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Goin' to Kansas City

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Released
  
1960

Length
  
37:13

Goin' to Kansas City (1960)
  
Buck and Buddy (1960)

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Riverside RLP 353

Recorded
  
October 5 & 6, 1960 New York City

Goin' to Kansas City is an album by American jazz trumpeter Buck Clayton with Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City 9 featuring tracks recorded in late 1960 for the Riverside label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "Although the nonet performs a variety of songs associated with Kansas City Jazz of the swing era, the arrangements are modern and unpredictable".

Track listing

  1. "Hello Babe" (Dicky Wells) - 3:00
  2. "An Old Manuscript" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 3:26
  3. "Kansas City Ballad" (Tommy Newsom) - 3:06
  4. "The Jumping Blues" (Jay McShann, Charlie Parker) - 4:07
  5. "Walter Page" (Tommy Gwaltney) - 4:27
  6. "Midnight Mama" (Jelly Roll Morton) - 4:39
  7. "John's Idea" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham) - 3:05
  8. "Steppin' Pretty" (Mary Lou Williams) - 3:12
  9. "Dedicated to You" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret) - 3:34
  10. "The New Tulsa Blues" (Bennie Moten) - 4:37

Personnel

  • Buck Clayton - trumpet
  • Bobby Zottola - trumpet, peck horn
  • Dicky Wells - trombone
  • Tommy Newsom - clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Gwaltney - alto saxophone, clarinet, vibraphone, xylophone
  • John Bunch - piano
  • Charlie Byrd - guitar
  • Whitey Mitchell - bass
  • Buddy Schutz - drums

    • References

    Goin' to Kansas City Wikipedia
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