- Jim and Jay's Christmas · 1992
- Jay McShann: Going to Kansas City · 1972
- Nasty Attitude · 1959
- Swingmatism · 1982
- Still Jumpin' the Blues · 1999
- Best of Blues - From Mississipi to Chicago · 2015
- Vine Street Boogie · 1974
- Just a Lucky So and So · 1983
- Classic Blues Live! · 2022
- Fore Day Rider · 2018
- Fore Day Rider · 2018
- I Want a Little Girl - Single · 2014
- It Feels Good · 2013
- 2006
Singles & EPs
- 2021
Appears On
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