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Jay Mcshann

BAND RANKINGS:

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All Time

of 149,987

743
Decades
- 1940s
  
  of 38
  
  15
- 1970s
  
  of 328
  
  257
- 1980s
  
  of 1,418
  
  0
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  0
- 2000s
  
  of 10,556
  
  0
Genres
- Blues
  
  of 747
  
  58
- Jazz
  
  of 1,947
  
  143
- Pop
  
  of 13,659
  
  4,142
- R&B & Soul
  
  of 1,920
  
  195

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1940s

2.8116

1970s

1.9464

1980s

0.0000

1990s

0.0000

2000s

0.0000

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Jay Mcshann is ranked overall as 2.5933 out of 4 stars

2.5933

Jay Mcshann Biography

Formed:

January 1909

Disbanded:

December 2006

Genres:

Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B & Soul, Miscellaneous

Labels:

Acrobat/city Hall, Allegro Corporation, Allegro Distributed Lines, Black Lion/da Music, Classics, Classics French, Collectables Records, Groove Note, GRP Records, Msi Music, Music Masters/sbme, New World Records, Proper Box/city Hall, Reservoir/city Hall, Sackville Records

History:

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 ...more

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