy Hop Compilation (Remastered)
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Jazzy Christmas (Extended Version)
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1949, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: L.A. Jazz Noire - Hip Cats & Their Combos
Genre: World Music
Title: Piano Boogie Woogie Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1940-1945, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Definitive R&B Series: 1942-1943
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1940-1945, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Blues... A Real Summit Meeting
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1940-1945, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Boogie Woogie Piano Vol 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Vol. 9
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Vol. 11
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Volume Fifteen
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Volume Three
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Volume Ten
Genre: Blues
Featuring albums
Title: Hanging Up (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: David Hirschfelder
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Stony Plain Records 25th Anniversary
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Songwriter/Lyricist
