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Jay McShann

Person · male · United States · Muskogee · born 1916 · died 2006 · recording since 1967

American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer (1916–2006)

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Also known as James Columbus McShann · Jay Mc Shann · Jay Mc Shann Jazz Combo · ジェイ・マクシャン

Debut: 1967
Recording span: 39 years
Release groups: 52
Awards: 6
Timeline events: 37
Wiki language versions: 15

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Timeline

37 events▣ Album 32✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1

1910s
1. 12 January 1916 · Birth
  Born 1916-01-12
  source: wikidata
1960s
1. 1967 · Debut release
  Debut release: McShann's Piano
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1967 · Album
  Album: McShann's Piano
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1970s
1. 1973 · Album
  Album: The Man From Muskogee
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1976 · Album
  Album: Kansas City Joys
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1977 · Album
  Album: Hot Biscuits
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1977 · Album
  Album: Crazy Legs & Friday Strut
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1978 · Album
  Album: The Last of the Blue Devils
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1978 · Album
  Album: Kansas City Hustle
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1979 · Album
  Album: The Big Apple Bash
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1980 · Album
  Album: The Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players (Two Pianos Vol. 1)
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1980 · Album
  Album: Tuxedo Junction
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1981 · Album
  Album: I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 63
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1981 · Album
  Album: Saturday Night Function
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1982 · Album
  Album: Piano Giants vol. 2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1983 · Album
  Album: Blowin' In From K.C.
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1983 · Album
  Album: Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere!
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 24 August 1983 · Album
  Album: Just a Lucky So and So
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1989 · Album
  Album: Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1990 · Album
  Album: Swingmatism
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1991 · Album
  Album: Blue Pianos
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1991 · Album
  Album: Paris All-Star Blues
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1993 · Album
  Album: The Missouri Connection
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1993 · Album
  Album: Vine Street Boogie
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1993 · Album
  Album: Jim & Jay's Christmas
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1993 · Album
  Album: Some Blues
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1996 · Album
  Album: Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz: With Guest Jay McShann
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1997 · Album
  Album: Jazz & Blues on Marians' Records
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 1997 · Album
  Album: Best Of Friends
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
11. 22 April 1997 · Album
  Album: Hootie's Jumpin' Blues
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
12. 1998 · Award
  Honoured: Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame
  source: wikidata
13. 20 April 1999 · Album
  Album: Still Jumpin' the Blues: With Duke Robillard and Maria Muldaur
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
14. 9 November 1999 · Album
  Album: What a Wonderful World
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 23 September 2003 · Album
  Album: Goin' to Kansas City
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 7 December 2006 · Death
  Died 2006
  source: wikidata
3. 2007 · Award
  Honoured: Kansas Music Hall of Fame
  source: wikidata
2020s
1. 10 May 2023 · Album
  Album: After Hours
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography1,406 words · 7 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1376034388

Biography

James Columbus "Jay" McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader. He led bands in Kansas City, Missouri, that included Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Walter Brown, and Ben Webster.

Early life and education

McShann was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and was nicknamed Hootie. During his youth, he taught himself how to play the piano through observing his sister's piano lessons and trying to practice tunes he heard off the radio. He was also heavily influenced by late-night broadcasts of pianist Earl Hines from Chicago's Grand Terrace Cafe: "When Fatha [Hines] went off the air, I went to bed". He began working as a professional musician in 1931 at the age of 15, performing around Tulsa, Oklahoma, and neighboring Arkansas.

1936–1944

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 McShann Orchestra, on August 9, 1940.
The band played both swing and blues numbers, but played blues on most of its records; its most popular recording was "Confessin' the Blues" with Walter Brown on vocals. The group disbanded when McShann was drafted into the Army in 1944. After his return two years later, he found that small groups were now taking the place of big bands in the jazz scene.
McShann told the Associated Press in 2003, "You'd hear some cat play, and somebody would say, 'This cat, he sounds like he's from Kansas City.' It was Kansas City Style. They knew it on the East Coast. They knew it on the West Coast. They knew it up North, and they knew it down South."

1945–2006

After World War II, McShann began to lead small groups featuring the blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon. Witherspoon began to record with McShann in 1945, and, fronting McShann's band, he had a hit in 1949 with "Ain't Nobody's Business". As well as writing much material, Witherspoon continued recording with McShann's band, which also featured Ben Webster. McShann had a modern rhythm and blues hit with "Hands Off", featuring a vocal by Priscilla Bowman, in 1955.
In the late 1960s, McShann often performed as a singer as well as a pianist, often with violinist Claude Williams. He continued recording and touring through the 1990s. Well into his 80s, McShann still performed occasionally, particularly in the Kansas City area and Toronto, Ontario, where he made his last recording, Hootie Blues, in February 2001, after a recording career of 61 years. In 1979, he appeared prominently in The Last of the Blue Devils, a documentary film about Kansas City jazz.
One of McShann's favorite stories to tell was how band member and friend Charlie Parker got his nickname "Bird". During their drive to a gig in Nebraska with a car full of musicians, the driver of the car accidentally hit a chicken. According to McShann, Parker requested the driver turn around so he could get the bird, and sat with it in the backseat of the car all the way to Lincoln. Once they arrived, he asked the keeper of the home they were staying in to cook it up for him.
McShann died on December 7, 2006, in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of 90.

