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8. Dez. 2006 · Music Interviews. Remembering Jay "Hootie" McShann. The Kansas City pianist-vocalist-bandleader died yesterday at the age of 90. Saxophonist Charlie Parker played with McShann's orchestra (where ...
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McShann werd geboren in Muskogee, Oklahoma. In 1931 werd hij beroepsmusicus, en trad veel op in de omgeving van Tulsa (Oklahoma) en het aangrenzende Arkansas . Hij verhuisde in 1936 naar Kansas City in Missouri , en stelde in 1939 zijn eerste eigen bigband samen, waar later onder andere mensen als Charlie Parker , Bernard Anderson en Walter Brown in meespeelden.
2. Apr. 2021 · Jay McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was a jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader. He was nicknamed Hootie. During his youth he taught himself how to play the piano. McShann led bands in Kansas City that included Charlie Parker, Ben Webster, Paul Quinichette, Jimmy Witherspoon, and Walter Brown.
McShann moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1936, and set up his own big band, which variously featured Charlie Parker (1937–42), Al Hibbler, 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 ...
Jay McShann at the Piano with Singing By Walter Brown originally recorded Confessin' the Blues written by Walter Brown and Jay McShann and Jay McShann at the Piano with Singing By Walter Brown released it on the single Confessin' the Blues in 1941. It was also covered by Earl Grant, Karen Carroll, Barbara Morrison [US1], Carrie Smith and other artists.
Walter Brown (August 17, 1917 – June 1956) [1] [2] was an American blues shouter who sang with Jay McShann 's band in the 1940s and co-wrote their biggest hit, "Confessin' the Blues". Brown was born in Dallas, Texas. He joined McShann's orchestra, which also included the saxophonist Charlie Parker, in 1941. [2]
