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| Hootie's Blues |
| Jay McShann |
| első megjelenés éve: 2006 |
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| 3.991 Ft
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| 1. | Confessin' the Blues
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| 2. | Yes Sir, That's My Baby?
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| 3. | When the Lights Go Out
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| 4. | Hootie Blues
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| 5. | My Chile
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| 6. | I'll Catch the Sun
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| 7. | All of Me
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| 8. | Deed I Do
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| 9. | Jay McShann Interview [*]
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Jazz / Blues
* Frank Finistauri - Assistant Engineer
* Holger Petersen - Executive Producer
* Richard Flohil - Liner Notes
* Ron Yachimec - Mastering
* Todd Fraracci - Producer
If there is just the slightest occasional hesitation in Jay McShann's singing on these tracks, which were recorded live at Toronto's Montreal Bistro on February 2, 2001 for CBC Radio One's Saturday Night Blues show, and if he occasionally doesn't really lock into the groove until the rest of the band (Jim Galloway on saxophones, Rosemary Galloway on bass, and Don Vickery on drums) jumps in, the real miracle is that McShann, at 90-years-old, can do this at all. But do it he does, and he delivers a wonderfully charming set of jazzy blues pieces that brim with an unsaid joy. Few players have so effectively bridged blues and jazz in their careers, and this autumnal set continues the fusion, including gentle yet sturdy versions of McShann classics like his signature "Confessin' the Blues" and the delightful title track, "Hootie Blues," as well as extended takes on "Deed I Do" and "Yes Sir, That's My Baby." Everything has an easy, joyful groove to it, and suggests that McShann will still be doing this with the same gentle flair when he reaches the century mark. The album closes with a 20-minute-plus interview with McShann that was recorded in 2003 at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland. In all, Hootie Blues makes a great capstone for a phenomenal 70- going on 80-year career at the piano.
---Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
Jay McShann
Active Decades: '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Jan 12, 1909 in Muskogee, OK
Died: Dec 07, 2006 in Kansas City, MO
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Boogie-Woogie, Bop, Classic Jazz, Jazz Blues, Jump Blues, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Blues, Standards, Stride, Swing
The great veteran pianist Jay McShann (also known as Hootie) enjoyed a long career and it is unfair to primarily think of him as merely the leader of an orchestra that featured a young Charlie Parker. He was mostly self-taught as a pianist, worked with Don Byas as early as 1931 and played throughout the Midwest before settling in Kansas City in 1936. McShann formed his own sextet the following year and by 1939 had his own big band. In 1940 at a radio station in Wichita, KS, McShann and an octet out of his orchestra recorded eight songs that were not released commercially until the 1970s; those rank among the earliest of all Charlie Parker records (he is brilliant on "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Lady Be Good") and also feature the strong rhythm section team McShann had with bassist Gene Ramey and drummer Gus Johnson. The full orchestra recorded for Decca on two occasions during 1941-1942 but they were typecast as a blues band and did not get to record many of their more challenging charts (although very rare broadcasts have since surfaced and been released on CD by Vintage Jazz Classics). In addition to Bird (who had a few short solos), the main stars were trumpeter Bernard Anderson, the rhythm section, and singer Walter Brown. McShann and his band arrived in New York in February 1942 and made a strong impression, but World War II made it difficult for any new orchestras to catch on. There was a final session in December 1943 without Parker, but McShann was soon drafted and the band broke up. After being discharged later in 1944, McShann briefly re-formed his group but soon moved to Los Angeles, where he led combos for the next few years; his main attraction was the young singer Jimmy Witherspoon.
McShann was in obscurity for the next two decades, making few records and mostly playing in Kansas City. In 1969 he was rediscovered and McShann (who had first sung on records in 1966) was soon a popular pianist/vocalist. Sometimes featuring violinist Claude Williams, he toured constantly, recorded frequently, and appeared at many jazz festivals, being active into the mid-'90s. Jay McShann, who recorded through the years for Onyx (the 1940 radio transcriptions), Decca, Capitol, Aladdin, Mercury, Black Lion, EmArcy, Vee Jay, Black & Blue, Master Jazz, Sackville, Sonet, Storyville, Atlantic, Swingtime, and Music Masters among others, was a vital pianist and an effective blues vocalist who keept a classic style alive. A live album, Hootie Blues, recorded in 2001 in Toronto and released in 2006 by Stony Plain, showed that McShann could still bring it at the age of 85. He died at the age of 90 on December 7, 2006.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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