Jay McShann

Jay McShann (James Columbus McShann), sometimes called Hootie , (born the January 12th 1916 (where in 1909 according to other sources) with Muskogee (Oklahoma) and deceased the December 7th 2006 with Kansas City (Missouri)), is a Chanteur, Pianiste and Leader of Jazz and American Blues .

Biography

It begins the trade whereas it is only student by traversing the roads of the Middle West, from the New Mexico and the Arizona. In the middle of the Years 1930, it occurs in the club of Kansas City and ends up directing the 1937 to 1943 one of best the big band of the area where some Charlie Parker belong to the section of Saxophone S of the orchestra. It will make it possible Parker to record its first solo.

In the last years of its life, it continued to occur occasionally in the area of Kansas City.

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