The Last of the Blue Devils

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Personnel: Jay McShann (vocals, piano); Paul Quinichette, Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone); Joe Newman (trumpet); John Scofield (guitar); Milt Hinton (bass); Jackie Williams (drums). Producer: Ilhan Mimaroglu. Reissue producers: Donald Elfman, Naomi Yoshii. Recorded at RCA Recording Studios, Studio B, New York, New York in June 29 & 30 & July 1, 1977. Includes liner notes by Stanley Dance. Digitally remastered by Gene Paul (DB Plus, New York, New York). Personnel: Jay McShann (vocals, piano, electric piano); Robbie Steininger (acoustic guitar); Paul Chapman, John Scofield (electric guitar); Wayne Addleman (dobro); Keith Bennett (harmonica); Paul Quinichette, Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone); Joe Newman Quartet , Joe Newman (trumpet); Jack Williams, Jackie Williams , Mike Kennedy (drums); Morry Stearns, Lisa Brokop, Gord Maxwell, Tania Hancheroff (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Craig Zurba; Tom McKillip. Audio Remixer: Bobby Warner. Liner Note Author: Stanley Dance. Recording information: RCA Recording Studios, New York, NY (06/29/1977-07/01/1999); RCA Studios, New York, NY (06/29/1977-07/01/1999); The Bathhouse Studio, Bath Ontario (06/29/1977-07/01/1999). Illustrator: Stanislaw Zagorski. Photographers: Nikki McGee; Andrew MacNaughtan. When Charlie Parker first came to New York in 1942, he was a sideman in Jay McShann's big band. Every jazz fan knows what happened after that -- Parker changed the world and McShann became a footnote in Parker's biography. That's too bad, and not just for him; if the 1978 session remastered and reissued on this disc is anything to go by, McShann had much more to offer the world than his role as caregiver to the inventor of bebop. Leading an all-star cast that includes saxophonist Paul Quinichette, the ubiquitous Milt Hinton on bass, and a young, up-and-coming guitarist named John Scofield, McShann teaches an entire course on the history of blues-based jazz, going from his own "Confessin' the Blues" through "Hootie Blues" (which he co-wrote with Parker and Walter Brown) and an intensely swinging version of Count Basie's "Jumpin' at the Woodside." He goes off on a welcome tangent with Pete Johnson's sweet stride ballad "Just for You" and comes on home with the boogie-woogie composition "'Fore Day Rider" and Leiber and Stoller's "Kansas City." Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson
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