| Goin'to Kansas City | ||||
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| Studio album by Buck Clayton with Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City 9 | ||||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | October 5 & 6, 1960 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:13 | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP 353 | |||
| Producer | Tommy Gwaltney | |||
| Buck Clayton chronology | ||||
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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]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| 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
- "Hello Babe" (Dicky Wells) - 3:00
- "An Old Manuscript" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 3:26
- "Kansas City Ballad" (Tommy Newsom) - 3:06
- "The Jumping Blues" (Jay McShann, Charlie Parker) - 4:07
- "Walter Page" (Tommy Gwaltney) - 4:27
- "Midnight Mama" (Jelly Roll Morton) - 4:39
- "John's Idea" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham) - 3:05
- "Steppin' Pretty" (Mary Lou Williams) - 3:12
- "Dedicated to You" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret) - 3:34
- "The New Tulsa Blues" (Bennie Moten) - 4:37
Personnel
- Buck Clayton - trumpet
- Bobby Zottola - trumpet, peck horn
- Dicky Wells - trombone
- Tommy Newsom - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Tommy Gwaltney - alto saxophone, clarinet, vibraphone, xylophone
- John Bunch - piano
- Charlie Byrd - guitar
- Whitey Mitchell - bass
- Buddy Schutz - drums
- Technical
- Phil Ramone - engineer
Landmark
After an urban renewal project in the 1960s, Vine Street no longer intersects 12th Street, but at the former intersection the city created the Goin' to Kansas City Plaza.[4]
References
- ↑ Riverside Records discography accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Buck Clayton accessed June 30, 2017
- 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ Charles Ferruzza. "Kansas City Has No '12th Street And Vine'". Retrieved 2022-02-02.
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