Jay McShann
Blues singer
Pianist
Composer
Bandleader
January 12, 1916 –
December 7, 2006
Credits:
Albums:
A Tribute to Fats Waller
(1978); After Hours (1982); Airmail Special (1994); Al Casey, Jumpin' with Al
(1974); Axel Zwingenberger, Swing the Boogie! (1996); Best of Friends with Al
Casey (1982); Blowin' in from K.C. with Joe Thomas (1983); Blue Pianos with
Axel Zwingenberger (1991); Claude Williams, Fiddler's Dream (1977); Cold
Strange (1977); Confessin' the Blues (1970); Crazy Legs & Friday Strut with
Buddy Tate (1977); Duke Robillard, The Acoustic Blues & Roots of (2015); Early
Bird with Charlie Parker (1973); Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Kidney
Stew is Fine (1969); Goin' to Kansas City Blues (1957); Goin' to Kansas City
with Duke Robillard (2003); Going to Kansas City (1972); Helen Humes, Helen
Comes Back (1973); Helen Humes, On the Sunny Side of the Street (1975); Hootie
Blues (2006); Hootie! (2000); Hootie's Jumpin' Blues with Duke Robillard (1997);
Jackie Washington, Keeping Out of Mischief (1995); Jim Galloway, Kansas City
Nights (1993); Jim Galloway, Thou Swell (1981); Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay
McShann (1992); Julia Lee, Tonight's the Night (1982); Jumpin' the Blues with
Milt Buckner (1972); Just a Lucky So and So (1984); Just Got Lucky (1993); Kansas
City Hustle (1978); Kansas City Joys with Buddy Tate, Paul Quinichette (1976); Kansas
City Memories (1955); Kansas City Memories (1973); Kansas City On My Mind (1977);
Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players with Ralph Sutton (1980); Last of the
Whorehouse Piano Players with Ralph Sutton (1989); Live in France Vol. 2 with
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson (1984); McShann's Piano (1967); More Stuff (1985); My
Baby with the Black Dress On (1998); Paris All-Star Blues: A Tribute to Charlie
Parker (1991); Piano Playhouse (1996); Pressure Cooker (1985); Roll 'em (1987);
Saturday Night Function with the Sackville All-Stars (1981); Slim Gaillard,
Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere! (1983); Some Blues (1993); Still Jumpin' the Blues
with Duke Robillard, Maria Muldaur (1999); Stride Piano Summit with Dick Hyman,
Ralph Sutton (1991); Swingmatism with Don Thompson, Archie Alleyne (1994); T-Bone
Walker, Feelin' the Blues (1999); The Band That Jumps the Blues! (1973); The
Big Apple Bash (1979); The Early Bird Charlie Parker (1941–1943) (1982); The
Last of the Blue Devils (1978); The Man from Muskogee with Claude Williams
(1980); The Missouri Connection with John Hicks (1993); Tiny Grimes, Some
Groovy Fours (1996); Tiny Grimes, Tiny Grimes (1970); Tuxedo Junction with Don
Thompson (1980); Vine Street Boogie (1974); Walter Brown, Confessin' the Blues
(1981); What a Wonderful World (1999).
Songs:
After Hours; Ain't
Nobody's Business; Blue Devil Jump; Cherokee; Come on Over to My House; Confessin'
the Blues; Confessin’ the Blues; Dexter Blues; 'Fore Day Rider; Georgia on My
Mind; Get Me on Your Mind; Going To Kansas City; Hands Off; Hold'em Hootie; Hootie
Blues; Hot Biscuits; Jumpin' at the Woodside; Just for You; Let It Be Me; McShann's
Boogie-Blues; Moten Swing; Mr. Cleanhead Blues; My Chile; Red River Blues; Roll'em;
Sepian Bounce; Swingmatism; T'Aint Nobody's Bizness; The Duke and the Brute; Vine
Street Boogie; What a Wonderful World; When I Grow Too Old to Dream.
Movies and television:
American
Horror Story (2014); American Masters (1989); American Splendor (2003); Better
Call Saul (2020); Charlie Parker, Bird Songs (2022); Dave Brubeck: In His Own
Sweet Way (2010); Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall (1997); Hanging
Up (2000); Independent Lens (2005); Jazz (2001); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott
Club (1969–1970); Lovecraft Country (2020); Married Life (2007); Solo Flight:
The Genius of Charlie Christian (1992); The Blues (2003); The Last of the Blue
Devils (1979); Vine Street Blues (1943).
