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Jay McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was an American blues and swing pianist, bandleader, and singer. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra A bandleader is the leader of a band of Musicians The term is most commonly though not exclusively used with a group that plays Popular music as

He was born James Columbus McShann in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Muskogee is a City in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. Musically, his "real education came from Earl Hines' late-night broadcasts from Chicago's Grand Terrace Ballroom. Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, ( 28 December, 1903 Duquesne Pennsylvania &ndash 22 April “When 'Fatha' [Hines] went off the air, I went to bed” [1]. He began working as a professional musician in 1931, performing around Tulsa, Oklahoma and neighboring Arkansas. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. He moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1936, and set up his own big band, which featured Charlie Parker (from 1937 to 1942), Bernard Anderson, Ben Webster and Walter Brown. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late Benjamin Francis Webster ( March 27 1909 &ndash September 20 1973) aka " The Brute " or " Frog," was an Walter Brown (August 1917 - June 1956 was a Blues shouter who sang with Jay McShann 's band in the 1940s and co-wrote their biggest hit Although they included both swing and blues numbers, the band played blues on most of its records; its most popular recording was "Confessin' the Blues. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression A gramophone " The group disbanded when McShann was drafted into the Army in 1944, and he was unable to successfully restart it when he got out. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities.

After World War II McShann began to lead small groups featuring blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Jimmy Witherspoon ( August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American Blues singer Witherspoon started recording with McShann in 1945, and fronting McShann's band, and had a hit in 1949 with "Ain't Nobody's Business. A Hit record is a Sound recording, usually in the form of a single or Album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or "Ain't Nobody's Business" is a Blues standard, an Eight-bar blues written in the 1920s by Pianist Porter Grainger, who had been " As well as writing much material, Witherspoon continued recording with McShann's band, which also featured Ben Webster, until 1951, whence McShann then played in obscurity until 1969. McShann then became popular as a singer as well as a pianist, often performing with Claude Williams. Claude "The Fiddler" Williams ( February 22, 1908 – April 26, 2004) was an American Jazz Violinist He continued recording and touring through the 1990s. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Well into his 80's, McShann still performed occasionally, particularly in the Kansas City area and Toronto, Ontario. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec

Crime-fiction writer Elmore Leonard featured McShann as a character in his 2005 novel, The Hot Kid. Elmore John Leonard Jr (born October 11, 1925) is a popular and acclaimed American Novelist and Screenwriter. The Hot Kid is a novel written by popular contemporary crime-fiction author Elmore Leonard.

On December 7, 2006, McShann died at St. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. [2]

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  1. ^ jaymcshann. com > about Jay McShann
  2. ^ Obituary in The Independent

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