Awards and honors

Member, Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, 1998
Member, Blues Hall of Fame
Member, Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, 1989
Pioneer Award, Rhythm and Blues Foundation
Grammy nomination, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance, Paris All-Star Blues (A Tribute to Charlie Parker), 1991
Grammy nomination, Best Traditional Blues Album, Goin' to Kansas CityGoin' to Kansas City23 September 2003 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1Kansas City2:272Trouble in Mind3:033When I Grow Too Old to Dream2:314Nasty Attitude2:125My Chile3:296Wrong Neighborhood4:107Just for You3:498Confessin' the Blues3:089Kansas City (Revisited)5:4310Jay and Johnnie Conversation1:1011Some Kinda Crazy2:4212One Woman's Man3:4213Doo Wah Doo2:3414'Fore Day Rider3:0315Ain't Nobody's Business3:0116The Fish Fry Boogie3:1117Crying Won't Make Me Stay4:1218Interview (Jay at Home and at His Piano)19:50, 2003
American Jazz Masters Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1986

As leader

Kansas City Memories (Decca [10″] DL-5503, 1955)
Goin' to Kansas City Blues with Jimmy Witherspoon (RCA Victor LPM-1639, 1957)
McShann's Piano (Capitol T-2645, 1966)
Confessin' the Blues (Black & Blue 33.022, 1970; Classic Jazz CJ-128, 1978)
Going to Kansas City (Master Jazz MJR-8113, 1972; New World NW-358, 1987)
Jumpin' the Blues with Milt Buckner (Black & Blue 33.039, 1972)
The Man from Muskogee with Claude Williams (Sackville 3005, 1973)
Kansas City Memories (Black & Blue 33.057, 1973)
The Band That Jumps the Blues! (Black Lion BLP-30144, 1973)
Early Bird with Charlie Parker (Spotlite [UK] SPJ-120, 1973; Stash STCD-542, 1991)
Vine Street Boogie (Black Lion BLP-30169, 1974)
Kansas City Joys with Buddy Tate and Paul Quinichette (Sonet SNTF-716, 1976)
Crazy Legs & Friday Strut with Buddy Tate (Sackville 3011, 1977)
Kansas City on My Mind (Black & Blue 33.108, 1977)
The Last of the Blue Devils (Atlantic SD-8800, 1978)
A Tribute to Fats Waller (Sackville 3019, 1978)
Kansas City Hustle (Sackville 3021, 1978)
The Big Apple Bash (Atlantic SD-8804, 1979)
Tuxedo Junction with Don Thompson (Sackville 3025, 1980)
Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players (subtitled: The Original Sessions) with Ralph Sutton (Chaz Jazz CJ-103/CJ-104, 1980; CD reissue: Chiaroscuro CRD-206, 1992)
Saturday Night Function with the Sackville All-Stars (Sackville 3028, 1981)
Best of Friends with Al Casey (JSP 1051, 1982)
After Hours (Storyville SLP-4024, 1982)
The Early Bird Charlie Parker (1941–1943) (MCA "Jazz Heritage series" 1338, 1982)
Blowin' in from K.C. with Joe Thomas (Uptown UP-27.12, 1983)
Just a Lucky So and So (Sackville 3035, 1984)
Live in France with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (Black & Blue 33.304, 1984)
Live in France, Vol. 2 with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (Black & Blue 33.309, 1984)
Roll 'Em (Black and Blue 233022, 1987) – CD reissue of Black & Blue 33.022
Paris All-Star Blues: A Tribute to Charlie Parker (MusicMasters 5052, Limelight [UK] 820 833, Jazz Heritage 522804, 1991)
Blue Pianos with Axel Zwingenberger (Vagabond VRLP-8.91017, 1991)
Stride Piano Summit with Dick Hyman and Ralph Sutton (Milestone 9189, 1991)
Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann (Black Lion BLCD-760173, 1992) – compilation
The Missouri Connection with John Hicks (Reservoir RSRCD-124, 1993)
Some Blues (Chiaroscuro CRD-320, 1993)
Airmail Special (Sackville 3040, 1994)
Swingmatism with Don Thompson and Archie Alleyne (Sackville 3046, 1994)
Piano Playhouse: Complete Swing Time and Supreme Sessions (1947–1950) (Night Train International NTICD-7021, 1996) – compilation
Swing The Boogie! with Axel Zwingenberger (Vagabond VRCD 8.96021, 1996)
Hootie's Jumpin' Blues with Duke Robillard (Stony Plain SPCD-1237, 1997)
Jazz and Blues on Marians' Records with Milt Hinton, Buddy Tate, J. C. Heard, and Carrie Smith (Marians' Records 198292, 1997)
My Baby with the Black Dress On (Chiaroscuro CRD-345, 1998)
Havin' Fun with Major Holley (Sackville SKCD2-2047, 1998) – recorded 1986
Still Jumpin' the Blues with Duke Robillard and Maria Muldaur (Stony Plain SPCD-1254, 1999)
What a Wonderful World (Groove Note GRV-1005, 1999)
Hootie! (Chiaroscuro CRD-357, 2000) – recorded 1997
Hot Biscuits: The Essential Jay McShann 1941–1949 (Indigo [UK] IGOCD-2524, 2002) – compilation
Jumpin' the Blues: Jay McShann and His Orchestra (1940–1951) (Proper PVCD-131, 2003) – compilation/2-CD set
Goin' to Kansas City with Duke Robillard (Stony Plain SPCD-1286, 2003)
Jumpin' the Blues (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions) with Tiny Grimes (Black & Blue BB-979.2, 2004)
Solos & Duets (Sackville 5012, 2005) – 3-LPs on 2-CDs/reissues: A Tribute to Fats Waller, Kansas City Hustle, Tuxedo Junction
Hootie Blues (Stony Plain SPCD-1315, 2006) – recorded 2001
A Rockin' Good Way (1955–1959) with Priscilla Bowman (Jasmine JASMCD-3121, 2019) – compilation
Hootie Swings the Blues 1941–1956 (Acrobat ACTRCD-9169, 2025) – compilation / 3-CD set

