Goin' to Kansas City
| Goin'to Kansas City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Buck Clayton chronology | ||||
| ||||
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
References
- ^ Riverside Records discography accessed November 7, 2012
- ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Buck Clayton accessed June 30, 2017
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 7, 2012