After Hours (Jay McShann album)

After Hours
Studio album by
Jay McShann
Released1982
RecordedApril 12, 1977
StudioCopenhagen, Denmark
GenreJazz
Length37:03
LabelStoryville
SLP 4024
ProducerWalther Klæbel
Jay McShann chronology
Kansas City On My Mind
(1977) 		After Hours
(1982) 		The Last of the Blue Devils
(1978)

After Hours is an album by jazz pianist Jay McShann, recorded in 1977 but not released by the Storyville label until 1982.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow noted: "Other than the opening 'Doo-Wah-Doo' and the closing 'Cherry Red', both of which include guitarist Thomas Muller, bassist Ole Skipper Mosgard and drummer Thorkild Moller, this is a set of unaccompanied piano and vocals by the great veteran Jay McShann. The music is typical for McShann, with veteran blues (such as 'After Hours' and 'How Long Blues'), the standard 'Ace in the Hole', and some swinging boogie-based originals".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jay McShann except where noted

  1. "Doo-Wah-Doo" – 3:44
  2. "After Hours" (Avery Parrish) – 4:52
  3. "How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 3:32
  4. "The Man from Muskogee" – 3:45
  5. "Yardbird Waltz" – 3:16
  6. "Kansas City Blues" (Little Willie Littlefield) – 3:48
  7. "The Staggers" – 3:08
  8. "Ace in the Hole" (James Dempsey, George Mitchell) – 3:32
  9. "Vognporten Boogie" – 4:02
  10. "Cherry Red" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) – 3:24

Personnel

  • Jay McShann – piano, vocals
  • Ole Skipper Mosgård – bass (tracks 1 & 10)
  • Thomas Puggaard-Müller – electric guitar (tracks 1 & 10)
  • Thorkild Møller – drums (tracks 1 & 10)

References

  1. ^ Storyville Records: album details accessed April 10, 2019
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Jay McShann: After Hours Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 988. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.