Goin' to Kansas City

Goin' to Kansas City is an album by American jazz trumpeter Buck Clayton with Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City 9 featuring tracks recorded in late 1960 for the Riverside label.[1][2]

Goin'to Kansas City
Studio album by
Buck Clayton with Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City 9
Released1960
RecordedOctober 5 & 6, 1960
New York City
GenreJazz
Length37:13
LabelRiverside
RLP 353
Buck Clayton chronology
Swingin' with Pee Wee
(1960)
Goin'to Kansas City
(1960)
Buck & Buddy
(1960)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "Although the nonet performs a variety of songs associated with Kansas City Jazz of the swing era, the arrangements are modern and unpredictable".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Hello Babe" (Dicky Wells) - 3:00
  2. "An Old Manuscript" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 3:26
  3. "Kansas City Ballad" (Tommy Newsom) - 3:06
  4. "The Jumping Blues" (Jay McShann, Charlie Parker) - 4:07
  5. "Walter Page" (Tommy Gwaltney) - 4:27
  6. "Midnight Mama" (Jelly Roll Morton) - 4:39
  7. "John's Idea" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham) - 3:05
  8. "Steppin' Pretty" (Mary Lou Williams) - 3:12
  9. "Dedicated to You" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret) - 3:34
  10. "The New Tulsa Blues" (Bennie Moten) - 4:37

Personnel

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References

  1. Riverside Records discography accessed November 7, 2012
  2. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Buck Clayton accessed June 30, 2017
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 7, 2012
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