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The Big Apple Bash

Artist: Jay Mcshann
Label: Wounded Bird Records
Category: Music

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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

1 reviews
Sales Rank: 257827

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

UPC: 664140880429
EAN: 0664140880429
ASIN: B0012CJMAE

Release Date: April 8, 2008
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Tracks:

•	Crazy Legs and Friday Strut
•	Georgia on My Mind
•	Dickie's Dream
•	Ain't Misbehavin'
•	I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
•	Blue Feeling
•	Jumpin' the Blues

Editorial Reviews:

Album Description
Jay McShann was a jazz piano veteran, who was making music as far back as 1931. He recently passed away in 2006. He didn't make that many albums, but one of his most notable was The Big Apple Bash released in 1979. It features John Scofield, Herbie Mann, Gerry Mulligan, Janis Siegel & Eddie Gomez.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars

More Doc needed October 17, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

A strange CD, with Jay McShann venturing into unusual territory for him. Anyone who is familiar with McShann's brand of blues-inflected, Kansas City riffing music will be thrown for a loop with the first track, CRAZY LEGS & FRIDAY STRUT: it's got a disco rhythm beat to it with Herbie Mann coming across like Kenny G on soprano sax! GEORGIA ON MY MIND maintains the same lineup, though Gerry Mulligan is featured on baritone sax, and McShann sings. It's taken way too slow, though. Herbie Mann surprises again with his clarinet work, which is very similar to Jimmy Giuffre's subtonic displays - it's actually very good. Another guy on this CD who plays wonderfully, in fact, the best, when he's heard is trumpeter Doc Cheatham, but he's hardly heard; he's terrific on JUMPIN' THE BLUES and DICKIE'S DREAM. On most of the tunes the music sounds heavy and laborious, as if the musicians didn't have their hearts in it. Not one of Jay's better albums.