Goin' to Kansas City

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
ProducerTommy Gwaltney
Buck Clayton chronology
Swingin' with Pee Wee
(1960) 		Goin'to Kansas City
(1960) 		Buck & Buddy
(1960)

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

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

Technical

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

  1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed November 7, 2012
  2. ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Buck Clayton accessed June 30, 2017
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 7, 2012
  4. ^ Charles Ferruzza. "Kansas City Has No '12th Street And Vine'". Retrieved 2022-02-02.