Jay McShann
Jay McShann
Genres: jazz, blues, swing, Big Band, piano
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About Jay McShann
James Columbus (Jay or Hootie) McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was an American blues and swing pianist, bandleader, and singer. McShann was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and began working as a professional musician in 1931, performing around Tulsa, Oklahoma and neighboring Arkansas. He moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1936, and set up his own big band, which featured Charlie Parker (from 1937 to 1942), Bernard Anderson, Ben Webster and Walter Brown. Although its book included both swing and blues numbers, the band played blues on most of its records; its most popular recording was "Confessin' the Blues." The group disbanded when McShann was drafted into the Army in 1944, and he was unable to successfully restart it when he got out. After the war McShann began to lead small groups featuring blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon. Witherspoon started recording with McShann in 1945, and fronting McShann's band, had a hit in 1949 with "Ain't Nobody's Business." McShann then played in obscurity until 1969, when he became popular as a singer as well as a pianist, often performing with Claude Williams. He continued recording and touring through the 1990s. Well into his 80s McShann still performed occasionally, particularly in the Kansas City area and Toronto Ontario. Crime-fiction writer Elmore Leonard featured McShann as a character in his 2005 novel, The Hot Kid. On December 7, 2006, McShann died at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City.
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Jay McShann — Top 30 songs of 89
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
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| Jay McShann | Confessin' The Blues | ||
| Jay McShann | I Got It Bad (with Al Hibbler) | ||
| Jay McShann | St. Louis Mood | ||
| Jay McShann | Swingmatism | ||
| Jay McShann | Going To Kansas City | ||
| Jay McShann | 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do | ||
| Jay McShann | Vine Street Boogie | ||
| Jay McShann | Hootie Blues | ||
| Jay McShann | Red Sails In The Sunset | ||
| Jay McShann | Hootie Blues | ||
| Jay McShann | Piney Brown Blues | ||
| Jay McShann | Bad Tale Boogie | ||
| Jay McShann | Daddling | ||
| Jay McShann | Doggin' around | ||
| Jay McShann | Hold 'em Hooties | ||
| Jay McShann | Say forward I'll march | ||
| Jay McShann | Vine Street Boogie [2ST2] | ||
| Jay McShann | Hootie's Ignorant Oil | ||
| Jay McShann | All Of Me | ||
| Jay McShann | Blue Monk | ||
| Jay McShann | Doo Wah Doo | ||
| Jay McShann | Get Me On Your Mind | ||
| Jay McShann | It Had To Be You | ||
| Jay McShann | Merry-Go-Round-Blues | ||
| Jay McShann | On the Sunny Side of the Street | ||
| Jay McShann | Red River Blues | ||
| Jay McShann | Trouble In Mind | ||
| Jay McShann | Vine Street Boogie | ||
| Jay McShann | Confessin' the Blues | ||
| Jay McShann | Crazy Legs and Friday Strut |