Kansas City Jazz: 30'S & 40'S / Various Kansas City Jazz: 30'S & 40'S / Various CD

The wide open City Of Kansas with it's unregulated bars and clubs helped nurture the development of Jazz in America. This Compilation offers 25 examples of Kansas based performers including, Bennie Moten, Jay McShann, Count Basie, Mary Lou Williams and Big Joe Turner.

1. Night Life - Mary Lou Williams 2. In Dat Mornin' - Jimmie Lunceford ; His Chickasaw Syncopators 3. Somebody Stole My Gal - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra 4. Hard Times Stomp - Red Perkins ; His Dixie Ramblers 5. The Duck's Yas Yas Yas - Eddie Johnson's Crackerjacks 6. Toby - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra 7. Moten Swing - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra 8. Prince of Wails - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra 9. Overhand (New Froggy Bottom) - the Mary Lou Williams Trio 10. Echo in the Dark - the Original St. Louis Crackerjacks 11. Time Out - Count Basie ; His Orchestra 12. Every Tub - Count Basie ; His Orchestra 13. Shorty George - Count Basie ; His Orchestra 14. Cherry Red - Joe Turner with Pete Johnson and His Boogie Woogie Boys 15. Vine Street Bustle - the Pete Johnson Blues Trio 16. Some Day Blues - the Pete Johnson Blues Trio 17. Holler Stomp - the Pete Johnson 18. Southern Fried (Hairy Joe Stomp) - Harlan Leonard ; His Rockets 19. My Gal Sal - Harlan Leonard ; His Rockets 20. Keep Rockin' - Harlan Leonard ; His Rockets 21. Dexters Blues - Jay McShann ; His Orchestra 22. Vine Street Boogie - the Jay McShann Trio 23. Hold 'Em, Hootie - the Jay McShann Trio 24. Sepian Bounce - Jay McShann ; His Orchestra 25. Come on Over to My House - Julia Lee with Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers