KANSAS CITY SWING, BLUES, JIVES & BOOGIE (2CD)

A well filled and re-mastered double CD presenting an overview of black music Kansas City style. Given the level of political and social corruption in Kansas City in the first half of the 20th century it is remarkable that so much of artistic value emerged.Many of the musicians and performers whose work is collected here from Lester Young and Count Basie to Jimmy Rushing and Jay McShann went on to international prominence and earned a place in the jazz hall of fame. Disc: 11 Toby - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra2 The Blue Room - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra3 New Orleans - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra4 Prince Of Wails - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra5 Two Times - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra6 Walkin' and Swingin' - Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy7 Git - Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy8 Froggy Bottom - Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy9 Christopher Columbus - Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy10 Shoe Shine Boy - Count Basie11 Evenin' - Count Basie12 Boogie