JAY McSHANN LP-THE LAST OF THE BLUE DEVILS

    Desde siempre el pianista JAY McSHANN es una de nuestras debilidades, por supuesto que en SeB hemos hablado de el en numerosas ocasiones , esta vez os proponemos la escucha de su fantástico album THE LAST OT THE BLUE DEVILS., reeditado por ATLÁNTIC en 2006 ,con un grupo de músicos excepcionales , ver la reseña de allmusic., por nuestra parte poco que añadir., para nosotros es un disco de cabecera como se suele decir ; en él podréis escuchar algunos temas conocidos , presentados de forma distinta y que afortunadamente lo hemos encontrado con un sonido fidelísimo ; fantástico !  Ladys & Gentlemen : PLEASE : ENJOY IT !

Review by Rick Anderson in ALLMUSIC 

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.

                         
           

PETER SQUIRES