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Jay McShann January 12 1916 – December 7 2006 Was A Jump Blues Jazz And Swing Bandleader Pianist And Singer. During The 1940s McShann Was At The Forefront Of Blues And Swing Jazz Musicians Mainly From Kansas City. He Assembled His Own Big Band With Musicians That Included Some Of The Most Influential Artists Of Their Time Including Charlie Parker Bernard Anderson Ben Webster And Walter Brown. His Kind Of Music Became Known As "the Kansas City Sound"
McShann Died On December 7 2006 At St. Luke's Hospital In Kansas City. Jay McShann Was Survived By His Companion Of More Than 30 Years Thelma Adams Known As Marianne McShann And Three Daughters - Linda McShann Gerber Jayne McShann Lewis And Pam McShann. Nicknamed Hootie McShann Was Born James Columbus McShann In Muskogee Oklahoma. Musically His Education Came From Earl Hines' Late-Night Broadcasts From Chicago's Grand Terrace Cafe "When 'Fatha' Hines Went Off The Air I Went To Bed". He Began Working As A Professional Musician In 1931 Performing Around Tulsa Oklahoma And Neighboring Arkansas. Orchestra He Moved To Kansas City Missouri In 1936 And Set Up His Own Big Band Which Featured Variously Charlie Parker 1937–42 Al Hibbler Lawrence Anderson Ben Webster Paul Quinichette Bernard Anderson Gene Ramey Jimmy Coe Gus Johnson 1938–43 Harold "Doc" West Earl Coleman Walter Brown And Jimmy Witherspoon Among Others. His First Recordings Were All With Charlie Parker The First As "The Jay McShann Orchestra" On August 9 1940.
Although They 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 The Big-Band Era Being Over He Was Unable To Successfully Restart It When He Got Out. After World War II McShann Began To Lead Small Groups Featuring Blues Shouter Jimmy Witherspoon. Witherspoon Started Recording With McShann In 1945 And Fronting McShann's Band And Had A Hit In 1949 With "Ain't Nobody's Business." As Well As Writing Much Material Witherspoon Continued Recording With McShann's Band Which Also Featured Ben Webster.
McShann Had A Modern Rhythm And Blues Hit With "Hands Off" Featuring A Vocal By Priscilla Bowman In 1955.
In 1979 He Appeared Prominently In The Documentary On Kansas City Jazz The Last Of The Blue Devils.
In The Late 1960s McShann Became Popular As A Singer As Well As A Pianist Often Performing With Violinist 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 Where He Made His Last Recording "Hootie Blues" In February 2001 After A Recording Career Of 61 Years.
Influence Edit On One Of Their Earliest Albums Five By Five A UK EP And 12x5 A US LP Both 1964 The Rolling Stones Recorded A Cover Of "Confessin' The Blues" A Song McShann Had Co-Written With Walter Brown In The 1940s.
Crime-Fiction Writer Elmore Leonard Featured McShann As A Character In His 2005 Novel The Hot Kid. Honors Blues Hall Of Fame.
Pioneer Award Of The Rhythm And Blues Foundation.
Paris All-Star Blues A Tribute To Charlie Parker - Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance - Nominee 1991 Grammy Awards
Goin' To Kansas City - Best Traditional Blues Album - Nominee 2003 Grammy Awards.
Oklahoma Jazz Hall Of Fame 1989. read less

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