As sideman

With Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Cold Strange (Black & Blue, 1977)
More Stuff (Black & Blue, 1985)
Pressure Cooker (Alligator, 1985)
Just Got Lucky (The Blues Collection) (Orbis, 1993) – compilation
With others

Walter Brown, Confessin' the Blues (Affinity, 1981) – compilation
Al Casey, Jumpin' with Al (Black & Blue, 1974)
Slim Gaillard, Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere! (Hep [UK], 1983)
Jim Galloway, Thou Swell (Sackville, 1981)
Jim Galloway, Kansas City Nights (Sackville, 1993)
Tiny Grimes, Tiny Grimes (Black & Blue, 1970)
Tiny Grimes, Some Groovy Fours (Black & Blue, 1996) – two tracks on the CD reissue
Helen Humes, Helen Comes Back (Black & Blue, 1973)
Helen Humes, On the Sunny Side of the Street (Black Lion, 1975)
Julia Lee, Tonight's the Night (Charly, 1982) compilation
Duke Robillard, The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard (Stony Plain, 2015)
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Kidney Stew Is Fine (Delmark, 1969)
T-Bone Walker, Feelin' the Blues (Black & Blue, 1999) – three tracks on the CD reissue
Jackie Washington, Keeping Out of Mischief (Borealis, 1995)
Claude Williams, Fiddler's Dream (Black & Blue, 1977)

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	15	72.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	52	94.6th
Studio albums	34	98.5th
Awards recorded	6	97.7th
Timeline events	37	97.8th
Recording span (years)	39	79.2th
Genres	6	91th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (52 release groups · 34 studio albums)

Albums · 34

McShann's Piano
1967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Vine Street Boogie
A2The Staggers
A3Yardbrid Waltz
A4Confessin The Blues
A5Moten Swing
B1The Man From Muskogee
B2Blues For An Old Cat
B3I Ain't Mad At You
B4Doo Wah Doo
B5Dexter Blues
The Man From Muskogee
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 45:04
A1After You've Gone3:31
A2Four Day Rider3:51
A3Yardbird Suite3:48
A4I'll Catch The Sun4:44
A5Things Ain't What They Used To Be6:21
B1Smooth Sailing2:42
B2Mary Ann3:41
B3These Foolish Things5:13
B4Hootie Blues4:22
B5Nancy Boogie3:06
B6Jumping At The Woodside3:45
Kansas City Joys
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
A1Every Tub
A2Swingin' The Blues
A3Kansas City Joys
A4Time Out
B1'Fore Day Rider
B2Tickle Toe
B3Sugar Hips
B4Sister Pork Chops
Hot Biscuits
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 38:31
A1Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days2:33
A2Mejsestien2:33
A3Diblin' and Dablin'2:51
A4Honum in Stockholm3:13
A5Jumpin' With McShann3:46
A6This Little Woman of Mine4:06
B1Fore Day Rider3:55
B2Vem Kan Segla Forutan Vind3:46
B3Critic’s Choice3:00
B4Tain’t Nobody’s Business4:51
B5Hot Biscuits3:57
Crazy Legs & Friday Strut
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 47:44
A1My Melancholy Baby5:44
A2Say It Isn't So5:26
A3Shakey George6:49
A4It Must Be True6:45
B1Ellington Medley: I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good / In a Sentimental Mood / Sophisticated Lady6:33
B2Crazy Legs and Friday Strut5:04
B3If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight6:05
B4Rock a Bye Basie5:18
The Last of the Blue Devils
1978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 46:56
A1Confessin' the Blues4:45
A2'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do7:02
A3Hootie Blues4:32
A4Blue Devil Jump3:28
A5My Chile4:17
B1Jumpin' at the Woodside4:39
B2Just for You5:40
B3Hot Biscuits3:30
B4'Fore Day Rider4:10
B5Kansas City4:53
Kansas City Hustle
1978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 47:04
A1Round Midnight6:00
A2(Since I Lost My Baby) I Almost Lost My Mind4:27
A3Kansas City Hustle5:29
A4Willow Weep For Me7:47
B1Blue Turbulence4:34
B2Don't Get Around Much Any More4:46
B3Baby Won't You Please Come Home4:08
B4Rockin' Chair4:29
B5My Sweet Mama5:24
The Big Apple Bash
1979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 42:26
A1Crazy Legs and Friday Strut7:30
A2Georgia on My Mind7:39
A3Dickie's Dream5:49
B1Ain't Misbehavin'4:59
B2I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water4:32
B3Blue Feeling4:57
B4Jumpin' the Blues7:00
The Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players (Two Pianos Vol. 1)
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 40:49
A1Little Rock Getaway5:08
A2Am I Blue6:30
A3All of Me4:22
A4Honky Tonk4:33
B1Rosetta4:43
B2St. Louis Blues5:14
B3Please Don't Talk About Me4:23
B4Girl of My Dreams5:56
Tuxedo Junction
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 47:15
A1Tuxedo Junction9:13
A2One Sided Love6:31
A3Robbins Nest8:13
B1Froggy Bottom5:53
B2Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You4:41
B3Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me6:40
B4Barrelhouse Bolero6:04
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 63
1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 41:52
A1Roll' Em3:25
A2Funky K.C.4:34
A3Black and Blue Boogie3:24
A4Edith Boogie Woogie4:12
A5Buck's Boogie Woogie3:38
A6Rejane Boogie2:18
B1Pinetops's Boogie Woogie3:32
B2Honky Tonk Train Blues3:18
B3Midnight Boogie3:45
B4Funky Butt Boogie4:03
B5I Enjoyed Myself in Pau3:08
B6Boogie Woogie N. 22:35
Saturday Night Function
1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 42:52
A1John Hardy's Wife3:46
A2Trouble in Mind4:52
A3Jive at Five6:25
A4Russian Lullaby6:12
B1Good Queen Bess6:09
B2Arkansas Blues5:38
B3Saturday Night Function4:58
B4Rosalie4:52
Piano Giants vol. 2
1982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 41:43
A1Vine Street Boogie6:51
A2'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do6:50
A3Confessin' the Blues5:00
A4Ain't Misbehavin'5:36
B1Ellington Medley: Prelude to a Kiss / Sophisticated Lady / Perdido / Caravan6:12
B2If Dreams Come True4:23
B3Giant Steps2:10
B4Indiana4:41
Blowin' In From K.C.
1983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 38:38
A1Raw Meat6:05
A2Tearing Hair5:31
A3What's Your Story Morning Glory5:20
A4Star Mist2:47
B1Jumpin' Joe4:30
B2Dog Food5:45
B3If I Could Be With You5:20
B4Backstage At The Apollo3:20
Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere!
1983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 39:39
A1How High the Moon3:43
A2Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere3:10
A3I Can't Get Started6:50
A4Slim's Jam No. 27:58
B1Everything's OK in the UK6:45
B2The Music Goes Round and Round2:08
B3Satin Doll3:15
B4Honeysuckle Rose5:50
Just a Lucky So and So
1983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 49:11
1When I Grow Too Old to Dream4:00
2Georgia on My Mind8:27
3Basin Street Blues3:27
4Red Sails in the Sunset9:11
5On a Clear Day You Can See Forever6:31
6Lazy River4:29
7Once Upon a Time5:38
8Just a Lucky So and So7:28
Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:01:32
1Honey4:50
2Old Fashioned Love6:23
3'Fore Day Rider3:10
4On the Sunny Side of the Street5:25
5Sweet Georgia Brown3:44
6Do Wah3:53
7Indiana3:57
8'Deed I Do4:49
9Crazy Rhythm4:18
10Cherry6:20
11Pretty Baby3:54
12I've Found a New Baby3:55
13JazzSpeak6:54
Swingmatism
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:01:44
1Swingmatism4:24
2Am I Blue5:38
3The Shadow of Your Smile6:30
4Lullaby of Birdland4:52
5Just a Sittin' and a Rockin'8:09
6All Too Soon7:16
7The Jeep Is Jumpin'6:25
8Evenin'4:57
9The Mooche6:51
10A Night in Tunisia6:42
Blue Pianos
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 51:17
1Jumping Hans4:21
2Kansas City, Here We Go!3:15
3Groovy Afternoon4:03
4J.A.M.D.' Boogie4:41
5Lazy Lover Boogie6:09
6Our Children3:55
7Joy With Jay6:00
8Just Jiving the Blues4:55
9Blue Pianos3:02
10Old Vienna's in the Groove4:49
11Breaking the Boogie3:18
12Wee Baby Blues2:49
Paris All-Star Blues
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:09:05
1The Jumpin' Blues5:44
2Moten Swing4:07
3I'm Just a Lucky So and So3:51
