The wide open City Of Kansas with it's unregulated bars and clubs helped nurture the development of Jazz in America. This Compilation offers 25 examples of Kansas based performers including, Bennie Moten, Jay McShann, Count Basie, Mary Lou Williams and Big Joe Turner.
2 In Dat Mornin' - Jimmie Lunceford & His Chickasaw Syncopators
3 Somebody Stole My Gal - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
4 Hard Times Stomp - Red Perkins & His Dixie Ramblers
5 The Duck's Yas Yas Yas - Eddie Johnson's Crackerjacks
6 Toby - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
7 Moten Swing - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
8 Prince of Wails - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
9 Overhand (New Froggy Bottom) - the Mary Lou Williams Trio
10 Echo in the Dark - the Original St. Louis Crackerjacks
11 Time Out - Count Basie & His Orchestra
12 Every Tub - Count Basie & His Orchestra
13 Shorty George - Count Basie & His Orchestra
14 Cherry Red - Joe Turner with Pete Johnson and His Boogie Woogie Boys
15 Vine Street Bustle - the Pete Johnson Blues Trio
16 Some Day Blues - the Pete Johnson Blues Trio
17 Holler Stomp - the Pete Johnson
18 Southern Fried (Hairy Joe Stomp) - Harlan Leonard & His Rockets
19 My Gal Sal - Harlan Leonard & His Rockets
20 Keep Rockin' - Harlan Leonard & His Rockets
21 Dexters Blues - Jay McShann & His Orchestra
22 Vine Street Boogie - the Jay McShann Trio
23 Hold 'Em, Hootie - the Jay McShann Trio
24 Sepian Bounce - Jay McShann & His Orchestra
25 Come on Over to My House - Julia Lee with Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers
The wide open City Of Kansas with it's unregulated bars and clubs helped nurture the development of Jazz in America. This Compilation offers 25 examples of Kansas based performers including, Bennie Moten, Jay McShann, Count Basie, Mary Lou Williams and Big Joe Turner.
