The Real Kansas City

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074646485521
EAN: 0074646485521
ASIN: B000002ACU

Release Date: 1996-05-28

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Digging The Roots of Rock & Roll

Tracks:

Kater Street Rag - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
Boot To Boot - Jessie Stone & His Orchestra
Won't You Come Over To My House - Julia Lee/George E. Lee's Novelty Swinging Orchestra
Paseo Street (Strut) - George E. Lee's Novelty Swinging Orchestra
Blue Devil Blues - Walter Page's Blue Devils
Prince Of Wails - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
Queer Notions - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
Lotta Sax Appeal - Andy Kirk & His 12 Clouds Of Joy
Lady Be Good - Jones-Smith, Inc.
Rockin' And Swingin' - Don Albert & His Orchestra
Western (Moten) Swing (a.k.a. 'Moten Swing') - Carolina Cotton Pickers
Swinging At The Chat And Chew - Original Yellow Jackets
Life Goes To A Party - Harry James & His Orchestra
Cherry Red - Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys
Lester Leaps In - Count Basie's Kansas City Seven
T-Town Blues - Ernie Fields & His Orchestra
Tickle Toe - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Baby, Look At You - Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys
Little Joe From Chicago - Mary Lou Williams
I Left My Baby - Count Basie & His Orchestra
My Gal Sal - Harlan Leonard & His Rockets
Swingmatism - Jay McShann & His Orchestra
Harvard Blues - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Smooth Sailing - Horace Henderson & His Orchestra
Long Gone Blues - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra

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Customer Reviews:

There's nothing like the real thing.......2006-05-26

Before you listen to the fake re-creations, listen to this CD. This is the true big band sound, before it was watered-down and commercialized by the Dorseys and Glenn Millers. I'm giving it five stars, even though many of the tracks aren't Kansas City style at all(Fletcher Henderson and the Carolina Cotton Pickers are Harlem and Arkansas respectively), and of course, I can't explain why Harry James is in here, but he ain't all that bad. Anyhow, just listen. This is the music that defined an era.

Fabulous overview of 1930's territory music scene.......2001-11-13

This CD is by far the best compilation of music from the black territory bands of the southwestern United States during the Depression years.

These bands toured on the back roads of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Arkansas and played mostly one-night stops at local taverns and dance halls in colored neighborhoods during the 1930's and early 1940's.

Many of Kansas City's bands went on to fame and fortune, and Count Basie was probably the most famous of these. Other bandleaders like Ernie Fields found local fame on the Kansas City - Oklahoma City - Dallas circuit, but never made it big nationally.

While this CD was conceived by CBS/Sony Entertainment as a companion to Robert Altman's movie "Kansas City", it can be thoroughly enjoyed by anyone who is looking for a good collection of swing tunes, or who wants to know more about the roots of the Swing Era in the southwestern United States.

Excellent cross-section of KC 20s-30s Jazz.......2000-02-26

Combining cuts from all the key KC players and many obscure groups, this CD is an excellent intro to the KC 20s-30s sound, and the sound quality is great. This is the original music that is celebrated by the awesome soundtrack to Robert Altman's film, "Kansas City" -- however, this disc stomps and swings more consistently from song-to-song than the soundtrack. Count Basie tears up the piano on a track or two from the mid-30's.

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