4Lonely Boy Blues5:26
5Parker's Mood6:47
6Say Forward, I'll March3:37
7Tender Touch5:16
8Swingin' the Blues7:36
9Confessin' the Blues4:33
10Have You Ever Had the Blues4:34
11Sebastian5:18
12Vine Street Boogie10:09
13Hootie Blues2:07
The Missouri Connection
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:03:23
1The Missouri Connection6:10
2I'm Getting Sentimental Over You7:29
3I'm Just a Lucky So and So7:50
4Jumpin the Blues4:29
5Sweet Lorraine5:23
6Reflections4:39
7What Am I Here For7:52
8Fiddlin' Around5:21
9All of Me4:04
10In a Sentimental Mood4:17
11There Will Never Be Another You5:49
Vine Street Boogie
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 37:10
1My Chile4:23
2Hootie Blues4:18
3Satin Doll6:44
4I’m Beginning to See the Light3:48
5Vine Street Boogie4:22
6Confessin’ the Blues5:28
7Yardbird Waltz4:27
8Hootie’s Ignorant Oil3:40
Jim & Jay's Christmas
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:01:30
1Silent Night3:18
2Christmas Night In Harlem4:11
3I'll Be Home For Christmas3:05
4I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus4:41
5White Christmas4:11
6It Came Upon The Midnight Clear4:39
7Christmas In New Orleans6:34
8Jay's Christmas Candy3:56
9Hark The Herald Angels Sing4:45
10The Christmas Song4:18
11Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer3:58
12Hootie's Christmas Baby4:50
13Silver Bells4:29
14Auld Lang Syne4:35
Some Blues
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:15:56
1I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter4:48
2Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You3:53
3Rompin' at Rudy's4:39
4Sweet Lorraine5:18
5Daddling4:39
6Preaching Blues5:10
7Ho House Blues6:46
8Smoke Gets in Your Eyes5:13
9Don't You Love Your Daddy No More5:33
10Hey Hootie!5:50
11The Jumpin' Blues4:14
12I Want a Little Girl6:27
13Jazzpeak13:26
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz: With Guest Jay McShann
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 57:16
1Vine Street Boogie3:06
2[conversation]8:01
3Georgia on My Mind4:05
4[conversation]3:43
5'Deed I Do3:55
6[conversation]4:53
7Living Back Street for You3:39
8[conversation]1:49
9My Chile4:04
10[conversation]0:30
11'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do3:38
12[conversation]1:02
13What's Your Story Morning Glory?4:10
14[conversation]1:27
15Confessin' the Blues3:20
16[conversation]0:52
17Oh, Lady Be Good4:50
18[conversation]0:12
Jazz & Blues on Marians' Records
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 43:45
1Hootie's Blues4:36
2If You Were Mine3:54
3Deep Purple4:25
4Bern Festival Jump4:49
5Four Day Creep3:47
6Ignorant Oil3:24
7J.C. To H.Z.1:57
8Mean to Me2:50
9Chicago5:34
10Backwater Blues4:47
11Joshua3:42
Best Of Friends
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:11:40
1'Deed I Do4:13
2One O'Clock Jump4:36
3Going To Kansas City4:32
4One Sweet Blues5:07
5Rosetta5:47
6How Deep Is The Ocean4:26
7Anything3:22
8Hello Little Girl4:20
10Lady Be Good6:54
11Casey'S Shuffle5:33
12The Stroll5:55
13A Mess Of Trouble5:53
14Noodlin'5:12
15Al's Theme5:50
Hootie's Jumpin' Blues
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:06:54
1Hootie Blues3:53
2Vine Street Boogie4:32
3'Fore Day Rider2:12
4Hands Off2:56
5Profoundly Blue3:50
6Doo Wah Doo3:16
7I Want a Little Girl5:13
8Jumpin' the Blues4:02
9Confessin' the Blues4:33
10Hootie Ignorant Oil3:20
11Hootie Blues for Big Miller7:25
12Bonus Track Medley: Interview / Hootie's Blues for Big Miller / Hootie's Kansas City Boogie21:42
Still Jumpin' the Blues: With Duke Robillard and Maria Muldaur
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:02:55
1Goin' to Chicago4:35
2Moten Swing4:24
3Sunny Side of the Street4:58
4Ain't Nobody's Business3:43
5Come on Over to My House3:09
6Trouble in Mind3:33
7Say Forward, I'll March4:15
8Backwater Blues6:57
9She's Got It4:55
10Hootie's K.C. Christmas Prayer4:35
11Interview With Jay McShann17:51
What a Wonderful World
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 52:25
1Piney Brown Blues4:34
2Cherry Red3:37
3Just for You7:05
4Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You2:39
5Crazy Legs and Friday Strut5:17
6Rain Is Such a Lonesome Sound3:51
7Land of Dreams4:57
8Lonely Boy Blues3:59
9Hot Biscuits4:33
10Blue Monday3:06
11What a Wonderful World4:23
12Until the Real Thing Comes Along4:24
Goin' to Kansas City
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:13:57
1Kansas City2:27
2Trouble in Mind3:03
3When I Grow Too Old to Dream2:31
4Nasty Attitude2:12
5My Chile3:29
6Wrong Neighborhood4:10
7Just for You3:49
8Confessin' the Blues3:08
9Kansas City (Revisited)5:43
10Jay and Johnnie Conversation1:10
11Some Kinda Crazy2:42
12One Woman's Man3:42
13Doo Wah Doo2:34
14'Fore Day Rider3:03
15Ain't Nobody's Business3:01
16The Fish Fry Boogie3:11
17Crying Won't Make Me Stay4:12
18Interview (Jay at Home and at His Piano)19:50
After Hours
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:01:38
1After Hours4:56
2Kansas City Blues3:50
3How Long Blues3:38
4The Staggers3:09
5Vognporten Boogie4:04
6Ace in the Hole3:33
7Yardbird Waltz3:17
8Man From Muskogee3:46
9Diblin' and Dablin'2:54
10Fore Day Rider3:58
11Tain't Nobody's Business4:55
12Doo-Wah-Doo3:44
13Hot Biscuits4:01
14Cherry Red3:24
15Jumpin' With McShann3:49
16After Hours4:40
Kansas City Blues
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:07:37
1Moten Swing2:57
2Come on Over to My House2:52
3Trouble in Mind2:53
4On the Sunny Side of the Street2:59
5Confessin' the Blues3:07
6Walkin' Blues3:21
7Hard Working Man Blues3:20
8When I've Been Drinking3:13
9Merry-Go-Round Blues3:14
10Bad Tale Boogie2:10
11McShann's Boogie Blues3:05
12Everything Will Be All Right2:47
13Pic's Boogie2:53
14Scotty's2:45
15Cover Up2:11
16(Scotty Can Blow) Kicks2:29
17Tonight's the Night3:03
18My Man Stands Out2:15
19Do You Want It2:33
20It Comes in Like a Lion2:42
21When You Want Chili2:55
22It's Hard to Laugh or Smile2:50
23You'll Wind Up on Top2:45
24On the Gravy Train2:18
Kansas City Jazz - Warm
— · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 58:23
1Kansas City3:57
2My Funny Valentine5:24
3Blue Skies3:53
4In A Sentimental Mood4:13
5Hootie's Blues4:56
6Blue Monk4:17
7Satin Doll4:41
8Am I Blue5:52
9It Had To Be You3:25
10Lazy River2:47
11Lover Man6:54
12A Train3:38
13As Time Goes By4:26

