Various - Kansas City - Jumping The Blues From 6 To 6 (2007)

Kansas City was founded on the site of an Indian camp between 1821 and 1826 by a Frenchman, François Chouteau; for along time it remained a simple trading-post on the Santa Fe trail along the Missouri River, but with the coming of the railroad the city grew into a large livestock centre with slaughterhouses and, later, industry. By the beginning of the 20thcentury its population numbered a quarter of a million. From the earliest days of the 20thcentury, K.C drew an immigrant Black population. A Black quarter grew up in K.C. around 18th and Vine, with a myriad of clubs offering entertainment, varied other pleasures, and of course music, notably a highly-bluesy kind of jazz characterized by strongly-accented rhythms; the piano was preponderant, fronting a largish orchestra with several brass instruments playing continuous riffs that provided a foundation for soloists to improvise. Not the least of the style’s traits was a perpetual, bouncing switch in the time-signature, known as the famous “Kansas City bounce”.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Walter Page's Blue Devils - Blue Devil Blues (2:46)
1.02 - Big Joe Turner And His Fly Cats - Piney Brown Blues (3:03)
1.03 - Joe Turner - Johnson And Turner Blues (3:05)
1.04 - Count Basie And His Orchestra - Lazy Lady Blues (3:06)
1.05 - Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers - Come Over To My House (2:55)
1.06 - Julia Lee - Tonight's The Night (3:06)
1.07 - Jay McShann And His Jazz Men - When I've Been Drinking (3:18)
1.08 - Bus Moten And His Men - You'll Wind Up A Top (2:47)
1.09 - Bus Moten And His Men - On The Gravy Train (2:23)
1.10 - Walter Brown - Work Don't Bother Me (2:41)
1.11 - Walter Brown With Jay McShann's Kaycee Stompers - Nasty Attitude (3:07)
1.12 - Priscilla Bowman And Jay McShann - Hands Off (2:43)
1.13 - Harmonica Slim - Going Back Home (2:05)
1.14 - Jay McShann - The Duke And The Brute (2:52)
1.15 - K.C. 'Mojo' Watson - I Know You Don't Want Me (2:30)
1.16 - George Smith - Telephone Blues (3:03)
1.17 - George Smith - Blues In The Dark (2:59)
1.18 - George Smith - Blues Stay Away (3:10)
1.19 - Joshua Johnson - Battin' The Boogie (2:05)
1.20 - Joshua Johnson - Ramblin' Woman (2:05)
1.21 - Little Hatchett - Hatchet's Harmonica Bounce (2:25)
1.22 - Little Willie Littlefield - K.C. Loving (2:33)