- Presenting Jay McShann · 1941
- Jim & Jay's Christmas · 1992
- Jay McShann: Going to Kansas City · 1972
- It Feels Good · 2013
- Drink Up - Light Up! - Jazz Noire Tales of Dope, Booze & Sleaze · 1969
- In Copenhagen · 1977
- The Last of the Blue Devils · 1978
- The Last of the Blue Devils · 1978
- Jumpin' the Blues · 2003
- The Jazz Years - The History Of Jazz · 2004
- Two of a Kind: Jay McShann & Erskine Hawkins · 1954
- Two of a Kind: Jay McShann & Erskine Hawkins · 1954
- Confessin the Blues · 1969
- 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