- Bird In Time 1940-1947 · 2008
- Jay McShann: Going to Kansas City · 1972
- Ben Webster 100 Years - the Brute And The Beautiful · 2009
- Confessin the Blues · 1969
- Just a Lucky So and So · 1983
- After Hours · 1977
- In Copenhagen · 1977
- After Hours · 1977
- In Copenhagen · 1977
- In Copenhagen · 1977
- Early Bird - Jay McShann Orchestra Featuring Charlie Parker 1940-3 · 2000
- After Hours · 1977
- Bird In Time 1940-1947 · 2008
- 2021
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015
- 2014
Appears On
- Ben Sidran
- Jim Galloway's Wee Big Band
About Jay McShann
Jay McShann's animated piano style, a kin of Fats Waller's ever-mischievous ivory-tickling, made him one of the leading lights of the burgeoning Kansas City swing scene. He arrived in the mid-1930s, playing beside Charlie Parker in Buster Smith's band. By 1941, McShann was leading the city’s top band, one which included singer Walter Brown, and a dynamic saxophone section led by the fast-developing and revolutionary talent of Parker. Following the war, McShann moved to the west coast, where he discovered young singer Jimmy Witherspoon. After a quiet couple of decades, McShann re-emerged in the 1970s, continuing to record vivacious records at a heady clip well into his 80s.
- HOMETOWN
- Muskogee, OK, United States
- BORN
- 12 January 1916
- GENRE
- Jazz