Album · 18

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1973	The Band That Jumps The Blues!Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:02 A1Hot Biscuits2:29 A2A Slow Drag Blues3:03 A3M.R. Boogie2:26 A4Buttermilk2:33 A5Skidrow Blues3:39 A6Soft Winds2:32 B1No Name Boogie2:55 B2Thinking About My Baby2:38 B3Geronimo2:21 B4Twelve O'Clock Whistle2:56 B5Mellodrag2:28 B6Eatin' Watermelon3:02	Compilation	1973
1974	Vine Street BoogieSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 37:10 A1My Chile4:23 A2Hootie Blues4:18 A3Satin Doll6:44 A4I’m Beginning To See The Light3:48 B1Vine Street Boogie4:22 B2Confessin’ The Blue5:28 B3Yardbird Waltz4:27 B4Hootie’s Ignorant Oil3:40	Live	1974
1974	The Early Bird Charlie Parker (1941-1943)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 42:07 A1Swingmatism2:39 A2Hootie-Blues2:57 A3Dexter Blues2:58 A4One Woman's Blues2:53 A5Confessin' The Blues3:01 A6Red River Blues2:53 A7Hootie's Ignorant Oil2:41 B1The Jumpin' Blues3:03 B2Lonely Boy Blues2:58 B3Get Me On Your Mind3:05 B4Sepian Bounce3:10 B5Wrong Neighborhood3:27 B6Hometown Blues3:12 B7Say Forward I'll March3:10	Compilation	1974
1989	Jay McShann at Cafe des CopainsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 57:46 1Exactly Like You3:24 2Autumn in New York3:44 3The Bells Are Ringing3:35 4Body and Soul6:39 5Caravan4:30 6But Beautiful4:47 7Indiana3:19 8Night Train3:29 9On the Trail4:15 10Once in Awhile4:51 11Watch What Happens3:41 12Sweet Sue4:10 13I Cover the Waterfront3:40 14But Not for Me3:42	Live	1989
1992	Blues From Kansas CitySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:01:20 1Swingmatism2:39 2Hootie Blues2:56 3Dexter Blues2:57 4Vine Street Boogie2:37 5Confessin' the Blues2:53 6Hold 'em Hootie2:41 7One Woman's Man3:05 8'Fore Day Rider2:57 9So You Won't Jump2:39 10New Confessin' the Blues3:06 11Red River Blues2:57 12Baby Heart Blues2:48 13Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay2:32 14Hootie's Ignorant Oil2:44 15Lonely Boy Blues2:57 16Get Me on Your Mind3:04 17The Jumpin' Blues3:03 18Sepian Bounce3:10 19Say Forward, I'll March3:09 20Wrong Neighborhood3:21 21Hometown Blues3:05	Compilation	1992
1992	Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players -- The Original SessionsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:09:59 1Little Rock Getaway5:08 2Am I Blue6:33 3All of Me4:26 4Honky Tonk Train Blues4:30 5Rosetta4:43 6St. Louis Blues5:12 7Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone4:25 8Girl of My Dreams6:00 9I Got Rhythm4:50 10Dog a Blues5:16 11Hootie's Ignorant Oil2:19 12Truckin'3:12 13After You've Gone5:34 14I Ain't Got Nobody3:40 15Variations on a Weeping Willow4:11	Compilation	1992
1996	Swing the Boogie!Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:11:10 1Joy at the Jazzland9:22 2Swing the Boogie6:38 3Grinding the Blues6:38 4Hootie’s Ignorant Oil7:01 5When Hamburg and KC Meet in Vienna5:51 6Dark Blue Blues5:13 7Wake Up!5:53 8Jump ’em Jay5:22 9Cherry Red5:15 10Roll ’em Boys6:17 11How Long Blues7:40	Live	1996
1997	The Chronological Classics: Jay McShann 1944-1946Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:08:13 1Moten Swing3:01 2Come on Over to My House2:53 3Trouble in My Mind2:56 4On the Sunny Side of the Street3:03 5Confessing the Blues3:11 6Walking3:26 7When I've Been Drinking3:16 8Hard Working Man's Blues3:23 9Merry Go Round Blues3:10 10Bad Tale Boogie2:12 11McShann's Boogie-Blue3:07 12Hootie Boogie2:55 13Garfield Avenue Blues3:04 14Shipyard Woman Blues3:04 15Crown Prince Boogie2:53 16Ernestine2:51 17Buckletown Boogie2:59 18Roll on Katy3:07 19Voodoo Woman Blues2:39 20I Want a Little Girl2:38 21Jimtown Boogie2:52 22Have You Ever Loved a Woman2:51 23Gone With the Blues (Roll Em Pete)2:42	Compilation	1997
1998	"My Baby With The Black Dress On"Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:14:46 1New Hootie Blues6:50 2Evenin'6:07 3But Not For Hootie4:12 4Stardust6:22 5Georgia On My Mind5:23 6My Chile3:57 7I Just Picked It Out Of The Sky4:00 8Body And Soul5:34 9All Of Me4:52 10Cherry Red4:29 11Vine Street Boogie3:50 12Yardbird Waltz5:41 13Hands Off3:22 14I'll See You In My Dreams3:33 15Jazzspeak6:34	Live	1998
