Buck Clayton - Goin' to Kansas City (1960)

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Title: Goin' to Kansas City
Year Of Release: 1990
Label: OJC [OJCCD-1757-2]
Genre: Jazz, Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 37:47
Total Size: 219 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Hello, Babe (Wells) - 3:04
02. An Old Manuscript (Razaf-Redman) - 3:31
03. Kansas City Ballad (Newsom) - 3:10
04. The Jumping Blues (McShann-Parker) - 4:12
05. Walter Page (Gwaltney) - 4:31
06. Midnight Mama (Morton) - 4:43
07. John's Idea (Basie) - 3:07
08. Steppin' Pretty (Williams) - 3:14
09. Dedicated to You (Cahn-Chaplin-Zaret) - 3:38
10. The New Tulsa Blues (Moten) - 4:37

personnel :

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

Although trumpeter Buck Clayton gets top billing, this CD reissue actually features Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City Nine, an unusual group sporting arrangements by Gwaltney and tenor-saxophonist Tommy Newsom (who decades later became famous for his work on The Tonight Show). The group has an unusual combination of major names (Clayton, trombonist Dickie Wells, guitarist Charlie Byrd, pianist John Bunch, bassist Whitey Mitchell and drummer Buddy Schutz) along with Gwaltney (who doubles on reeds and vibes), Newsom and Bobby Zottola (playing second trumpet and peck horn). Although the nonet performs a variety of songs associated with Kansas City Jazz of the swing era, the arrangements are modern and unpredictable.~ Scott Yanow