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Jay McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was a jump blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer.
During the 1940s, McShann was at the forefront of blues and swing jazz musicians mainly from Kansas City. He assembled his own big band, with musicians that included some of the most influential artists of their time, including Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Ben Webster and Walter Brown. His kind of music became known as "the Kansas City sound"
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![Charlie Parker Charlie Parker](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![Jimmy Coe Jimmy Coe](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![Bernard Anderson Bernard Anderson](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![Gus Johnson Gus Johnson](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![Gene Ramey Gene Ramey](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![Willie Cook Willie Cook](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![Bob Merrill Bob Merrill](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![Leonard “Lucky” Enois Leonard “Lucky” Enois](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![John Jackson John Jackson](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![William J. Scott William J. Scott](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![Bob Gould Bob Gould](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![Orville Orville](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![Harold Ferguson Harold Ferguson](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![Taswell Baird Taswell Baird](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![Freddy Culliver Freddy Culliver](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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![Walter Brown Walter Brown](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
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