1998	Havin' FunSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:10:01 1Jumpin' The Blues6:00 2Nevertheless7:19 3Vine Street Boogie6:23 4Summertime6:42 5Margie5:49 6Sometimes I Wonder10:25 7Lullaby Of Birdland7:08 8Just Squeeze Me7:17 9All Of Me7:09 10Wellington Street Bounce5:49	Live	1998
2001	Rare Blues GroovesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 54:18 1Beggin' Woman2:49 2Brown Skinned Woman3:36 3Bad Luck Blues7:09 4Love Sick Soul4:28 5Barefoot Boy3:25 6Misery4:40 7I'm Cousin Joe2:30 8Hard Oil Blues4:06 9After Hours4:28 10Four Days Rider3:19 11Yardbird Blues4:23 12Sweet Georgia Brown4:34 13Jumpin' the Blues4:51	Compilation	2001
2001	Kansas City Bounce (1940/1949)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 22 tracks 1I've Found A New Baby 2Swingmatism 3Dexter Blues 4Hold 'Em Hootie 5So You Won't Jump 6St. Louis Mood 7Get Me On Your Mind 8Sepian Bounce 9Hometown Blues 10Say Forward, I'll March 11Moten Swing 12On The Sunny Side Of The Street 13Bad Tale Boogie 14I Want A Little Girl 15McShann Bounce 16Hot Biscuits 17Slow Drag Blues 18The New Look 19Soft Winds 20Geronimo 21You, Cindy Lou 22Let's Love Awhile	Compilation	2001
2001	The Best Of Jay "Hootie" McShannSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 53:35 1Nasty Attitude2:57 2Spoon Calls Hootie2:46 3Trouble in Mind2:56 4Lonely Boy Blues2:58 5Come on Over to My House2:54 6Hometown Blues3:09 7Walking3:26 8Jumpin' Blues3:04 9When I've Been Drinking3:17 10'Fore Day Rider2:58 11New Confessin' the Blues3:09 12Red River Blues2:58 13Baby Heart Blues2:49 14Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay2:34 15Hootie's Ignorant Oil2:45 16One Woman's Man3:06 17Confessin' the Blues2:54 18Hootie Blues2:55	Compilation	2001
2006	Hootie BluesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:13:52 1Confessin' the Blues5:49 2Yes Sir, That's My Baby8:01 3When the Lights Go Out4:27 4Hootie Blues6:06 5My Chile5:23 6I'll Catch the Sun5:10 7All of Me5:47 8'Deed I Do9:07 9Jay McShann Interview24:02	Live	25 April 2006
2006	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:02:11 1Come on Over to My House2:52 2Trouble in Mind2:54 3Confessing the Blues3:07 4Walking Blues3:22 5Merry Go Round Blues3:14 6Bad Tale Boogie2:14 7Hootie Boogie2:55 8Garfield Avenue Blues3:05 9Shipyard Woman Blues3:08 10Crown Prince Boogie2:53 11Ernestina2:51 12Roll on Katy3:10 13I Want a Little Girl2:38 14Have You Ever Loved a Woman2:50 15Jimtown Boogie2:50 16Bar Fly Blues2:34 17Hot Biscuits2:28 18Slow Drag Blues3:04 19Buttermilk2:33 20Twelve O'Clock Whistle2:50 21Cover Up2:11 22Scotty Can Blow (Kicks)2:28	Compilation	30 May 2006
2008	Jumpin' the BluesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:02:25 1Confessin' the Blues3:19 2Yardbird Waltz3:42 3My Chile3:42 4Satin Doll5:16 5Kansas City4:05 6Jumpin' the Blues4:05 7Mr. Cleanhead Blues4:14 8Wait a Minute, Baby4:17 9Juice Head Baby5:00 10Kidney Stew8:23 11Cherry Red3:03 12Red Top4:54 13Roll 'Em C Jam Blues6:15 14C Jam Again2:10	Live	2 June 2008
2010	In CopenhagenSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:01:04 1After Hours (Take 1)4:55 2Kansas City Blues3:48 3How Long Blues3:34 4The Staggers3:06 5Vognporten Boogie4:02 6Ace In The Hole (Take 2)3:31 7Yardbird Waltz3:14 8Man From Muskogee3:44 9Diblin' And Dablin'2:52 10Fore Day Rider3:55 11Tain't Nobody's Business4:54 12Doo-Wah-Doo (Take 2)3:42 13Hot Biscuits3:59 14Cherry Red (Take 2)3:22 15Jumpin' With McShann3:47 16After Hours4:39	Live	12 October 2010
—	Solos & DuetsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 27 tracks · 2:21:32 Disc 113 tracks · 1:08:05 1Honeysuckle Rose4:57 2Keepin' Out of Mischief Now3:59 3Then I'll Be Tired of You4:31 4Ain't Misbehavin'5:00 5All My Life5:11 6I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter3:30 7I Ain't Got Nobody4:02 8Squeeze Me5:00 9Lulu's Back in Town4:00 10Baby Won't You Please Come Home3:51 11Tuxedo Junction9:17 12One Sided Love6:31 13Robbins Nest8:16 Disc 214 tracks · 1:13:27 1Froggie Bottom5:52 2Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You4:41 3Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me6:40 4Barrelhouse Piano6:03 5'round Midnight6:03 6(Since I Lost My Baby) I Almost Lost My Mind4:31 7Kansas City Hustle5:32 8Willow Weep for Me7:47 9Blue Turbulence4:35 10Don't Get Around Much Anymore4:49 11Baby Won't You Please Come Home4:10 12Rockin' Chair4:12 13My Sweet Mama5:26 14Keep You Hands Off Her3:06	Compilation	—

Stats & PK

Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jay McShann head-to-head →

Jay McShann metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	15	72.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	52	94.6th
Studio albums	34	98.5th
Awards recorded	6	97.7th
Timeline events	37	97.8th
Recording span (years)	39	79.2th
Genres	6	91th

Awards & honours

Awards and honours, by year
Year	Award	Result
1998	Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame	lifetime
1998	Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame	lifetime
2007	Kansas Music Hall of Fame	lifetime
2007	Kansas Music Hall of Fame	lifetime
—	NEA Jazz Masters	won
—	NEA Jazz Masters	won

Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
The Jay McShann Trio(band)	—	present	eponymous,original,piano
Jay McShann Quartet(band)	—	present	original
Jay McShann & His Orchestra(band)	—	present	eponymous,original
Jay McShann and His Jazz-Men(band)	—	present
Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jay_McShann_in_Edinburgh.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3043ab78-07a1-4a2a-9528-c873ceddba94
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3043ab78-07a1-4a2a-9528-c873ceddba94
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1684347
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1684347
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McShann
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McShann

Why this artist is in the database

List of blues musicians — rank #80
| 1916 | 2006 | Oklahoma | Blues |

Tier rule: genre canon: blues
Image: Phil Wight · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1684347 · MusicBrainz: 3043ab78-07a1-4a2a-9528-c873ceddba94

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